MORE than £99,000 has been raised for Weston Hospicecare by people who took part in last year s Midnight Beach Walk.

MORE than £99,000 has been raised for Weston Hospicecare by people who took part in last year's Midnight Beach Walk.

A total of 1,085 women and girls took part in the five-mile walk along Weston's seafront on September 15 wearing flashing headbands and illuminous necklaces.

Since then the sponsorship money from the walk, which was supported by the Weston & Somerset Mercury, has flooded into the Uphill-based charity.

So far £99,142 has been sent in and there are still more than 200 people who took part but have not made a donation to the hospice, which provides care for people with life-threatening illnesses.

Weston Hospicecare's fundraising and communications manager, Penny Beare, said: "This figure is fantastic and more than we were expecting, but now we want to try and reach the £100,000 mark.

"I would urge anyone who has not sent in their sponsorship money to do so soon to allow us to hopefully reach that milestone."

Arrangements for this year's walk, to be held on September 13, are already underway and anyone who may want to take part can register their interest by emailing midnightwalkbeachwalk2008@westonhospicecare.org.uk