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cars donated to local outstanding charities
NORTH West based
Chapelhouse Motor Group have been on Chapel
Street, Southport, with Southport Lifeboat volunteers, on 17 October 2015. The
firm, who have dealerships in St Helens, Wigan, Southport and Warrington, have
donated 4 cars to charity. The chosen groups are, Southport Lifeboat (SORT),
Willowbrook Hospice, St Roccos Hospice and also Wigan Youth Zone. At the
Southport event, Southport Lifeboat volunteers had the donated car on display,
along with their Quads. Staff from Chaplehouse and the volunteers on the day,
managed to sell over 1,000 tickets, to the 'donate £1 to win a car'
collection. Kevin from Chapelhouse Motor Group said:-
"There will be more collection days in upcoming and events and locations over
the next few weeks in the run up to Christmas. Tickets will also be sold in the
Charity Shop in Birkdale. The
shop on the corner of Claremont Road and
Everton Road. We would like to thank everyone who donated on the day and we hope
they continue to support this local, life saving charity!"
If you do not know who these charities are, this is a short
background to them:-
► Southport
Lifeboat (SORT)
- Independent to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Offshore Trust is
entirely dependent on donations and fundraising events to provide its
1st class round the clock life saving service, and has helped in the safe
return of over 250 people around the Sefton coastline since its formation in
1988.
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Willowbrook
Hospice - The
Hospice, which is located in Prescot, provides vital care to patients with
life limiting diseases in the St Helens and Knowsley area. Since opening in
1997, Willowbrook has treated over 6000 patients at no charge, and it wouldn't
be able to continue to deliver such an invaluable contribution to people in the
local area if it wasn't for donations and fundraising events, amid modest
funding from the NHS.
► St Roccos
Hospice - The Hospice, which is located
less than a mile away from Chapelhouse Suzuki based on Folly Lane, is largely
reliant on kind hearted donations and fundraising events to be able to continue
providing such a vital service to Warrington and its residents. Specialising in
high quality care for those unfortunate enough to suffer from terminal or
life limiting conditions, just a 3rd of St. Rocco's budget is afforded by the
NHS.
► Wigan Youth
Zone - Despite the original costs being
donated by local businessmen Bill and Martin Ainscough, Dave Whelan, along with
Wigan Athletic players and the Premier League, the youth centre, which opened in
2013, is still reliant on private donations to match the £400,000 running costs
each year. The Youth Zone gives local youngsters the opportunity to use such
facilities as a sports hall, a music recording studio, outdoor football pitches,
a dance studio and a state of the art gym.
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