Revellers will be donning their best suits and gowns to help raise £4,000 for Oxford's Helen and Douglas House hospices.

Volunteers are staging a glittering charity ball to raise funds for the hospices, which care for children and young adults with life limiting illnesses.

The event is being staged on April 20, by the Eynsham Friends of Helen and Douglas House who have already raised nearly £8,000 for the hospices in the past 12 months.

Eynsham Hall, at North Leigh, is providing the venue and staff for free to help the event, which includes a three course meal and raffle, and the chance to dance the night away to a live band.

Eynsham Friends chairman Ricky Parks and Maureen McCreadie are pictured practising their dance steps at the hall.

For tickets, call 01993 885200.