Rally club donates record £20k to good causes

South Molton Vintage Rally Club donated a record £20,000, raised through its events in 2024, to charities and good causes in North Devon. A special cheque presentation evening was held at the Assembly Rooms in South Molton.

The largest donation of £3,500 was to the Devon Air Ambulance Trust, a charity supported since the club was formed back in 1992. There were 18 other recipients of the awards.

Michael Buckley (right) says the latest donation takes the amount raised for the air ambulance to £60,000 over the last 32 years - pic George

SMVRC runs events throughout the year, but the main fundraiser is the vintage rally weekend which will be at Rackenford on May 31st and June 1st in 2025.

Devon Air Ambulance £3,500; Exmoor Search & Rescue £2,000; Saunders Trust £2,000; Rotary £1,500; Everything Ellie; £1,400; Families in Grief £1,400; South Molton Memory Cafe £1,000; Young Lives vs Cancer £1,000; South Molton junior rugby £1,000; South Molton Army Cadets £1,000; South Molton Town Band £1,000; 1st South Molton Scouts £500; Samba Band £500; Witheridge Fire Service £500; Skate Molton £500; Taw Vale Beagles £300; Barum Mowers £300; Foodbank £300; Purple Angles £300.