BLACKPOOL brothers Sam and Ben Barnett know how to dance the night away.

For the pair, who attend Arnold School, organised a disco for friends in aid of the Macmillan Windmill Appeal.

And when the brothers found out just how much they had raised they admitted to being astounded.

They helped raise a huge £1,100 and are in the frame for a Little Champions award from the Citizen.

Every month we select who we think has done the most towards reaching the Macmillan Windmill Appeal target of £2.9 million for a cancer unit at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Sam, 14, and Ben, 15, held the disco at Blackpool's Waterfront Nightclub, inviting friends from their school while spreading the word throughout other schools in the area.

Their networking proved to be successful - more than 300 teenagers aged between 14 and 17 flocked to the event.

The boys raised £860 through ticket sales, £140 came from the Waterfront and £100 from family and friends.

But this won't be the last event being held at Arnold School who are at the centre of a fundraising marathon with the aim of raising £100,000 for the Macmillan Windmill Appeal.

Ben said: "It was an excellent night and the result of two weeks of organising.

"But I had no idea we would raise this amount of money - it went better than we could have imagined."

Sam agreed: "The setting was fantastic, the atmosphere was great and we really enjoyed it. Everyone's talking about it at school and asking when the next one is."

Deputy director of fundraising for the Macmillan appeal Elaine Fossett said: "This is a tremendous effort by little champions Ben and Sam and a superb show of initiative.

"I'm just sorry we can't take them out of school and send them up and down the country as our disco stars."

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