DANCERS cha cha cha-d the night away at a glittering event at Carden Park last weekend – raising an incredible £40,000 for charity.

Amateur dancers from local companies stepped up to the challenge when they took to the stage to raise vital funds for Nightingale House Hospice at the charity’s annual Strictly Nightingales event.

Nightingale House Hospice is an independent hospice and a registered charity. Most of the hospice’s running costs are met through fundraising and other channels of income generation that includes its on-site café and retail outlets.

Services are completely free-of-charge, to patients and their families across the hospice’s catchment area stretching from Wrexham, Flintshire and East Denbighshire to Barmouth and the border towns including Oswestry, Ellesmere, Wem and Whitchurch.

Bringing together local employees and professional dancers, the Strictly Nightingales event, sponsored by R.F.Bellis, is a firm favourite on the Wrexham corporate events calendar.

Those who took part this year were:

  • Kasia from DTCC
  • Katie from R F Bellis
  • Helen from DTM Legal
  • Sam from Charles Owen
  • Caroline Platt from Platts Agriculture
  • Craig from JCB Transmissions
  •  Ben Hughes representing Amy & Friends
  • Marco Abbiati from Treadstone Products Ltd
  • Laura Seymour from Wirral Well-Being Magazine

There were also a series of group dances – including Nightingale House’s very own Rhinestones dance group, as well as performances by All Stars and Platts Agriculture.

Building on the success of the Carden Park event this year a showcase– to be held at the Stiwt Theatre in Rhos – will extend the reach of the event’s glitz and glamour, allowing more hospice supporters to experience the magic of the evening. The showcase event will be held in the Stiwt Theatre in Rhos on Saturday, November 9.

Sarah Povey, Corporate Partnership Lead at Nightingale House Hospice said: “We are thrilled to share that our Strictly Nightingales event at Carden Park raised just under £40,000!

“This incredible total is thanks to the amazing dedication of our dancers, their sponsorship efforts, and all the generous contributions on the night.

“We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and gave up their time to make the evening so spectacular. We’re already looking forward to doing it all again at the Stiwt on 9th November!”

The showcase will feature 12 partner dances, brilliant group dance performance, and the spellbinding Delta Academy Ladies Choir.

For tickets visit www.stiwt.com.