Former primary school teacher Sharon Morris and her husband, Stephen, got together with friends Catherine and David Blake to organise the event at the JJB Stadium on April 26.

Around 250 people attended the evening which included an auction, raffle and entertainment.
Proceeds will go to Derian House Children's Hospice in Chorley.

Sharon, 34, said: "Derian House gets hardly any money from the government and is such a worthy cause.
"We sold tickets for the event and thanks to everyone's generosity it was a huge success."

Stephen, 34, who runs his own joinery firm, provided a complete bathroom suite as one of the prizes for the auction.
This raised £2,100 on the night.

Other prizes included boxing gloves signed by Joe Calzaghe which raised £1,000 and a football shirt signed by Pelé which boosted funds by £950.

Sharon and Stephen, who live in Bransfield Close, Hawkley Hall, and have two sons Billy, five, and Henry, one, organised the charity night with the help of their friends, the Blakes, who also live in Wigan.

After the birth of their son Jack, now two, Catherine, who used to manage children's nursery in Wigan, and David, a tiler, raised a similar amount for the hospital which treated Catherine for cancer.

Catherine, 26, who is now a full-time mum, said: "I had a very rare cancer which travelled from the placenta to my lung.
"The pregnancy and birth were fine, but when Jack was four months old I collapsed at my mum's house – I couldn't speak or hear. My mum thought
I was having a stroke.

"After four weeks at Wigan infirmary I was sent to Sheffield's Western Park Hospital which specialises in treating cancer and was told I had trophoblastic disease.

Catherine underwent six months of chemotherapy and is now clear of the cancer, although she still has to have regular check-ups.
Catherine and David, 29, raised cash for the Sheffield hospital to thank them for her treatment.

She said: " My husband and I helped them as much as we could but what they did was just brilliant.
"To raise so much money for such a worthy cause is a great achievement."