HOSPICE at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland has raised nearly £19,000 with a fundraiser at Kendal Calling 2023.
The 'sunflower team' of staff and volunteers walked the fields with baskets full of sunflower items and raised awareness and funds for the local charity.
A number of festival-goers supported the appeal and added sunflowers to their own clothing, hats, tents, and camper vans in a show of support for the fundraiser.
Hospice at Home has said that it is 'delighted' with the response to the sunflowers at the festival and are 'pleased' to announce that they have had a best-ever year at the festival despite the ongoing pressures of the cost-of-living crisis.
Julie Blundell, head of income generation and marketing for the charity said: "We are overwhelmed with this record-breaking figure, we are very conscious that people are having to be cautious with their money at present, this is why it is so humbling that we had such a fantastic year generating such amazing funds and awareness at Kendal Calling."
The Fundraising Team is also appealing for people to take part in its sunset Blencathra walk which is set to take place on the evening of Friday, August 18.
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