FUND-RAISERS who saddled up for a 10-mile horse ride in Pendle in aid of a local charity handed over the proceeds at a Nelson stables.

Maureen Hatton, who runs Roodlebats Stables, off Brunswick Street, raised £550 by staging the sponsored ride between Christmas and New Year and by organising a concert last month at the Carlton Club, Nelson.

Yesterday Maureen presented the proceeds to Hospice Care for Burnley and Pendle.

Hospice fund-raising assistant Kaye Bartle said: "We are extremely grateful to Maureen for all the hard work she put in to organising both the sponsored ride and the concert."

Picture shows, from the left, Maureen Hatton, Pennyan Eccles, Angela Gibbings and Kaye Bartle.

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