I gave away £30 grand!

Published Date: 23 November 2007
By Diane Crabtree

Giving away hard-earned brass doesn't come easy for a Yorkshireman.
But after handing out £30,000, Calderdale multi-millionaire Terry George says he is richer for the experience.
And it's all down to leaving the comfort of his £3m castle in Holywell Green and going back to basics.
The 42-year-old nightclub owner, whose exotic lifestyle sees him rubbing shoulders with the stars, is taking part in Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire.
Each week a multi-millionaire searches for people whose lives they can change for the better.
The modern-day philanthropist must give away thousands of pounds of their own money while living in some of the UK's poorest areas.
Terry headed for Cornwall and worked for the minimum wage in an old folk's home, a chip shop and meals on wheels.
It was an emotional journey – but it's changed his outlook on life and made him, he feels, a better individual.
The former DJ, who owns a string of businesses including a bar and club in Leeds city centre, had to wash, shave, change and feed some of the home's residents, as well as help clean one of the incontinent ones.
In one scene the task gets too much and he's seen with his head down the toilet. Terry says working in the home was the hardest part of his 10-day stint. Some of the people he befriended had to be cared for round the clock and were totally reliant on strangers to look after them.
He's very close to his mum Teresa – who is seen in the programme and doesn't enjoy the best of health. He said it made him realise how fortunate he was to be able to help give her the care she deserves. But more than anything it brought home to him his own mortality and how short life really is.
He said: "Some of the residents were only 20 years older than me. It scared me and made me think about how every minute counts.
"It was also very upsetting and I cried off camera on numerous occasions."
Terry lives in a caravan for a time until a couple, whose lives revolve round looking after their disabled daughter, invite him to stay. He also befriends a struggling young mum who tends her three young children and works in the home.
While Terry is richer than he ever imagined, life hasn't always been a bed of roses. He was brought up on a Leeds council estate.
He gives away £30,000 in the programme, which goes out on Wednesday and says th experience is one he won't forget. "Money is not the most important thing – people and fun are."