CHARITIES will benefit from a civic dinner and dance to be held by the Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley, Coun Jack Alston and his wife Mary.

The event will be held at the James Hargreaves stand at Turf Moor, Burnley, on Friday, September 28, and will include a raffle, tombola and other fund-raising events.

Coun Alston said the main purpose of the event was to raise money for the Mayoral charity fund which this year is for Pendleside Hospice, Reedley, and the Westways special school minibus appeal in Burnley.