A charity dinner raised roughly £60,000 for youth sports in Liverpool this week.
Boxing legend Frank Bruno and Toxteth's own world champion, Natasha Jonas, appeared at Liverpool Sporting Dinner's black tie event at the Titanic Hotel's Rum Warehouse on Thursday, December 1. The annual event has raised more than £500,000 for local sporting activities over the 28 years it's been held, including more than £70,000 in 2020 alone.
The exact figure for this year's income from ticket sales and an auction won't be known for two weeks, but an organiser estimated it to be around £60,000. For most of its existence, Liverpool Sporting Dinner has funded the Lord's Taverners, a national youth cricket and disability sport charity, for more than 20 years. Over the last decade, the fundraiser has also supported Dallaglio RugbyWorks, a charity using rugby to reduce school exclusions.
