Over £27,000 raised for charity at Lytham Festival

More than £27,000 was raised for charities during Lancashire's Lytham Festival, organisers have said.

More than 100,000 music fans descended on the Fylde coast for the annual five-day event last month, which saw headlining shows from Teddy Swims, Alanis Morissette, Michael Bublé, Pet Shop Boys and Pitbull.

The money, collected through bucket collections and guest list donations, will be split among five local charities - The Coastal Collective, Heartbeat, The Bobby Ball Foundation, One Fylde and Brian House Children's Hospice.

Festival co-founder Peter Taylor said: "This is an incredible amount of money to raise and I take my hat off to each charity for working so hard each night to encourage fans to donate."

The charities were all allocated their own headline night at Lytham Festival with an army of volunteers from each collecting donations from festival-goers.

Charity lead Suzanne Thomas, from The Coastal Collective, who support children and families, said the team "thoroughly enjoyed" being part of the festival.

Heartbeat North West Cardiac Care, who provide specialist and rehabilitation support, collected donations during Alanis Morissette's headlining show.

Yvonne Ball said the funds raised for the Bobby Ball Foundation - set up in memory of the comedian - "will help many charities on the Fylde coast".

Community-focused charity One Fylde, which helps adults with learning disabilities and those who are autistic to live fulfilling, independent lives, was on site for Pet Shop Boys' homecoming show.

And the closing night, with headliner Pitbull, saw volunteers from children's hospice Brian House collecting donations during their 30th anniversary year.

All charity partners were selected following an application process.

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