Saddleworth show in £18k giveaway

CHARITY boost (from the left) Jim Matthews, president of the Rotary Club of Oldham Metro; show director Gordon Russell, of Saddleworth Rotary Club; Heather Robertson (The Christie) Brian Fort (Oldham Metro), Fiona Ashcroft (The Christie), John Ainley (Saddleworth Rotary Club past president), Michael Griffiths (AWC Home Improvements), and Lisa Pearson (Dr Kershaw’s Hospice)

CHARITIES have received a £18,000 boost from this year’s Saddleworth Summer Show.
Visitors, organisers and sponsors raised the money at the two-day event held at Saddleworth School, Uppermill, on July 13 and 14.

A total of £1,000 was presented to the Royton hospice while the BBC Radio Manchester £1 million Christie Appeal received £2,000 (for a mobile chemotherapy unit).

Another £3,000 went to charities associated with the show. The Rotary Club of Oldham Metro and Saddleworth Rotary Club, joint organisers of the show, received £6,000 each to donate to their own local and Rotary charities.