A fundraising evening concert on behalf of the Motor Neurone Disease Association will be happening at St. Andrew's Church, West Street, Ashburton on Saturday November 9 between 7.00pm and 9.30pm.

Doors open at 6.15pm.

The evening's entertainment will start with the popular Ashburton Community Folk Orchestra

playing a set of foot-tapping folk tunes from the British Isles and beyond.

In the second half - Moorland Mandolins will perform a wide variety of popular pieces drawn

from both their classical and contemporary repertoire.

The Moretonhampstead-based mandolin orchestra was formed in 2022 and attracts players from all over the south-west.

Both orchestras are conducted by local musician David Faulkner.

All donations from the evening will go to the MNDA and will aid research into finding a cure for

this debilitating condition.

Motor Neurone Disease affects about 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time and there is no cure.