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Macclesfield Beer Festival raises £20,000 for cause close to organisers' hearts

By Matthew Hancock-Bruce   21st Oct 2025

This year's Macclefield Charity Beer Festival raised £20,000 for the Cheshire branch of the MND Association (Credit: MaccBeerFest)
This year's Macclefield Charity Beer Festival raised £20,000 for the Cheshire branch of the MND Association (Credit: MaccBeerFest)

Beer has helped to raise thousands of pounds for local charities.

The buckets have all finally been counted and Macclesfield Charity Beer Festival can now confirm that this year's event raised £20,000 for the Cheshire branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

This money will be used to support grants for home adaptation equipment and other essential items to help those affected by MND.

Chair of the festival James Hogben said: "With the support of the local community, we're absolutely delighted to have raised a fantastic amount of money for the MND Association.

"There is a heartfelt reason for this year's main charity beneficiary.

"Our long-serving volunteer committee members, Jill and Dave Hasler, have dedicated so much to our community over the past 29 years and their son Rob, a Macclesfield resident and teacher, is facing this challenging illness.

"The wider committee put forward the MND Association as our main charity beneficiary, a decision that Jill, Dave and Rob were very happy to endorse."

MND Association was picked after committee members' Jill and Dave Hasler son Rob was diagnosed with MND (Credit: MaccBeerFest)

The 29th Macclesfield Charity Beer Festival took place across Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10.

More than 3,000 people attended over the course of three sessions, drinking over 12,800 pints of beer, perries and ciders.

Run entirely by volunteers, the festival has raised over £300,000 in its almost 30-year history.

This year's event also raised £2,000 for Windyway, the Macclesfield-based animal rescue centre.

Festival chair James said: "On behalf of the Macc Beer Fest committee, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone that came and supported this year's festival, to all of our amazing volunteers, and to everyone that sponsors us." 

Nearly 13,000 pints were drunk over the course of this year's festival back in May (Credit: Nub News)

The MND Association's Sophie Meadows added: "We are so grateful to the volunteer team at Macc Beer Fest for choosing the MND Association as its main charity beneficiary this year.

"The funds raised will be used to support families impacted by this cruel disease in Cheshire.

"This generous £20,000 donation will offer practical support by funding our support grants which help to support people living with MND, their families and carers with the impact of motor neurone disease.

"As well as helping to provide access to specialist equipment and adaptations required by people living with MND, the Association offers a range of grants including a cost-of-living grant to support people affected by MND who are facing financial hardship.

 "We couldn't be more grateful to Macc Beer Fest for their tremendous support."

     

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