TWO up-and-coming stars from Blackburn Rovers' Brockhall Academy helped kick off a charity raffle in aid of cancer research.

Ryan Robinson and Neil Danns popped in to Oswaldtwistle Mills on Sunday to add their support to the Christies Against Cancer charity to fund research into breast cancer.

Prizes at the charity raffle and tombola included Blackburn Rovers shirts, footballs and other memorabilia donated by the club.

The final total is not yet known, but the event looks to have raised several hundred pounds for the charity.

Pictured is volunteer Jean Taylor and grandaughter Chloe West, nine, from Helmshore, with just some of the Rovers' prizes.