The only people who knew us were within the soccer community, and compared to what it is now, it was very small. But what the calendar did was put our name out there. We may not have been competitive internationally as we are now, but people knew who we were. The annual community calendar is taking a Heroes vs Villains: Cute & Cheeky theme for its 2023 edition. https://www.womenofwaynesville.org/naked-calendar

The broader mystery of where the money went was concerning enough to make its way to the very top of parliament, raised in the Senate by MP Kate Lundy in two separate "matters of public interest" sittings as the government prepared to launch a national inquiry into Australian soccer, whose final findings would become known as the 2003 Crawford Report. Many of the players from former generations were forced to fit in part-time jobs to make ends meet. They were left to sew badges on to their own kit and put leaflets through letterboxes urging people to come and watch them play. After retiring from football, McGovern switched to the mining industry. "If I got into a conversation with a burly bloke who had no football connections, when I said I used to play, the first thing they would say to me is 'were you in the calendar?' So that's how they kind of contextualised it." It's a point in time. It's something that has a bit of historical significance for the team, whether you like it or not, whether you agree with it or not.Myself and others from our riding school/livery yard have produced a naked calendar to raise funds for HEART (Highland Equine And Riding Therapy) which is a small local charity supporting children and adults with disabilities or long term health conditions to enjoy the benefits of horse riding. It started as a joke, but in fact everyone really got into the spirit of the project and gained lots of confidence. In fact, some people seemed happier to have their clothes off than on!” — Christine Fletcher

Kettering choir The Decibelles show that being churchgoers is no barrier to (modest) nudity in their calendar, raising money for both the choir itself and Brest Friends Northamptonshire, which is – as you might guess – a cancer charity. www.thedecibelles.co.uk One of those players was Alicia Ferguson-Cook, who was just 17 years old at the time the photos were taken, but 18 when the calendar itself was released. She remembers her mum running around to several newsagencies buying up copies of the calendar once it had been released, and still has Alicia's photo framed and hanging in her house. Showing that no profession is too niche for a naked charity calendar, the reindeer herders of Cairngorm have stripped off to raise money for the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue and the upkeep of the reindeer herd.

As news of the calendar travels, messages have come pouring in from across Spain, where rural depopulation threatens more than half of the country’s surface area. “There were weeks where I didn’t know whether to cry from happiness or sadness,” she said, citing the many who shared their own struggles to stave off the demise of their hamlets. “We found out that we weren’t the only ones in this situation.”