Local Author helps raise over £1500 at Cream Tea Event

Local author Stephanie Austin helped Dame Hannahs raise over £1500 for the charity last week. Over 90 supporters attended the Cream Tea event at Dame Hannahs in Ivybridge and had a wonderful afternoon.

The guests enjoyed a delicious cream tea and a fascinating talk by Stephanie Austin about her time as an author and her latest book Death on Dartmoor Edge. Matt Steele from Ivybridge Bookshop helped Stephanie to sell her books at the event while longtime supporters Marian and Trevor Vanstone sold their homemade preserves and homegrown plants in aid of Dame Hannahs. There was also a wide selection of beautiful raffle prizes to be won.

Dame Hannahs Community Engagement Lead, Debbie Lumsdon, said “We were absolutely delighted with over 90 people attending our Cream Tea event last week. We raised over £1500 and each and every person who attended helped us to achieve this. My thanks go to the author Stephanie Austin who gave a very engaging talk to the captivated audience, to Rodda’s Cream Tea Society for donating the clotted cream and our volunteers for baking the scones. We are so grateful to everyone who continues to support us here at Dame Hannahs”.