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Festive farmers light up Liverpool

05 January 2024

A boy watching a tractor run from a window

Photograph: Allana Hunt

The fourth Festive Farmers tractor run in Liverpool organised by NFU Crops board member Olly Harrison has raised over 拢52,000 for the Alder Hey Children鈥檚 Hospital.

Around 100 tractors lit up the streets of south and east Liverpool on Sunday 10 December. Over 100,000 people gathered to cheer on the Christmas convoy along the 17-mile route.聽

As well as raising funds for the charity, all the drivers brought food donations for Fans Supporting Food Banks.

The event has grown in success year on year.

鈥淲e鈥檙e happy that we鈥檝e raised over 拢52,000. I鈥檇 like to thank all the tractor drivers for taking part and NFU and NFU Mutual for their support.鈥�

NFU Combinable Crops board member Olly Harrison

Olly said: 鈥淥ne of the highlights of the 2023 event is that we took the tractors to Media City a few days before for BBC Breakfast, where we had one of the breakfast presenters driving one of the tractors.

鈥淲e鈥檙e happy that we鈥檝e raised over 拢52,000. I鈥檇 like to thank all the tractor drivers for taking part and NFU and NFU Mutual for their support.鈥�

Anyone who would like to donate can do so at . All funds raised go to Alder Hey Children's Charity.

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