THE Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice has received a cheque for £12,263 following the White Dove Collectors Transport Show held in Kingsley this summer.

More than 300 veteran, vintage and classic cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles gathered at the show at the Kingsley Sports Club on Sunday, August 14. Set up more than 10 years ago by classic-car enthusiast John Turner, the show has grown over time, attracting increasing numbers of exhibitors and enthusiasts, and increasingly higher sums of money for the hospice-care charity which nursed John’s father in his last days.

Phyllis Tuckwell, every day, supports more than 250 patients in their own homes, at its hospice in Farnham or at the Beacon Centre in Guildford.

Because the Government only covers 20 per cent of its costs, it has to raise more than £20,000 to carry out its work.

This is why fundraising events like the White Dove Collectors Transport Show are so important. Last year, the money raised bought a car (pictured), used by the charity’s nurses to visit patients who have chosen to spend their last days at home, instead of in hospital or at the hospice.

This year’s total of £12,293.79 will be used to buy a vehicle to transport wheelchair-using patients to and from the hospice and Beacon Centre.

“We would like to thank John and Anne Turner, Chrys Goodburn, Jenny Cooper and all the White Dove Committee, whose ongoing support and commitment are hugely important to us and much appreciated,” said Laura Moody, events fundraising manager at Phyllis Tuckwell.

White Dove committee members Paul Fitchett, Jenny Cooper, John Turner and Chrys Goodburn are pictured presenting a cheque to Sarah Brocklebank, chief executive at Phyllis Tuckwell.