The villagers of Motcombe have dug deep in their pockets and collected more than £5,000 for the Salisbury Hospital Stars Appeal.


The project, organised by Motcombe Community Shop, began with a series of four Saturday coffee mornings, at which hampers of local produce donated by the shop and made up by manager Kay Francis, were raffled off. The takings for coffee on those days were also donated to the appeal.

The chairman of the shop committee, ex-Royal Marine Graham Dunlop, walked to Salisbury Hospital accompanied by his daughter Stephanie, a major in the Army, to deliver the takings. A number of other villagers from Motcombe joined for parts of the route to encourage them along and ensure they didn’t cheat by catching the bus! Donations are still coming in at justgiving.com/fundraising/motcombe-comunity-shop.

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