AN appeal to raise £150,000 towards a custom built hospice has got off to a great start thanks to a special breakfast held yesterday.
Hartlepool and District Hospice needs to move out of its converted Victorian family house, to build a new £2.5m centre.
There is already about £1.2m in the kitty, and organisers hope a £500,000 National Lottery grant will encourage generous donations from trust funds.
An appeals committee has set itself a £150,000 target in 12 months, and yesterday, about £1,500 was raised at a bucks fizz breakfast, which attracted guests such as Hartlepool football manager, Chris Turner and Bill Steele, ex-Coronation Street star.
Committee member Keith Thomas, said: "It exceeded our expectations of £1,000. I am very pleased."
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