A choir made up of volunteers for charity Baby Beat helped to raise £4,514.32 in bucket collection donations by singing in local stores last Christmas.

Other local choirs also joined in the effort to raise money for Baby Beat, which supports the Royal Preston Hospital’s Maternity and Neonatal Units. Among them were the hospital’s own choir, the Barton Ladies Choir and the Wycliffe Church Choir.

Members of the One Voice Community Choir also held a concert at Fulwood Free Methodist Church that raised £2,019.29 towards the final overall total.

Cathy Skidmore, Baby Beat temporary manager, said: “We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sang for us, opened their doors to let us perform and who donated.

“The total raised is amazing and it will go towards supporting many local families and ensuring babies born within our community have the very best start to life.”

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Any local choirs willing to sing for Baby Beat at 2020 events, including this
coming Christmas’s store collections, can phone Baby Beat shop co-ordinator Lucy Clark on 01772 524414 or email her at lucy.clark@LTHTR.nhs.uk.

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