An East Midlands based charity has donated the proceeds of its annual ball to several small charities across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire who are focused on improving the lives of local people.
From the age of 25, when her “loving and gregarious” mother Sylvia was diagnosed with a rare form of inherited early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 53, Jo Harrigan has been living with what she describes as a “death sentence”.
Leading East Midlands charity, Star Trust – The Charitable Entrepreneurs, has finished its tenth anniversary year by presenting cheques to four local charities.