Closure of 40-year-old Hardwick Probus Club spurs £1,000 donation to Ashgate Hospice
Officials from a Chesterfield organisation which disbanded after 40 years have presented a cheque for £1,000 to Ashgate Hospice.
Hardwick Probus Club for retired and semi-retired business people was dissolved due to declining numbers, increasing costs and banking complexities.
The club’s bank account was closed this month and the balance donated to the hospice by chairman Norman White and treasurer John Young.
Seventeen members and 11 guests met for lunch at the Olde House in Loundsley Green in February when the club was formally dissolved exactly four decades after its launch.