2026 Charity Update
Batala Lancaster has adopted a charity each year. Any member can nominate a charity, and members vote at our AGM to decide which one we will support for the next year.
To date, our adopted charities have been:
- 2017 – St John’s Hospice Lancaster
- 2018 – Blue Skies Hospital Fund, Blackpool
- 2019 – Lancashire MIND
- 2020/2021 – RNLI (extended due to COVID)
- 2022 – Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue
- 2023 – PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide UK
- 2024 – CancerCare
- 2025 – St John’s Hospice
Our 2025 fundraising
Last year, we raised £910 for St John’s Hospice on our Just Giving page, through member raffles and pre-loved costume sales, charity bucket collections at Edinburgh Fringe, and busking gigs. We also played at two of the hospice’s own fundraising events: Kendal Colour Dash and the Cross Bay Walk. Finally, two of our members completed their own personal challenges in aid of the hospice, with Sharon completing the Great North Run, and Joanne completing the “100km in September” challenge.
By combining our Just Giving fundraising and Sharon and Joanne’s challenges, we were able to present a commemorative cheque for £ 1,950 to Lisa Morgan, Fundraising Manager, at one of our practices.
Our 2026 charity
At our AGM in January, members voted to support Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service as our nominated charity for 2026.
To follow and support our fundraising efforts for LDHAS this year, please visit our JustGiving page and check our charity gigs listing.