SLIMMERS across South Gloucestershire have raised £9525 for charity by donating the clothes they’ve successfully slimmed out of.

Over 380 bags of clothes, shoes and accessories have been collected as part of the Big Slimming World Clothes Throw, held at Slimming World groups across the region, including in Alveston, Frampton Cotterell, Yate, Charfield and Dursley.

The bags will be donated to Cancer Research UK shops as part of the national fundraising drive being run by the weight-loss organisation.

Slimming World also aims to raise awareness of how keeping a healthy weight can reduce the risk of developing some types of cancer.

Each of the filled bags is worth around £25 to the charity, and this year’s campaign is aiming to beat the total raised in 2017 – a whopping £3.3million in just two weeks. The campaign is now in its sixth year.

Shell Roberts, who is the team developer for the area's Slimming World groups, is delighted to have raised so much money for charity.

She said: “I can’t quite believe how many bags we managed to collect. I knew our members were amazing but I didn’t expect such an incredible level of effort.

"Collecting them up to take to local Cancer Research UK shops was a real workout in itself, but all so worth it.

"To raise such a phenomenal amount for a charity that does so much to beat cancer, feels amazing."