Fundraising band set out to add to charity total
FOUR teenagers who raised hundreds of pounds busking for charity are back again.
Matt Ellis, Marcus Parr, Matthew Bean and Stan Xu, who live in Macclesfield and are year 10 pupils at Fallibroome Academy, decided they wanted to do something to help East Cheshire Hospice.
The lads are in a band The Faction and last year began busking at locations around Macclesfield.
After five weeks of performing on the town’s streets and a gig at the Swan With Two Necks, the group managed to raise a massive £1,500 for the hospice.
But they say they aren’t finished just yet and will perform again, indoors this time, to raise even more money.
The youngsters will be playing at The Nags Head pub on Waters Green, on Thursday (March 22) with all proceeds going to the charity.
Matt Bean, who plays drums in the group, said they want to help make a difference in people’s lives.
He said: “We have decided to do more fundraising, because we like performing and we can make a difference in other people’s lives while doing something that we love.”
Matt Ellis, lead singer, added: “We have raised about £1,350 for East Cheshire Hospice by busking in Macclesfield. We have also did a charity gig before this at the Swan with Two Necks. We raised £150 there and are hoping to beat that this time.”
Stan, who plays key- boards in the band, has also been moved by the work the charity does.
He said: “The hospice is important to us because it is a vital part of the community and helps people with terminal illnesses. The hospice needs all the help it can get because it relies on donations.”
Matt Ellis’s mum Hilary, says she has been massively impressed by the band and the incredible amount of money they have raised for the hospice.
She said: “Myself and all the parents are really proud of what the lads have set out to achieve.
“The lads have chosen to do this off their own backs because in their words ‘they want to make the biggest positive difference they can’ and they are very aware that the hospice is an essential part of our local community that gets little funding from government and relies on public donation.
“I think what they are doing shows everyone just how truly inspirational our young people are.”