More than £2,000 raised for good causes

WELLS resident Laura Gould has raised more than £2,000 for good causes by giving up sweet treats for a month, and then holding a cake sale.

Laura set up her first fundraiser in June when she was sponsored not to eat sweet treats like chocolate and cakes for 30 days in aid of Cancer Research, after two people close to her were diagnosed with cancer in May.

“It was hard to avoid temptation at times but it was so worth it, and I raised £610,” she said.

In July she held a cake sale at her house for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, because her daughter Talia’s grandfather has MND. Grandad London was diagnosed with the disease 18 months ago.

Laura said that the cake sale was a really busy event with all her family and friends coming despite the bad weather that day.

“We had so many different flavours of cake and it was a sellout,” she said.

“A lot of local small businesses donated prizes for the raffle. The final total raised was £1,485, an absolutely amazing