Flood fund at £659,144

A RELIEF fund set up to help South Yorkshire families whose homes were devastated by floods has raised almost £660,000.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Aug 2007, 14:45 BST

Updated 27th Aug 2007, 08:32 BST

The South Yorkshire Community Foundation set up the Flood Disaster Relief Fund with the four South Yorkshire councils, Yorkshire Bank, and Hallam FM radio station. The total is now 659,144.38.

A fund run in partnership - the BBC Radio Sheffield Good Neighbour Appeal run by the station in conjunction with Community Service Volunteers - has also netted a whopping 40,027.37.

Pauline Grice, chief executive of SYCF, said: “The generosity has been amazing, but we need to urge people to give more as the need for support will last 12 to 18 months.”

To donate visit www.justgiving.com/southyorkshirefloodrelief, call 0114 209 0209, or call at a Yorkshire Bank quoting acc no 21890701 sort code 05-08-03.

South Yorkshire SYCF