THREE charities received a combined £24,000 from a festival held in memory of a popular Witney schoolgirl.

LibFest 2019 took over The Leys recreation ground for a day of music and family fun on June 29, five years to the day after 14-year-old Liberty Baker was killed by a dangerous driver.

All proceeds from the festival went towards Epilepsy Research UK, brain tumour research charity Brainstorm and SeeSaw, which supports bereaved children and young people in Oxfordshire.

Representatives from Epilepsy Research UK and SeeSaw joined members of the LibFest team and Liberty's family for a cheque presentation at The Leys earlier this month.

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The three charities pocketed £8,000 each and LibFest team member Faye Carrick thanked everyone who contributed.

She said: "What a wonderful community we live in to make this happen, but also to remember and honour Liberty."

It takes the amount raised from the four editions of LibFest, held in 2015, 2016, 2017 and this year, to almost £100,000, which Ms Carrick called a 'phenomenal achievement'.

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The festival took a year off in 2018, as maintenance work on The Leys football pitch meant organisers could not hold the event on the closest weekend to the anniversary of the Henry Box School pupil's death.

But this year's LibFest saw large crowds turn out in temperatures touching 32C.

The event began with a 5km fun run, while a line-up of 10 bands played throughout the day.

Children's activities and entertainment was also on offer, all watched by a photo of the teenager that provided the backdrop to the music stage.