Bushmills Inn raises £5,000 for children’s Lapland trip
Five deserving children are on their way to see Santa in Lapland thanks to the Bushmills Inn’s annual fundraising efforts.
The venue collected an impressive £5,000 to support the travel costs of sending children with life-limiting and/or life-threatening conditions to the magical location of Rovaniemi, Finland.
NICLT’s annual Lapland trip, which takes 100 local children to Lapland was cancelled for two years because of the covid pandemic, but on December 21 it resumed making magical memories for all onboard in the run-up to Christmas.
Not only has Bushmills Inn’s efforts provided funding for the NICLT trip this year, but it also nominated it as its Charity Christmas Lunch Feast recipient, seeing it serve up a feast to a team of 30 Lapland charity volunteers just last week.
Alan Walls, general manager of The Bushmills Inn, said: “We have been fundraising for the Northern Ireland Children to Lapland and Days to Remember Trust for the last six years, raising over £32,000 in that time, and are very proud to be one of their corporate partners.
“We are delighted our donation can support the increasing costs of sending not one, but five children to see Santa at his home in Lapland, Finland and help create magical memories that the children and their families can treasure forever.”
Colin Barkley, Chair, Northern Ireland Children to Lapland and Days to Remember Trust said: “Our annual trip to Lapland has been on pause for two years. Over that period the cost of that trip has increased substantially meaning our fundraising efforts have had to become more intense.
“To have the Bushmills Inn as a corporate partner and supporting us for a sixth year, despite the tough economic backdrop, is humbling.
“The business and its customers have helped us deliver our services, whether that is trips to Lapland or our more recent festive drive, Three Steps to Christmas. We are delighted that they have continued to support us and have their backing once again as we resume our flights.”
