This year’s Yabba Dabba Doo Ball has unveiled a series of incredible prizes with a Live Auction now open.
DDC Group Founder and Chairman, Jan Trevalyan, and philanthropist Lisa Marriott, are organising their 11th Ball at Hurlston Hall, sponsored by the DDC Group, in Scarisbrick, near Southport, this Saturday (4th October 2025).
Over the past decade, the couple have raised over £1.6 million for The Christie Charity, with £256,000 raised at last year’s event.
Over the years Jan and Lisa have proudly supported a variety of projects at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Christie is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe and the first in the UK to be accredited as a comprehensive cancer centre.
This year, fundraising efforts from Yabba 25: Glitz & Glamour are focused on two key initiatives:
- funding a Youth Support, Education, and Employment Mentor to help teenage and young adult patients navigate life during and after treatment
- contributing to The Christie Charity General Cancer Appeal, which supports vital work in research, cutting-edge equipment, and improved treatment facilities such as a new state of the art scanning centre.
The Yabba Dabba Doo Ball began at Jan and Lisa’s home before moving to Victoria Park in Southport and now to Hurlston Hall.
Yabba 25: Glitz & Glamour will welcome back Heather Small for a show-stopping performance along with an explosive fireworks in an display evening of glamour, fun, and unforgettable entertainment.
There are lots of ‘money can’t buy’ auction prizes and lots of items to be won in the raffle.
You can make a donation here: The Yabba Dabba Doo 2025 – Pledge
You can bid for Live Action and Silent Auction prizes here: The Yabba Dabba Doo 2025 – Home
Live Auction Auction items include:
- Two Night Stay for 2 At The Stunning 5* Anantara New York Palace Hotel Budapest With A River Cruise
- Tunnel Club Experience – 4 Seats for Manchester City vs Liverpool (8th Nov 2025)
- Scottish Castle Experience for six
- sparkling lunch or dinner for 10 at Boodles House, Liverpool, with £1000 towards a piece of jewellery
- Paul McCartney Signed Hofner Bass Guitar
- Golf for Two at Royal Birkdale with Sir Kenny Dalglish & 2024 Club President Mark Darrah
- Private Hospitality Box for 10 – Manchester City vs Sunderland (6th Dec 2025)
- One week Bali Escape for eight people
- Wimbledon Debenture Tickets – Centre Court, 2nd Thursday of the Championships
- Enchanting Nile River Cruise for 7 nights
Silent Auction Items include:
- Breakfast with Gary Neville at The Stock Exchange Hotel, Manchester
- 7 night Barbados Escape for 6 people with lunch at Lonestar
- Private Dining for 12 at Hawksmoor in either London, Manchester, Liverpool, or Edinburgh
- Feast on the UK’s best steak at Gaucho – 10 people
- 4-Ball at Gleneagles golf
- Tasting Menu for 2 at Moor Hall 3 star Michelin Restaurant
- 7 Night Cote D’Azure Villa Stay For 6
- 4 tickets to the MOBO Awards The CoOp Live Arena on 26th March 2026
- Manchester City 2024/25 Signed Ball and full team signed shirt
- Return Helicopter ride to The Samling Hotel including lunch including lunch for 4
Jan and Lisa said: “We think it’s important to give back where you can.
“The funds raised from this charity will do an incredible amount of good.
“We organised our first event at our home and raised £36,000 and the Yabba Dabba Doo Ball has grown bigger, better and more spectacular every year.
“We are delighted to be holding our Ball at Hurlston Hall this year. It is a fabulous venue, and we can’t thank them enough for the huge support they have given us.
“D’Vine Catering is once again providing the food, which is superb.
“We are really looking forward to this weekend, we’re sure our guests will be too!
“It’s going to be another spectacular Ball, while raising as much money as we can for a really important cause that makes such a positive difference to young people’s lives.
“Everyone will be able to enjoy an award-winning fireworks display from Blitz Fireworks.
“Heather Small from M People will be singing for us.
“There are some incredible auction prizes that people can bid for, and we have some great prizes in our raffle too.
“The Yabba Dabba Doo Ball sold out several weeks ago and is a sell-out every year.
“We’re very grateful to all our guests for coming to support us, and to everyone for their generosity for donating such impressive auction items and raffle prizes.
“The Ball has such a loyal following with many people coming back year after year. We have lots of people coming who have never missed one!
“There are people flying in from New York, some coming from Holland, others from Southport, Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire and across the North West.
“Our guests know that every penny they donate makes a real difference.
“The Christie is world renowned for what they do. Their knowledge and research spreads worldwide so supporting the work they do makes a difference to people locally, and also across the globe.”
You can make a donation here: The Yabba Dabba Doo 2025 – Pledge
You can pre bid in the live auction here: The Yabba Dabba Doo 2025 – Live Auction Items
About The Christie Charity
The Christie Charity exists solely to support the work of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and its patients, providing enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds in four main areas: research, care and treatment, education and extra patient services.
Gifts from the public make a huge difference to the care and treatment that The Christie is able to provide to patients and their families.
The Christie Charity has plans in the pipeline to further improve services.
They have big goals and ambitions for the future and events like Yabba 2025 help them to achieve this for their patients.
The Christie Charity is one of the largest hospital charities in the UK.
To find out more about the work of The Christie Charity please visit The Christie Charity
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