£100,000 for good causes

Local MP David Simpson has paid tribute to the generosity of the people of the constituency after revealing that since his election to the House of Commons they have helped him to raise or donate over 100,000 to local good causes.

Expressing his pride in the people of Upper Bann Mr Simpson said: “Following the recent concert that I organised on behalf of the ‘Help for Heroes’ campaign I did a quick tally of what has been raised or donated through our three constituency offices across Upper Bann over the last almost five years.

“While I have always known of the generosity of the people of Upper Bann, I have to say that even I was surprised at what we found. The ‘Help for Heroes’ concert actually took the total amount raised/contributed over the 100,000 mark.”

“In the last six months alone the people of Upper Bann have donated over 20,000 to various campaigns. I cannot thank them enough for their generosity.

“These have been straitened economic times. People have been facing into very testing financial and economic winds. Despite this the people of Upper Bann continue to show everything that is best in human nature and I want to take this opportunity to applaud them.”