Charities benefit from the closure of sports and social club near Haverhill

Four charities have received substantial windfalls following the closure earlier this year of a long-running club.

Karro Sports & Social Club, in Little Wratting, had been in existence for some 50 years.

It had undergone a number of name changes in that time, in line with the switches in ownership of the nearby pork foods factory that owned it.

The club was closed by Karro Food Group in January and now stands boarded up.

After all the sections of the club found alternative meeting venues the club’s management committee decided to make donations totalling £12,343 from the remaining balance of funds.

Last week, representatives from the charities were presented with cheques by Allan Loveday, the club’s treasurer.

He said: “This gesture is in recognition of all past members of the Sports and Social Club who made weekly contributions from their wages and salaries and contributions from the parent company and all local residents who have benefitted from the excellent facilities on offer either sporting, club or private functions.”

St Nicholas Hospice Care, the hospice’s Haverhill hub, the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust and East Anglian Air Ambulance each received £2,500, with the Arthur Rank Hospice receiving £2, 343.