Festive Tractor Parade Raises Over £40K

A charity festive tractor parade through South Leicestershire raised over £40,000.

Organisers of the Archers Festive Tractor Run are delighted with the record amount and are thanking all who supported the event.

The tractor run

It returned for a fifth year on December 22nd, with a convoy of nearly 300 decorated tractors passing through Lutterworth and surrounding villages.

There was also a parade in Rugby for the first time the day before, which helped boost the amount raised, which totalled a whopping £41,281.

(L-R) Lawrence Baker (organising team), Emma Jones from LOROS, Ann Bodycote from RABI Rob Brown (organising team), Sally Lane from RABI, Lesley Butcher from the Leicestershire MS Therapy Centre & Ryan Archer (organiser)

The money has been split between LOROS, the Leicestershire MS Therapy Centre, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) & The Farms Safety Foundation, known as ‘Yellow Wellies’

Organiser Ryan Archer spoke to HFM: