Brigg Mayor's fund supports cancer charity

Brigg's outgoing mayor, James Truepenny presented the cheque to Gerry Hartley, Anne Bush, Barbara White and Kathryn Gardner from the Brigg area Macmillan fundraising group. EMN-160106-113839001

The money was amassed from the mayor’s charity appeal during his year in office.

The presentation took place before the monthly town council meeting in the Angel Suite.

Collecting the cheque on behalf of the Brigg group were Gerry Hartley, Anne Bush, Barbara White and Kathryn Gardner, who are pictured above with Coun Truepenny.

Also attending was Jamie Davenport of Macmillan Cancer Care, who is manager for the Lincolnshire area.

“We are extremely grateful to the town and the mayor,” he said. “We rely very much on donations like this.”

Brigg and District Macmillan Cancer Support Group holds a number of events throughout the year.

Recently, they teamed up with Brigg ladies’ clothing shop ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ for a fundraising fashion show in the Angel Suite.

To find out more about their activities and how you can get involved, visit their Facebook page.