Magnificent £119,000 raised towards charity project for critically ill children

A fund-raising appeal to build the UK’s first holiday village for critically ill children has been boosted thanks to a gala dinner which raised £119,000. The event was held at the Grand Hotel, Birmingham, where it was also revealed that £1.52million in pledges have now been received towards the £5million needed to build the village in the Staffordshire countryside. The Kids’ Village charity was co-founded by cancer survivor Sam Fletcher-Goodwin and is led by chief executive Katrina Cooke and chair Doug Wright. The gala dinner was hosted by Heart FM presenter Ed James and attended by more than 200 guests.

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1 Gary Fletcher, Sam Fletcher-Goodwin, Ed James, Doug Wright
2 Mike Hopkins, Ninder Johal
3 Jane and Paul Faulkner
4 Ed James, Kerrie Pope
5 Anjna Mahey, Katrina Cooke
6 Inez and Winston Brown
7 Jamie and Sam Fletcher-Goodwin
8 Tom and Charlotte Shepherd
9 Tim Andrews and guest