Live music to raise cash for Christmas dinners
Proceeds from the event help fund Christmas for families struggling financially in the South East.
Live music event to help fund Christmas dinners
A charity is staging a music event to support a project that helps families cover the cost of Christmas.
The Greenaway Foundation gives families in Kent, Sussex and Surrey ingredients for a two-course Christmas dinner to ease the expense of the festive season.
The group is holding its music festival, Greenaway Live, at Crawley Rugby Club from 15:00 BST on Saturday, with money from ticket sales going towards its work for families facing financial hardship.
Darren Greenaway, who set up the charity, said the Christmas project was "getting bigger and bigger, so this year we need to raise about £200,000".
As part of the charity's festive efforts, children from low-income families can make a "make a wish for a Christmas present", which the organisation delivers on Christmas Eve.
It expects to help more than 1,000 families in 2026, and Greenway said some parents would "break down and cry when we turn up and make the delivery".
The first Greenway Live took place in 2025. The second year of the event will be streamed on the charity's social media.
"I was on my honeymoon trying to arrange it," Greenway told the BBC.
"This year we said we'd try again and obviously it seems to be getting more and more traction, so we've all now started planning towards next year."
He added: "All the live acts are donating their time for free, so it's a mini Live Aid."