Whitby family to host fundraiser at Little Angel pub in memory of relatives lost to cancer

The Little Angel pub in Flowergate, Whitby, will host a charity fundraiser on 16 August to mark the latest in a series of events run by a local family and friends in memory of relatives lost to cancer. The day will include live music, raffles, blind cards and other activities to raise funds for cancer and related health charities.

Local family-driven fundraising, continued

The organisers named in publicity for the event are Paul Clarke, Kirsty Haunch, Mia Bellew and Florence Bailey. Musical hosts for the day will include Von Bailey and Kim Lavender, performing as Soul Sisters, with additional guests expected to appear. The family group and their supporters say their fundraising work stretches back more than a decade.

“When me and my sister were younger, my Dad, Grandad and Grandma were all diagnosed with cancer within the same week,”

The campaign has raised in excess of £15,000 for a range of charities over the last ten years. Publicity for the Whitby event lists supported organisations including Diabetes UK, Macmillan, Cancer Research UK, Race for Life, Teenage Cancer, Throat Cancer UK, Multiple Sclerosis UK, Breast Cancer UK, Lymphoma UK and St Oswald’s Hospice.

How the fundraisers began and who’s involved

According to the family’s account, the first events included sponsored walks—among them a walk from Whitby to Robin Hood’s Bay on the Cinder Track—tombolas, bake sales and activities involving pupils at Stakesby School. Recent efforts have broadened to include marathon running and participation in the junior Great North Run.

• Event: Charity fundraiser at Little Angel pub, Flowergate
• Date: 16 August
• Activities: Live music, raffle, blind cards, tombola and stalls

Local impact and young participants

The family say their fundraising is both a way to honour relatives and to support health professionals who provided care. Younger members of the family have taken on prominent roles in recent years: the publicity highlights 15-year-old Mia Bellew, a Whitby School pupil, who has completed the junior Great North Run despite asthma. Those involved say the events also aim to turn personal loss into continued community support for health charities.

Organisers have encouraged local people to attend the Little Angel event, contribute to the raffles and support the stalls. No ticketing details were provided in the publicity; attendees are advised to contact the pub or the organisers for further information.

The event continues a pattern of grassroots community fundraising in Whitby, where local volunteers and families often stage events in pubs, schools and on coastal walks to raise money for health and social causes.