Money Mountain

Simon Cornes with members of Matlock Red Cross

A total of £23,080 has been donated to worthy causes around the region following BBC Radio Derby's final charity appeal which took place last October.

The auction was the 25th such event and the appeal has raised more than a million pounds for groups and organisations in Derbyshire and East Staffordshire over the past quarter of a century.

Cash for Burton and District YMCA

The biggest beneficiary from the final appeal was the Burton-upon-Trent and District YMCA which received £13,500.

The grant will go towards a second-hand van to help meet its growing workload.

The other beneficiaries are listed below:

Ben Parker Trust Fund - £3,800
British Red Cross Matlock Community First Responder Group - £1,880
Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance - £1,500
Greenaway Workshop for the Disabled - £1,200
Derby Civil Aid - £1,000
Ashbourne Readycall scheme - £200

BBC Radio Derby editor Simon Cornes said: "Our listeners should be immensely proud of having raised over a million pounds. Hundreds of local good causes have benefited from their extraordinary generosity."