IRVINE Flower Club collected £300 for charity at another successful coffee morning when members met for the fundraiser before going on lockdown.

Club members of Irvine Flower Club held the coffee morning in the Mure Church on West Road back on Saturday, March 14 which helped to put a smile on attendees’ faces during these worrying and difficult times.

The event ran from 10pm until 12.30pm with a host of scrumptious looking home baking up for offer and a guess the name of the doll competition.

And on the day the club raised just more than £300 to be split between Irvine and Troon Cancer Care and the Mure Church.

Organiser Marion Greaves said: “It went as good as we thought – with the virus a lot of the elderly people were maybe a wee bit frightened to come out and mix with a lot of people this year, but we got just over £300, so that wasn’t bad.

“Everyone enjoyed it. Some of it goes to Cancer Care and some to the church.

“We’re grateful to the people who support us every time, it was a good day. Hopefully it’s not too long before everything gets back to normal.”

Irvine Flower Club wished to remind members that the April gathering and annual general meeting AGM is cancelled for the time being and will be rescheduled for a later date.

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