Hever Castle & Gardens has raised more than £7,000 so far this year for Cancer Research UK.
Hever has been supporting its chosen charity in a variety of ways, including visitor donations and staff fundraising events, with the £7,000 total (which excludes Gift Aid) expected to increase substantially before the end of the year.
Many visitors have been generously adding a small donation when booking a ticket online. In addition, the public have been supporting the charity throughout the year via collection boxes on site and by purchasing Cancer Research UK pins, all of which is helping to fund vital lifesaving research.
Hever staff further boosted funds by holding an Easter cake sale, while second-hand clothing donations (plus items of unclaimed lost property) have also been a huge success, adding more than £1,200 to the total.
On Monday 1 September, the Oxted and Westerham Cancer Research committee is staging a special two-course lunch with Lord Astor of Hever, taking place in the Guthrie Pavilion from 12pm. A ticket includes entrance to the grounds and castle with a guided castle audio tour, a raffle and a Q&A.
Libby Dacre, committee chair, expressed her “deepest thanks” to everyone who has lent their support. “Being Hever Castle’s chosen charity is something for which we are hugely grateful,” she said. “We are delighted with the amount raised to date and with the magnificent fundraising efforts by staff throughout the year. It really is the case that each and every donation helps us to make a difference.
“It is thanks to the generous support of the public, and to organisations which go out of their way to help us, that we can keep our research going and discover the treatments and cures of the future.”
Hever Castle & Gardens will be fundraising for Cancer Research UK until the conclusion of its Christmas event in January 2026.
Its previous charities of the year include the British Heart Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Society, Hospice in the Weald and the British Red Cross, and Hever is currently inviting applications for 2026.
For more information on Cancer Research UK, please visit the charity’s website.
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