No need to shave your head, run a marathon or go for extended periods of time without food to help out the Cancer Council this October. Running the Girls Night In event, the Council aims to raise awareness and much needed funds that will go towards research, education and support for all women's cancers.

Log on to the foundation's website and register yourself as a host. Tell your closest friends you will be providing them with an evening of entertainment without setting foot outside the comfort of your home. Each attendee of one of the Girls Night In events is encouraged to give the Cancer Council the equivalent of what they would have spent on a night out.

So send the en masse text, dust off the twister and switch the heels for slippers. Now is your time to shine as the hostess with the mostess!