Staff at Leekes in Melksham have been among the fundraisers collecting cash for tragic cancer victim Charlotte Wakeham.

Colleagues from the department store dressed up as their favourite stars including the Spice Girls, ABBA, Tina Turner and Westlife for a karaoke night and raised £435 for the Chance of Life Fund.

Spokesman, Larry Muir, said: "It was a thoroughly good evening, absolutely fantastic and it was for a very good cause."

Seven-year-old Charlotte, from Trowbridge, has an incurable brain tumour and is undergoing radiotherapy and drug treatments to try and give her the best quality of life possible in the months she has left.

Her grandmother, Wendy Bryant, said: "She is keeping cheerful and being very brave considering all she is going through."

Charlotte's Chance of Life fund, originally set up to raise enough money to send Charlotte on a dream holiday to Disneyland Paris with her parents, Bill and Alison, and three-year-old brother, Leigh, has exceeded all expectations.

The family are hoping that Charlotte, who now has to use a wheelchair and is losing her eyesight, will be well enough to go to Disneyland after she has completed her treatment.

The money that is raised will be used to do everything possible for Charlotte, but her family has pledged that, whatever the outcome, they will continue their efforts to help other children and their families.

Charlotte's grandmother, Wendy Bryant, who has been spearheading the fundraising campaign, said: "Eventually we would like to open a shop and have an office for the charity."

People have been holding all sorts of events in support of the charity, organising everything from sponsored head shaves to football matches.

Other events are still being planned but the next event will be a jumble sale at the Civic Hall in Trowbridge tomorrow between 10am and 2pm.

Donations can be sent to the Wiltshire Times, 15 Duke Street, Trowbridge.