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Billingers Boost for Willowbrook<br />
The latest annual social event by a Billinge group to raise<br />
funds for Willowbrook Hospice has raised over £2,400.<br />
In November, despite all the difficulties caused by the<br />
pandemic, the BOFFO group, together with <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>y’s<br />
social committee, held their latest event which packed<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>y’s Social Club to the rafters and a great night was<br />
had by all.<br />
This traditional autumn fund raiser at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mar</strong>y’s in Billinge<br />
was launched in 2005 by a group of villagers who wanted<br />
to mark the passing of Dave Gore, a musician in a local<br />
band, H & The Avons. Dave spent his last days in the<br />
Willowbrook Hospice and his friends felt the need to try<br />
and repay the hospice in some way for the wonderful<br />
care and treatment that Dave received.<br />
from Whitehaven to Newcastle.<br />
To date, it is estimated that since the concept of the idea<br />
for the fundraising night in 2005, the Billingers have<br />
raised over £57,000 for the Willowbrook Hospice.<br />
Pictured with the cheque are Roger Kirkby, Paul Cronin,<br />
Paul Webster, Father Paul Harris, John Moriarty, <strong>St</strong>an<br />
Newell, <strong>Mar</strong>cus Wright, Ged Kennedy and Dave Cairns.<br />
In 2017, the original fundraising group called it a day,<br />
and as a result, the BOFFO (Billinge Old Fellows Football<br />
Organisation) group took on the fund-raising activities.<br />
The group have continued with the autumn fundraiser<br />
along with other events, including charity bike rides from<br />
Leeds to Liverpool along the canal, and coast to coast
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