A CHARITY which takes disabled youngsters on an annual holiday to France, raised £1,710 in a street collection outside Ewood Park, Blackburn.

Volunteers from Group 72 of HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust were joined by children and families on Saturday before the 4-1 win over Charlton.

The money will help cover this year's six-day Easter trip to Lourdes in the South of France.

Twelve children aged between six and 17, along with 17 helpers, enjoyed a limousine ride to the airport, followed by a first class flight to France where they visited religious sites, the seaside and the zoo.