GIVE BACK: Andrew and Joanne Hunter present a cheque
Grasmere Gingerbread has raised £1,600 for Shelter, the charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland.
A cheque was presented to Sylvie Leonard of Shelter, outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop that, in 1854, solved one working-class family’s desperate housing crisis.
Last Christmas Grasmere Gingerbread donated 50p from each festive mail order to raise money for Shelter.
Joanne Hunter, a director of Grasmere Gingerbread, said: "Recently, I’ve seen so much homelessness and rough sleeping on the streets that I felt we must help Shelter with their incredible work."
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