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Let’s back Karen

HERE’S wishing Karen Dineen well as she takes over as head of fundraising at West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust.

She arrives at a time when the charity has collected a record £100,000 in donations in a single month.

The aim is admirable – to build a children’s hospice and respite centre in Brackenhall.

Planning permission has been granted, but there’s still some time to go before the project gets off the drawing board.

And there’s only one way to guarantee that – with hard cash. Cash given by us.

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