Mosque BBQ cooks up cancer cash

A quiet Saturday afternoon in Thornhill Lees was quickly fired up with local lads serving up burgers and biryani as they joined the fight against cancer.
Presentation: The Darul Ilm team deliver the cheque for £1,150 to Cancer Research UK.Presentation: The Darul Ilm team deliver the cheque for £1,150 to Cancer Research UK.
Presentation: The Darul Ilm team deliver the cheque for £1,150 to Cancer Research UK.

A team of a team of 25 volunteers at the Darul Ilm mosque meticulously organised a barbecue and car wash to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.

The outstanding success of the event astounded both staff and volunteers alike with cars circling around the mosque.

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MP Paula Sherriff also praised the group’s efforts during her visit.

The Dewsbury Cancer Research UK shop staff, who recently received a cheque for £1,150 from the team, said the volunteers, some as young as nine, were ‘inspiring’.

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