People with Alzheimer's disease will benefit from a 800 donation following a charity auction.

Members of Wantage Inner Wheel group raised the cash for the town's October Club following a sale of donated second-hand items.

A further 800 was raised for the Home Farm Trust in Milton, which helps people with learning difficulties. The donations follow a function at Lane's Barn, near Wantage in November.

Group spokesman Jackie Gibbens said: "We are very pleased. This is the largest amount we have raised in a single event.

We like to help people locally, and the October Club is a good cause."