Charity ball raises more than £100,00 for hospice

An evening of glitz, glamour and pirates has helped raise £100,431 for Trinity Hospice.

Trinity’s Annual Fundraising Ball was held at Blackpool Tower Ballroom and provided 530 hospice supporters with music, dinner and dancing.

During the evening, guests were invited to take part in raffles and auctions to help raise money for the Bispham-based hospice, and 65 guests pledged to donate or fundraise enough money to collectively pay for a sculpture on the Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool art trail which comes to town next spring.

The evening was hosted by Coastal Radio’s Ged Mills, and included entertainment from The Brothers of Swing, The Ian Hooper Band and a special pirate guest with a treasure box full of charity (chocolate) gold coins.

Linzi Warburton, Trinity’s head of fundraising, said: "We cannot believe how incredible our Annual Fundraising Ball was – resulting in the most amount of money ever raised through this event.

“The money raised on the night will go towards our outstanding specialist hospice care to local people and their families, and truly means so much to everyone here at Trinity. As the biggest charity on the Fylde coast, we rely on the generosity of our community – amazing people who choose to support our work – in order to support families through life-limiting illness."