Monopoly fan’s community chest

A stockbroker is walking to every location on the Monopoly board to raise money for charity.

Stuart Baker, 47, has spent every lunchtime for almost seven weeks walking from Old Street, where he works, to 36 sites from the board game. He has six to visit, including Bond Street and Park Lane.

The walks aim to raise £4,500 for development charity SIM. The cash will fund medical treatment and help stock a grain bank in Africa. He said: “I thought if I wanted sponsoring, I should put a fair bit of effort in. Every day at noon I set off from work — or ‘Go’ as I think of it.” For “Income Tax” and “Go to Jail” he visited the Inland Revenue in Strand and Pentonville prison. “I’ve had trouble thinking of where to go for ‘Free parking’. Perhaps a taxi-rank or a bike-rack.”

In July, Mr Baker, of Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, and son Luke, 18, will go to Niger to help a community ruined by floods. Visit charitygiving.co.uk/stuartbaker