Mend our Mum passes £75,000

It's been a remarkable couple of weeks since the Amazing Grace DVD for Mend our Mum first went live.

An amazing £75,000 plus has now been raised – and it could even be considerably higher with the donations and DVD sales coming in – meaning the target of £100,000 is in sight.

Yesterday, Mark Edwardson, the BBC News broadcaster who covered the launch party on 11th December – seen to the right in the second photo – returned to Audlem to get an update on progress.

Depending on other news breaking, that could go out on BBC1 North West Tonight at 6.30pm onwards this evening and possibly on the later news at around 10.25pm.

There are many heartwarming stories. The bucket in the Village Chippy – the staff wanted to donate their Christmas tips to the fund – has now been cashed up by Ralph Warburton. Including DVD sales there, it came to grand sum of £182.34.

George in the Chippy, as we have already reported, received a phone call from his Uncle Kosta in Cyprus saying he had seen George on TV over there.

A German gentleman passing through the village, we are told, donated £30 to the cause. A lovely gesture which was left in Williams' newsagents shop.

Messages of support have been coming in from Canada after the story appeared on Canadian TV news.

Ralph Warburton says: "We went live on social media on the 10th December, DVDs were burned and put on sale by the 11th.

"A fine Auction & quiz night brought in extra funds in a record night of good results.

"Then was unleashed a truly wonderful cornucopia of Media interest as we were given masses of air time on BBC North West, BBC Breakfast, ITV Good Morning Britain, Granada News, BBC European, BBC Radio Stoke, Radio Shropshire and Signal Radio plus superb press coverage including a double page spread in the Daily Express. It was even on Canadian News TV too.

"Yesterday, I banked £8013 at the RSB bank in Nantwich, the result to date of the Auction and of DVD sales. A superb total and one for which thanks must go to all who gave so very kindly and have added to the fund.

"What a great two weeks this has been."

And don't forget, Berni, Colin, Hannah and Terri Cliffe will be in the Public Hall this evening from 8.00 – 10.00pm if anyone wishes to pop in for a "Thank You'" drink for everyone who have done so much to help the Mend our Mum cause.

And a reminder of the information we published yesterday about donations and DVDS:
To donate on the website, simply go to:
http://www.gofundme.com/cij464
It's a safe and secure way to get funds directly to Mend our Mum.

DVD s are for sale locally and can be posted to you. Anyone wishing to post a cheque made out to Mend our Mum can also use the same address below.

Send £5 per DVD plus 50p made out to Mend our Mum for post and packing and don't forget to include you address so Ralph Warburton can mail them back to you:
Ralph Warburton
Buerton House
Woore Road
Buerton
Audlem
Cheshire
CW3 0DD

Finally, there are DVDs on sale at the following locations:

• Audlem Post Office,
• Village Chippy.
• Williams' Newsagents
• The Lord Combermere
• JA's cafe in Cheshire Street
• TPL Salon in Nantwich – it was Tim Lawton who suggested the idea originally.

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