ORGANISERS of the Mappfest music festival have presented cheques to four charities using money raised at this year’s event.

Supporters of the event, which took place in June, have given £1,400 each to St Richards Hospice and Headway, and a further £400 each to Craig and Charlotte’s Saving Hearts Foundation and to Malvern Community Action.

Now organisers are looking forward to next year’s event, the tenth Mappfest, which will be held on June 15 and 16 next year.

Bands can apply to play via the website mappfest.co.uk until Friday, December 21.

Organisers are hoping to recruit new volunteers who are invited to the Mappfest AGM on Wednesday, December 19, held at the Newtown Club, Link Top, at 7.30pm.

They are looking for volunteers to act as chairman, treasurer and secretary as well as three trustees.