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Stuart McCellend from BDL in Aspatria completed a Barn Dance event, which raised an impressive £13,000 for the Great North Air Ambulance & Cumberland Infirmary Children’s Ward.

“How it came about was my friend Andrew’s little boy got really ill with e-coli and had to be put on IV`s for over 12 months. He had several operations and the ward looking after him was fantastic. I am pleased to say he has now fully recovered and is fit and well. After getting involved with the Giving Something Back programme I suggested we should organise a charity event to raise some money for the children’s ward in this local hospital. As Andrew is a farmer the ideal event was a barn dance! There were many volunteers including myself who helped clean out the barn and set it up for the dance which took over a week! To raise the money the Tickets were sold at £15.00, all profits from the bar were, sponsorship from local businesses and a wide range off prizes were donated for the charity auction.” - Stuart

Stuart also completed a golf day for his local rugby club, who mainly run off donations and sponsors.  Cash was needed for the junior team and so a charity golf day was organised. Stuart thought this would be a great opportunity to get involved and help get some money put back into my town’s club. He volunteered to do the BBQ and raised £20.00 per person towards the final total and there was also a raffle which sponsors had given prizes for.