A CHARITY is hoping the public will snap up last minute tickets to the biggest event in its history.

Last minute cancellations mean there are still tickets available for the Rainbow Centre’s Indian Summer Ball on September 27.

This will be the charity’s first major event since its successful appeal to raise £150,000 to keep the doors open.

The evening, at the Tournerbury Estate, in Hayling Island, starts at 7.30pm and will include a champagne reception, a three-course dinner, live music, and entertainment alongside an auction, a silent auction and a raffle.

Auction items include a helicopter trip over to the Isle of Wight, a day cruise on a Sunseeker vessel for up to 10 people, a villa in Cyprus for up to eight, two seats in the corporate box at a Manchester United match, a Downton Abbey poster signed by the cast, a trial dive and fly-fishing on the River Itchen.

The venue was donated by two parents Alice and Chris Snell.

A table of ten costs £700. To book call 01329 289500 or email enquiries@rainbowcentre.org.