Children's charity profits hold despite stall change
A CHARITY stall which looked as though it would have a blighted Christmas after being ousted from a prime St Albans city-centre spot still managed to raise �2,300 for needy children. The Herts Advertiser took up the plight of the Save the Children Fund (S
A CHARITY stall which looked as though it would have a blighted Christmas after being ousted from a prime St Albans city-centre spot still managed to raise �2,300 for needy children.
The Herts Advertiser took up the plight of the Save the Children Fund (SCF) stall which traditionally has set up beside Barclays Bank in St Peter's Street for the five weeks before Christmas.
But this year the district council decided not only to change its location to somewhere less prominent - but also said it would be charging SCF for the first time.
At the end of November, the council backed down over charging and offered SCF a new designated charity space close to its previous pitch at no cost.
SCF trading secretary Pam Roome said this week that despite a couple of wet Saturdays, the charity had still managed to raise �2,300 - just short of the �2,500 it normally raises.
She said: "This was slightly less than in previous years but I think this was more to do with the credit crunch and the fact that the large stores opposite had massive sales than the new position of our stall."
Most Read
- 1 The latest court results for the St Albans area
- 2 Youths 'kicked and threw stones' at pregnant hedgehog in Hertfordshire
- 3 Community green spaces at risk of development on St Albans estate
- 4 Hybrid Charter Market agreed for St Albans
- 5 St Albans woman defies odds to become oldest with Rett Syndrome
- 6 What the fox? Mystery shoe thief revealed!
- 7 'Spellbinding performances' in St Albans Musical Theatre Company's production of Rent
- 8 The Midwich Cuckoos: Keeley Hawes on Sky's gripping new drama adapted from John Wyndham’s sci-fi novel
- 9 Preaching into Sermon of the Year finals
- 10 Call for Government to review district housing targets
With the help of local churches and other organisations, the branch had still managed to send off �2,600 to SCF headquarters.
Pam said plenty of well-wishers had come to the stall and made a donation after reading about the charity's plight in the Herts Advertiser.