A MELKSHAM man has helped raise £1,700 for Cancer Research UK after helping organise a football funday.
Matty Bown who was also Westbury United manager until recently, held the event at the football club in Westbury which included a youth tournament. The money raised was presented to Marie Bucknell-Smith, the chair of the Melksham branch of Cancer Research UK.
Matty said, “We are really pleased to have raised so much for a great charity and we hope it can help in some way but it would have been nice to raise more. I would like to thank Jason Curtis who helped arrange the youth tournament side of the day, as well as his wife and mine for assisting us in making it a success. Westbury United Football Club was also great, letting us use their great facilities and we are hoping to do it again next year and hopefully raise more money.”
Chair of Melksham branch of Cancer Research UK, Marie Bucknell-Smith said, “I would like yo say a very big thank you to Matty and to all those involved. We rely on the generous donations and efforts of the public and this money will go a long way. It means we can do two clinical trials over two months and so does mean a lot.”