Donation of £3,000 completes Your Local Paper Winter Appeal

A reader donated £3,000 to the Your Local Paper Winter Appeal, bringing the total to £10,000 and allowing £1,000 to be given to each of three local charities.

The Your Local Paper Winter Appeal closed last week after a reader handed in a £3,000 donation at the newspaper's King's Lynn office. The donation was split into £1,000 cheques for each of the three charities supported by the appeal. That contribution raised the total from £7,000 to £10,000, the most raised since the appeal began eight years ago. The appeal has supported Lynn Night Shelter, the town's food bank and the Purfleet Trust. Key details: - A reader donated £3,000 in person and left a note saying the money represented five years of intended donations. - The £3,000 was divided into £1,000 for each of the three chosen charities. - The final totals reported are about £4,000 for Lynn Night Shelter and £3,000 each for the food bank and Purfleet Trust. - Charity leaders expressed gratitude and described how the funds will help with winter needs and staffing costs. - YLP editor Sue Irving said the appeal has closed for now and will be relaunched in November. Summary: The donation lifted this year’s Winter Appeal to £10,000, the highest total since the campaign started eight years ago, and will help the three charities meet immediate winter needs. The charities thanked the donor and the community, and the newspaper plans to relaunch the appeal in November.