The lady who takes care of the marketing at Morclean, Claire Unwin, has just completed 'Dry January' and raised a healthy amount for the local charity Ashgate Hospice. She has gone 31 days without a gin and in return raised £212 for a hospice that does great work, with the promise of further donations budging the figure up to the £300 mark.  " We shouldn't take the places that help those affected for granted- you never know who may need to use the services of your local hospice. Ashgate Hospice is undoubtedly a familiar name to many who live within the Borough of Chesterfield and the service they offer to those needing palliative care and support is invaluable." Ashgate Hospice is an independent registered charity covering North Derbyshire that provides specialist palliative care to terminally ill adults and their families, maintaining best quality of life throughout illness.  Well done, Claire! 

As you all know we like to support local charities, events and businesses - especially where food is involved! On Thursday we told you about the fantastic efforts of Lindsey Adderson of Smiggle Kitchen in Matlock who was raising money in memory of her daughter Jessica for the worthwhile and much needed local charity, Ashgate Hospice . By way of an update on the night, we heard from Lindsey just after the cocktails, canapes and cake event she held, and can confirm the amount raised was a HUGE £1,875!!!  I'm sure you'll all agree that's an awful lot of money; Lindsey is still collecting donations from people who could not make it on the night on her just giving page here . If you have any spare change left from your pay packet, feel free to donate to this worthy cause. We hope whoever won the round of golf at Matlock Golf Club which we donated has a fantastic round!

Just a quick little update to ask for your help.  Local Matlock business owner Lindsey Adderson is raising vital funds for Ashgate Hospice in loving memory of her daughter Jessica who sadly passed away. Lindsey, owner of Smiggle Kitchen , is hosting a cake, canape and cocktail party to raise money for the fantastic hospice and is asking for donations towards the hospice who are only partially government funded. If anyone would like to read more about Lindsey's fundraising or would like to read more about Ashgate and Lindsey and Jessica's story, please follow this link.   I'm sure you'll agree it's a charity worthwhile of anything you can afford and your time. If you share this, thank you. Morclean have donated two rounds of golf at Matlock golf club to the cause which we hope will help raise much needed funds for Ashgate! Morclean Bear wishes you all the best of luck in winning them and hopes to see you out on the course soon!