SUNFLOWER badges will soon be on sale in Burnley and Pendle - to help brighten up the lives of people in need.

The fund-raiser is in aid of the local Hospice Care group, which runs the Pendleside Centre in Reedley.

June is Sunflower Month -- a national fundraising and awareness campaign in support of the Hospice movement.

Locally, the badges will be on sale at all Hospice shops, sports centres, council buildings, local shops and businesses.

The local group is also organising a Sunflower stroll on June 20.

Burnley and Pendle Hospice has to raise nearly £500,000 a year from voluntary sources to run its hospice and community support services.

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