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Kettering’s Warren Hill Crematorium has donated £10,000 to the Twinkling Stars Appeal at Kettering General Hospital, from money received for participating in the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) metals recycling scheme.

 

This takes our total donations from the scheme to more than £119,000 donated to local bereavement related charities since 2011.

 

Other charities to have previously received donations include: Cransley Hospice, Cynthia Spencer Hospice, Kettering Mind, KGH Charitable Fund and MacMillan Cancer Support, among others. 

 

Jayne Chambers, Kettering General Hospital’s Head of Strategic Corporate and Community Fundraising, said: “We are extremely grateful for Kettering Crematorium’s donation of £10,000 towards our Twinkling Stars Appeal.

 

“While fundraising for the Appeal has been significantly disrupted by the Covid pandemic our appeal to dramatically improve the bereavement facilities at KGH for local families who lose their baby is still very much open.

 

“We are looking forward to a time when we can re-launch active fundraising for the appeal as Covid restrictions are lifted and organising fundraising events becomes easier.”

 

The Twinkling Stars Appeal aims to raise £1million to dramatically improve the bereavement facilities for local families who have suffered the trauma of losing their baby.

 

Shirley Plenderleith, Head of Public Services at Kettering Borough Council, said: “We are extremely proud of the impressive amount of money that we have been able to donate to local bereavement charities. Kettering’s Warren Hill Crematorium continues to provide a high-quality service in a family’s time of need.”

 

Cllr Ian Jelley, Kettering Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Environment, said: “We’re delighted that local charities are able to benefit from the metals recycled by Warren Hill Crematorium, and it is a tremendous achievement that over £119,000 has been donated to local bereavement related charities over the last 10 years.”