Next Sunday, 5 May, the Moorland Railway and Gardens at Staintondale close to Scarborough in North Yorkshire will maintain its first Charity Day of 2024.
The Charity Days maintain a particular which means for the railway’s house owners, Alan and Lisa Williams, as proceeds from subsequent Sunday’s occasion might be donated to Yorkshire Coast Dog Rescue.
Last 12 months, Alan and Lisa’s lovely fox crimson Labrador, Pop, handed away after affected by most cancers.
They now have a devoted substitute after certainly one of their associates confirmed them Peanut on a Facebook web page, which they had been delighted to supply a home to.
Just 4 months later, Alan and Lisa misplaced a second pet canine, Paws, a black Labrador, to old age.
The two unhappy occasions made it sure that Yorkshire Coast Dog Rescue could be one of many charities to profit from this 12 months’s Charity Days.
Alan and Lisa Williams’ Moorland Railway and Gardens Charity Days are held from 2 pm to five pm on the primary Sunday of every month at Moorland House in Staintondale.
Other charities to profit this 12 months are:
- Sunday, 2 June – Yorkshire Cancer Research.
- Sunday, 7 July – Alzheimer’s Society.
- Sunday, 4 August – The Rainbow Centre, Scarborough.
- Sunday, 1 September – Martin House Children’s Hospice.
At every Charity Day, in addition to a miniature railway, there are cream teas, truffles, tombola, and numerous stalls.
Several of those charities additionally profit from rail excursions run by the Branch Line Society, together with Martin House Children’s Hospice and Alzheimer’s Society.