FROM signed footballs to a glider flight, there are a host of exciting gifts up for grabs at a charity auction.

The sale is being held on Friday, March 4 in aid of the Zaslowya Project.

The charity brings children affected by the Chernobyl disaster to Swindon for recuperative holidays.

Among the prizes are cinema tickets, fitness sessions, meals, riding lessons, go-karting and even a trip in a Limo.

Bidders are welcome at the Village Inn, Liddington from 9.15pm.

Sealed bids can also be left at The Thicket, in Upper Wanborough or at 43, The Street, Liddington. For a list of promises, call 01793 710800.

Six youngsters from Belarus visited Swindon over the New Year.

The charity recently came in for scathing criticism from Belarus' controversial prime minister Aleksander Lukashenko.

He claimed children visiting the UK were being corrupted with western values.

But volunteers have vowed to continue their work, which gives fresh hope to scores of youngsters, some of whom get sponsored to go through college.