A SUPERMARKET has donated £1,500 to help a hospice which is building a new day care centre.

Staff at Somerfield in Borrowash awarded the grant to Treetops Hospice.

The money is part of a £100,000 donation made by the Somerfield Staff Lottery to good causes around the UK.

Store manager Simon Kenan put forward the application for Treetops' Ripple Appeal to be considered for the grant.

He said: "Most of our staff are local residents so it is excellent to support our local hospice."

Kate Shaw, of the Ripple Appeal fund-raising team, said: "Building work will start at the end of this month, so truly every pound counts."

The Ripple Appeal is raising funds for the new centre at Treetops' Risley base.

Treetops provides specialist palliative care to people with life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease and end-stage heart disease.

Contact Kate Shaw or Lily Grant on 0115 939 4551 or 07904 618350 or e-mail kshaw@tree topshospice.org.uk

Donations can be made by visiting www.justgiving.com/treetopshospice