A FUNDRAISING night to raise cash to send terminally ill and severely disabled people on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in France is being held on March 16.

The event, which will be held at Rivington Barn, will help pay for 20 nurses and doctors, many from the Royal Bolton Hospital, and 300 young volunteers to travel to Lourdes with the desperately ill people in July.

But first the group need to raise £18,000 to fund the trip.

Guest speakers at the event include TV presenter Frances Edmonds and comic Paddy McGuinness.

Tickets are £28 and are available by calling 01204 390862, 01204 575000 or 07950012887.