Somebody's nicked the charity bucket from a Whitehaven Halloween display that was raising money for the hospice Charity bucket stolen from Whitehaven Halloween display raising money for Hospice at Home

Philip Pattinson's wrestling-themed Halloween display had its collection bucket pinched on Thursday, with a week of donations for Hospice at Home West Cumbria in it. He's not giving up.

This one's for anybody in Whitehaven who's been to see Philip Pattinson's Halloween display, or was planning on going this weekend.

Philip's done a Halloween display at his house in Whitehaven for six years now. This year it's a wrestling theme, and it's raising money for Hospice at Home West Cumbria. On Thursday morning he found it had been damaged and the collection bucket, with a week's worth of donations in it, had gone. He told BBC Radio Cumbria part of the ticket booth was on the floor.

The bucket was left out so folk could still have a look when nobody was in, and he's no idea how much was in it. He said: "Sometimes there's loose change, sometimes when we open up the buckets, there's notes in, so we just don't know what's been put in."

He also told the BBC: "I think if it had just been my stuff, I'd have just been angry, but I just started feeling sad, the money's for charity and somebody's stolen that money that people have donated."

It's not been his year. Storms Austen and Boelo battered the display last weekend, and he had to reapply "a lot of hair" to a spider that's more than 2m tall. Him and his wife say they're carrying on raising what they can for the hospice, and people have come from as far as Carlisle to see it.

What you can do: if you saw anything round the display before it was found smashed up on Thursday morning, get on to Cumbria Police on 101 or online. And if you want to be sure your money gets to the hospice, you can give straight through Hospice at Home West Cumbria's own website, which is in the sources below.

A week's worth of donations for Hospice at Home West Cumbria was taken from Philip Pattinson's wrestling-themed Halloween display on Thursday morning. He and his wife plan to keep fundraising.

This is for anyone in Whitehaven who has visited Philip Pattinson's Halloween display, or was planning to go this weekend.

Mr Pattinson has put on a Halloween display at his home in Whitehaven for the past six years. This year's is wrestling-themed and is raising money for Hospice at Home West Cumbria. On Thursday morning he found the display had been damaged and the collection bucket, holding a week's worth of donations, had been taken. He told BBC Radio Cumbria part of the ticket booth was on the floor.

The bucket was left outside so people could still visit when nobody was home, and he does not know how much was in it. He said: "Sometimes there's loose change, sometimes when we open up the buckets, there's notes in, so we just don't know what's been put in."

He also told the BBC: "I think if it had just been my stuff, I'd have just been angry, but I just started feeling sad, the money's for charity and somebody's stolen that money that people have donated."

It has been a hard year for the display. Storms Austen and Boelo damaged it last weekend, and Mr Pattinson said he had to reapply "a lot of hair" to a spider that stands more than 2m tall. He and his wife say they plan to keep raising as much as they can for the hospice, and visitors have travelled from as far as Carlisle to see their displays.

What you can do: if you saw anything around the display in the hours before it was found damaged on Thursday morning, contact Cumbria Police on 101 or online. If you want to make sure your money reaches the hospice, you can also give directly through Hospice at Home West Cumbria's own website, listed in the sources below.