'Christmas miracle' for drive-thru Santa fundraiser after council says event CAN now go ahead
direct to your inboxA ‘Christmas Miracle’ has been declared after a volunteer group was told their drive-thru Santa fundraiser CAN now go ahead.Stockport’s Handy Ladies Feeding the Community were heartbroken after the council refused the event permission, citing concerns over Covid transmission.Founder member Jo Walton even wrote to the Prime Minister in the hope he would intervene on behalf of the group, which provides hundreds of hot meals to vulnerable people every week.It looked as if the free fundraiser - due to take place at Manchester Rugby Club, in Cheadle Hulme, this Saturday - had fallen foul of the pandemic.But, following a phone call from director of public health Jen Connolly to discuss Covid-secue measures - the event is very