MACMILLAN Holmfirth Fundraising Committee raised almost £66,000 for the cancer support charity last year.

More than half of this money was raised during Holmfirth Art Week, in July, while pupils at Honley High School raised £2,900.

Collections at supermarkets around Huddersfield and at Armitage’s and Totties garden centres netted £7,500 while two charity markets in Holmfirth raised another £1,350.

A large portion of the money raised came from personal donations.

Committee members handed a cheque for £65,694 to Macmillan West Yorkshire fundraising manager, Francine Tyler, at their annual meeting, on March 4.

The committee next meets at Holmfirth Civic Hall, The Trevor Stubley Room, on April 8 (at 7.30pm) and welcomes new volunteers.

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