Baker returns to town nearing £100,000 charity goal

A baker who has been regularly selling his cakes and chutneys in aid of Help for Heroes will return to Beccles next week.

Charity baker David Brown will again raise money for Help for Heroes as he returns to Beccles with his latest cake sale. Picture: David Brown - Credit: Archant

David Brown, of Burgh St Peter, has been selling an assortment of cakes, chutneys, and savouries for 10 years in aid of the veteran support charity.

Mr Brown said he is £7500 short of his goal to raise £100,000 for the charity, which looks after service personnel suffering with physical and mental disabilities.

In July this year the baker took a £14,366 cheque to the charity, who he began fundraising for on Armed Forces Day in 2009.

Mr Brown and his late wife, Pat, have raised more than £90,000 since then. They were inspired to do so by their daughter, Sally William, who served in the army for 24 years.

David Brown (Centre) handed over £14,000 to Help for Heroes earlier this summer. Picture: Supplied by David Brown - Credit: Archant

Mr Brown will be at Exchange Square in Beccles from 8am until 2pm on Saturday September 14.

He said: "I will have all the usual cakes and chutneys, I'll be there until we've sold out."