Leicester Beer Festival Charity   -    LOROS

LOROS, The Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice, Groby Road, Leicester is an independent local charity and is recognised as one of the foremost hospices in the country. It provides a comprehensive service of continuing care for people throughout Leicestershire and Rutland who are terminally ill.

In the 18 years that the Hospice has opened its doors, LOROS has cared for over 14,000 patients and the demand is increasing every year. The NHS provides £2.1million towards it's services. However, this leaves an astounding £2.5million to be raised from fundraising and voluntary donations.

The last 4 beer festivals have tried to raise money for LOROS in memory of Julie Stanley who was the organiser of our 1999 beer festival and found the Charotar Patidar Samaj as a suitable venue for further beer festivals. Julie died of cancer in 2001 before she could realise her dream of staging a successful beer festival at the venue she had found.

This year, 2004, we had 4 charity buckets at the beer festival and raised a total of £650.72 the best collection to date.

Thank you to everyone who donated.

You can visit the LOROS Website: www.loros.co.uk.

This page last updated: April 15, 2011

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