A POPULAR Hampshire theme park has donated hundreds of pounds to a local charity.

The Karen Ingram Foundation accepted a cheque of £600 from Paultons Park to go towards ongoing fundraising following a recent Meet and Greet with their charity mascot at the park.

The 'Meet Muddles' event took place at the Park on Saturday August 28 and raised an incredible £420.56 on the day.

Park owners were so impressed with the interaction between Muddles and Park guests that the owners of Hampshire's Paultons Park have now generously donated an additional £600 towards the cause.

Tom Ingram, Fundraiser for The Karen Ingram Foundation said: "The support we have received from the whole Paultons team has been truly remarkable.

"Having grown up with the Park, it’s been an honour to fundraise in my mother’s memory at a place where we shared so many happy days out over the years.

"We really enjoyed our time at the Park; raising funds and awareness into our cause and also creating some smiles along the way, especially after the year we have all had.”

The Karen Ingram Foundation was established in 2008 and set up in memory of Karen Jane Ingram, a mother of two from Portsmouth, who sadly passed away from Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in July of that year, aged just 40.

The aim of the Foundation is to raise awareness and improve survival rates in to the blood cancer Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.