AS it’s Stir Up Sunday this week we wanted to appeal to the bakers of York. As you are stirring your Christmas cake can you bake us a cake?

We need sponge cakes for our homemade cake stall at the Christmas Fair on November 28. You can drop them off at the hospice main reception or fundraising in the week before the fair.

Our care is free of charge to patients and their families but not free to provide.

As a charity we rely heavily on the generosity of the public to help raise the £4.5 million it costs each year to run St Leonard’s Hospice.

This equates to over £500 for every hour of every day.

Thank you in advance. We couldn’t do it without the support of the people of York and surrounding areas.

Dawn Clements, Director of fundraising, St Leonard’s Hospice, Tadcaster Road, York