Classic car show raises £18,000 for ten North East charities

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 06:32 · Archive

A classic car event in Stokesley raised more than £18,000 for ten North East charities.

The Classics on Show event, organised by Stokesley Rotary and Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary, raised more than £18,000 for ten North East charities. Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary brought the groups together to receive their donations.

Mike Overy, chair of Classics on Show, introduced each charity and said: 'The voluntary effort put in by these charities is a credit to all who are involved'.

The ten beneficiaries were Maggies, a cancer support charity attached to James Cook University Hospital; Bloodrun, which supports NHS operations by carrying blood samples, documents and spares; Stokesley Community Care Assoc, which provides exercise classes and trips for older people; South Cleveland Heart Fund, which supplies medical equipment; Shelter Box, which provides shelters and essentials in disaster recovery areas; Nitelight, helping people with essentials such as food and cleaning products; My Sister's Place, a domestic abuse charity; Linx Youth Project; Teesside Chrons and Colitus; and Rubies.

How it is being reported

• Classic car show raises more than £18,000 for ten North East charitiesTen charities recently celebrated receiving donations from the Classics on Show car event in Stokesley.Darlington & Stockton Times · 22 Oct, 06:00
• Classic car show raises more than £18,000 for ten North East charitiesTen charities recently celebrated receiving donations from the Classics on Show car event.The Northern Echo · 22 Oct, 05:30

In this story: Stokesley Rotary · Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary · Maggies · James Cook University Hospital · Stokesley

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