The Alarm frontman, from Dyserth, was joined by his wife Jules to hand over a cheque for £16,000 to the North Wales Cancer Centre at Glan Clwyd Hospital, as part of a cash bonanza for hospitals and hospices across North Wales.

As revealed in last week’s The Journal, Mike raised more than £40,000 from his Snowdon Rocks fundraising drive last June, as he sandwiched a performance on Snowdon between concerts in Rhyl and Caernarfon.

Mike, who has twice been treated for cancer, is planning to repeat Snowdon Rocks this summer.

He said: “At the North Wales Cancer Centre the staff go beyond the call of duty to help you. I am extremely grateful for the help they have given me and I want to repay them and Ysbyty Gwynedd as much as possible.

“A third of the people in this country are diagnosed with cancer. It is important we do all we can to help raise awareness of cancer and the world class treatment that is offered here in North Wales.”

Also enjoying a welcome cash windfall is St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaph, where the majority of patients are cancer sufferers. They were presented with a cheque for £2,500 to help with their ongoing work in providing a high quality of care for people with life threatening illnesses.

Hospice fundraiser Jackie Jeffrey said: “We are extremely grateful for this donation, which will be put to good use. We appreciate how Mike Peters has decided to help out hospices across North Wales as well as the hospitals. It is nice to have someone high profile raising awareness of cancer and the work we do.”

Mike, who last year performed at the top of the Empire State Building and on Mount Everest in aid of cancer sites through his Love Hope Strength Foundation, is planning to hold a concert later in the year at Machu Picchu in Peru, performing more than 2,000m high in the Andes.

This weekend he is performing locally in The Alarm’s annual The Gathering event at Venue Cymru., Llandudno.