BOLTON Market Place will stage a string of fundraising events for Bolton Hospice over the summer.

Managers at the shopping centre have agreed to host a prize draw for a brand new MG ZR car. Tickets will be on sale in the shopping centre until November.

They will also be running the Light Up A Life appeal from November, when shoppers will be invited to buy a light on the centre's Christmas tree. Last year the initiative raised more than £20,000.

Two new benches have also been donated to the hospice's garden by the shopping centre.

Rod Neasham, Bolton Market Place manager, said: "We were pleased to donate the benches, but wanted to do more."