Valentine's project to raise cash for charity

A Town poet is putting his skills to good use to '˜pen personalised poems for £1' for Leeds Children's Heart Surgery Fund.

Matthew Hedley-Stoppard - Otley’s official town poet - has teamed up with the charity, which supports the heart unit at LGI, to offer bespoke poems in the run up to Valentine’s Day.

PURE POETRY: Poet Matthew Hedley-Stoppard with Fund CEO Sharon Coyle.placeholder image
PURE POETRY: Poet Matthew Hedley-Stoppard with Fund CEO Sharon Coyle.

Romantic fundraisers can upload the name of a loved one online at chsf.org.uk/poems by February 12 in return for a minimum donation of £1, for Matthew to craft a poem in their honour. He said: “’I’m proud to use my skills...for such a wonderful cause.”

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