UPTON residents are being asked to help make this year’s Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning the most successful yet.

The charity hopes to raise £8.5 million by holding events up and down the country on Friday, September 30.

And people in Upton are being invited to attend a special launch event for this year’s campaign, taking place at the White Lion Hotel at 10.30am next Friday (August 19).

The event will offer the chance to find out more about the campaign over a cup of coffee with Macmillan’s fund-raising team.

Fund-raising manager Kelly Whitehouse said: “We are determined to make this year’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning our biggest ever, and what better way to toast Macmillan than to sign up and get together with friends, eat cake, raise a glass and have fun whilst helping to raise money to support people living with cancer.”

Volunteer Helen Morgan added: “The great thing about this event is that you can put your own twist on it and make sure it works for you. Some people hold just a small event with friends, while others go all out and organise a big community party.”

To find out more about the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning see macmillan.org.uk/coffee or call 0845 602 1315.