Last Carnival my daughter was involved thru being head girl at Peel Park, we got driven along in the parade by Harold Hardman, he was President of the Lions at the time ( I think) , we had a great day and although the weather was pants it was a very successful event. I really can't see how people can lay the blame on local businesses, I know from experience that at branch level you can't just say, "here you go, here's £50 " It's a sackable offence .Larger business get loads of begging letters every week and most of the time our hands are tied because we have shop forums that elect a charity for the year and all we raise goes to that. I know it's hard to appreciate that big firms don't have the cash but trust me, they don't !
