“The latest fundraising event for Lisa’s fund took place at the Maltings Ely last Saturday when AC Motown came to town.These wonderful guys sang their way into the hearts of the capacity filled Maltings giving two great performances”, said Robert Barnes who launched Lisa’s Fund five years ago.

Everyone enjoyed the shows and went away wanting more, we actually raised £1,115.00 which will be going towards the New Hospice that will be opening its doors to patients in November. I have since been asked by many of those who attended the show when the next one would be. This is the forth Motown event Lisa’s fund have promoted and each time they seem to get better. During the evening Robert handed over another cheque to Dr Lynne Morgan CEO of The Arthur Rank Hospice Charity for £7,500. Lisa’s fund has now raised £137,000 for Charity.

“I would like to say a big thank you to Annabel at Burrows Books for selling so many tickets, to our front of house team, Jenny, Chris, Alison, Sarah and my son Matty. And to Nigel Thompson from Blueshed Studios who created an amazing light and sound set as well as Simon Marshall for his disco that kept everyone dancing, and to the Maltings team and management for allowing Lisa’s Fund to hold this event. I hope this great event has also been able to showcase the Maltings allowing the audience to see what a great venue we have in Ely”, said Robert.

A recent Sunday Quiz night at The Cutter in Ely raised another £116.00 for the hospice.

The next Cutter quiz night will be on Sunday 5th June at 7.30pm. Come and join in the fun.

A recent fundraising event at Addenbrookes raised £360.25 on the day! The next collection day will be Thursday 2nd June.

Lisa’s fund, in association with the Maltings Ely, are pleased to announce a fundraising event for The Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. The AC Motown show consists of seven of the country’s most talented Motown performers who will be live on stage at the Maltings on Saturday 11 June.

“This is the first joint fundraising event involving the Maltings and I am looking forward to this very much”, said Robert Barnes who launched Lisa’s fund shortly after Lisa passed away in September 2010.

“My original aim of raising £100,000 for the hospice seems a distant memory, the target was reached in the summer of 2014, it was then I decided to continue Lisa’s fund. All the profit from this event will be targeted specifically towards the new hospice being built in the edge of Cambridge at Shelford Bottom, next to the park and ride. The new hospice will open this November and will be able to take double the number of inpatients with twenty four beds. Outpatients attending much needed clinics will also benefit having less waiting time and brand new state of the art facilities. The Hospice at Home team will also be taking extra patients, leading eventually to 1200 each year. All this comes at a eye watering price and we are at present £2.5m short, but please be assured the hospice will open on time.”

If you enjoy Motown come along bring your friends and family and join in the fun. Tickets are £20 and are available now from
The Maltings ticket line
Burrows Books in High Street Passage Ely 01353 669759
Robert Barnes on 07885 087 458

Pictured with Robert is events manager Rebecca Harper.