A CHARITY supporting local people with learning disabilities received £500 at an event celebrating friendship.

SWALLOW Charity hosted a day of friendship on Wednesday, August 13, at its community café in Radstock, where friends and supporters gathered for a chat and enjoyed some cookies together.

At this event, they would receive a cheque worth £500 from the Rotary Club of Somer Valley.

The charity relies on voluntary income to be able to support the needs of the 170 people they support.

SWALLOW are also asking for people to become a ‘Friend of SWALLOW’, which would see a monthly donation be made in exchange for receiving a newsletter, invitations to events and having the donator’s name added to their ‘Tree of Friendship’.