FINAL preparations are being made ahead of this month’s Mad Hatter's Tea Party being held at Tatworth in aid of cancer charities.

It will be the second party following on from last year’s first-ever successful event at the Tatworth Playing Fields – hosted by the Mad Hatter herself, Jill White.

Breast cancer survivor Jill and her friends from the Ribbon Cancer Support, Awareness and Fundraising group have worked hard to prepare for this year’s event which will be held on Sunday, June 21, from 10am to 6pm.

There will be plenty of attractions and activities going on for all the family to enjoy including the annual Men v Ladies Rounders Match for the Angie Gerrard Cup, a barbecue, table-top sale, tombola, Chard Goldstar Majorettes, live music, tug of war, face painting, car boot sale and craft stalls.

Teresa Gay, of Ribbon, said: “This event really is for the whole family – there will be lots of things for the children to take part in and do.

“Chard Majorettes will perform at the event and there will also be tractor rides.

“There will be live music throughout the day with Stevie Brown, Gabriel Swarbrick and the IOUs.”

This will be a great chance to go along and meet the Mad Hatter, Alice, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Cheshire Cat and March Hare.

If anyone would like to have a table there for selling hand-crafted items or a car boot pitch, please contact Teresa on 07990-599317.

“We have plenty of space for more,” said Teresa. “You will need your own table for this event and we will charge £5 for craft stalls/car boots – but all the money you then raise is yours.”

Although the day will provide plenty of fun – there will also be a serious message behind the proceedings.

The party is being held in memory of Angie Gerrard, of Chard, who died of cancer on June 6 last year aged 44 – just days before the first Mad Hatters Tea Party.

All money raised will go towards the Breast Cancer Campaign and Cancer Research UK.

It was at last year’s Mad Hatters Tea Party where breast cancer patient Maria Wadey, desperately upset at the untimely death of her friend, first suggested the idea of a calendar to raise money for charity and it was there that the successful Calendar Girls and Boys project – which went on to amass more than £10,000 – was created.

With the calendar project having now been done and dusted – the work of Ribbon has taken over with continued fundraising and providing support to fellow cancer patients in the Chard and Ilminster area, along with raising awareness. But Sunday, June 21, will be a day when fun takes over at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.