The group of amateur artists and floral enthusiasts raised more than £1000 to help charities Furniture Plus and the Salvation Army.

The two charities received £500 each to help homeless people.

The group held an exhibition earlier this month in the Gellets Halls, Limekilns, to raise the money.

Pamela Galloway, organiser of the group, said, “The aim of the exhibition was to get feedback about their work because the women did not believe their teacher, me, that they were producing some lovely work.”