A thief
stole a charity box containing cash for youngsters with cancer from under the
noses of fundraisers in Cambridge.
The
“despicable crime” was committed as fundraisers from March of the Mods rattled
tins to support the Teenage Cancer Trust’s (TCT) unit at Addenbrooke’s, which
looks after young people from East Anglia battling the disease.
Up to
£200 was taken during Wednesday’s event at the Grafton Centre, money which
would have gone directly to improving the Cambridge unit’s services and
facilities and making young lives more bearable.
Julie
Chester, one of the organisers of the Mod-themed day, said: “One of our
collectors put the till down on the table and within seconds someone had taken
it. We were very upset about it. The Grafton Centre management were very good
and got security and contacted police, but they couldn’t see anything on the
CCTV. Someone obviously thought they were more deserving than children with
cancer.”
The day,
which raised £157 from the Mods, included a display from Cambridge Scooter Club
and Traitors Scooter Club.
Music
was provided by The Alley Club Cambridge and The Cambridge Building Society
hosted cookie decorating and a guess who competition. March of the Mods, a
national movement that celebrates the 1960s youth subculture, hopes to raise
£100,000 for the TCT.
A
spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said: “We are investigating reports that a
charity box was stolen from a fundraising event in the Grafton Centre in
Cambridge at about 2.30pm on Wednesday.
“Any
theft is unpleasant, however to steal a charity bucket is a despicable crime.
The centre was very busy at the time of the offence and I would urge anyone who
saw who took the bucket to call police.”
Call
police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 with information. A
fundraising gig was being held at The Beach Social Club in Waterbeach at 7pm
last Friday for TCT.
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