Blackburn Rovers hospitality package, a model of Darwen Tower and a hamper worth £100 are among items to be auctioned at a fundraising event on Thursday.

The Swan pub in Bolton Road will host the event, raising cash for Darwen Rangers Junior Football Club, from 7.30pm.

As well as an auction, there will be a raffle to be drawn by Darwen Town Council mayor Eileen Entwistle at 9pm.

Organiser Steve Duncan said: “The club has received tremendous support from companies in the area.”

Other lots in the auction are a signed Rovers football, a two-piece snooker cue with case and chalks, an autographed Billy Bragg T-shirt, tickets to an Accrington Stanley match, a ladies wash, cut and finish, a one-hour portrait sitting with a professional photographer, a pair of crown green bowls, table lamps, a Preston North End hospitality package, a stereo centre, spray tan and beauty package and a Spitfire memorial plaque.

Items up for grabs in the raffle include cinema tickets, karate lessons, beer tokens and a £50 tattoo voucher.