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WE DID IT

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Over £100,000 raised since 1999!

#Dronfest would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all the volunteers, visitors and bands that helped make this years event such a success.

The total raised this year is £11,450 which may increase, and the funds will be distributed to our nominated charities.

We hope you all enjoyed the day and will join us for our 20th anniversary next year on Saturday the 10th of August 2019.

Early bird tickets will be on sale soon, so watch this space!

Our heartfelt gratitude to all of you.

Please take a look at this stunning video of #Dronfest2018

1999, aside from being the 25^th wedding anniversary of organisers, John & Jackie Aspinall, was the year that John lost one of his good friends, Kenny Mulcrone to Motor Neurone Disease. So, on the day of their party celebrations, buckets were sent around collecting donations to generate some funds for the cause, and approximately £1,000 was raised. A wonderful day was had by all, and that was meant to be the end of it!

However… having received so many positive comments on the events of the day, and with John’s unrelenting passion for organising, The Dronfield Charity Music Festival was born. Apart from showcasing the abundance of talent in the local area, the festival would go on to rahttps://dronfest.co.uk/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboardise much needed funds for many worthy charities and groups in the area. Having only missed one of the 19 years since inception (2003), the festival has gone from strength to strength welcoming hundreds of performers to grace its stage and has now raised more than £100,000 for charity.

The charities supported each year, along with the total amounts raised each year are as follows below. You will see that the event has steadily grown from year to year and has supported many of the well-known, and other not so well known, local charities over the years. Last year’s donations to various charities saw the total gifted rise to over £100,000!!!

1999:

Amount Donated to Charity: £1,000

Charities Supported: Motor Neurone Disease, Norton Woodseats FC, Dronfield ATC, Dronfield Scouts, St John Ambulance

2000:

Amount Donated to Charity: £1,900

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Rushey Meadows, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Dronfield School

2001:

Amount Donated to Charity: £1,580

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Cavendish Centre, Leonard Cheshire Homes, Kayley Cooper Appeal

2002:

Amount Donated to Charity: £2,375

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Cavendish Centre, AFC Dronfield, Sheffield FC

2003:

No Event

2004:

Amount Donated to Charity: £2,200

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support

2005:

Amount Donated to Charity: £3,350

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, Dronfield Scouts, St John Ambulance, Cavendish Centre, Sincere Support, Latin Link

2006:

Amount Donated to Charity: £3,000

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Cavendish Centre, Sincere Support, Latin Link, CISV

2007:

Amount Donated to Charity: £3,100

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Latin Link

2008:

Amount Donated to Charity: £3,400

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Meningitis Trust, Latin Link

2009:

Amount Donated to Charity: £4,000

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Meningitis Trust, Latin Link

2010:

Amount Donated to Charity: £4,000

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Meningitis Trust, Latin Link

2011:

Amount Donated to Charity: £4,500

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Latin Link

2012:

Amount Donated to Charity: £6,400

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Bluebell Wood Hospice, Drone Valley Rotary, Neurocare

2013:

Amount Donated to Charity: £5,000

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Meningitis Trust, Bluebell Wood Hospice, Drone Valley Rotary, Ashgate Hospice, Neurocare

2014:

Amount Donated to Charity: £9,450

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Bluebell Wood Hospice, Drone Valley Rotary, Helen’s Trust, Ashgate Hospice, Sheffield ME Society, Under the Stars

2015:

Amount Donated to Charity: £7,250

2016:

Amount Donated to Charity: £12,000

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sheffield FC, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Bluebell Wood Hospice, Drone Valley Rotary, Helen’s Trust, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, Hand on Heart(Heidi’s Trust), Macmillan Cancer Support, Dronfield Parish Church, Callywhite Care Home, Lee Bonsall Memorial Fund

2017:

Amount Donated to Charity: £10,566

Charities Supported: Dronfield ATC, St John Ambulance, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Sincere Support, Dronfield Cardio Club, Bluebell Wood Hospice, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, Hand on Heart(Heidi’s Trust), Macmillan Cancer Support, Dronfield Parish Church, Callywhite Care Home, Alzeimers Society, Under the Stars

2018:

Amount Donated to Charity: £11,450

Charities Supported: 4th Dronfield Scouts, Alzheimer’s Society, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, Dronfield ATC, Dronfield Cardio Club, Dronfield First Responders, Dronfield Mayor’s Appeal, Just Good Friends Club, Macmillan Cancer Support, Sheffield Group Riding for the Disabled, Sincere Support, St John Ambulance Dronfield.

Over £100,000 raised since 1999!