The family of a former Oxfordshire man who died in the Bali bombing are helping to raise money for burns victims.

Jane Holmes, of Great Coxwell, near Faringdon, will be raising funds in memory of her son Tom.

Tom Holmes

She and elder son Paul have organised a coffee morning at the Reading Room, Great Coxwell, on July 16, which would have been Tom's 40th birthday. They will donate the money to Dan's Funds for Burns, set up by Bali survivor Polly Miller. Mrs Miller formed the charity in memory of her husband Dan, a friend of Mr Holmes, who also died in the bombing.

Mr Holmes lived in Faringdon before moving to Hong Kong in 1995 to work as a civil engineer.

He was in Bali with Hong Kong Football Club for a rugby 10s tournament.

He was with nine friends when the bomb ripped through the Sari nightclub on October 12 last year.

All of them died, apart from Mrs Miller, who escaped with 40 per cent burns.

Mrs Holmes and her family have since forged a friendship with Mrs Miller and decided to do their bit to help the charity, which has raised £35,000 in five months.

She said: "Tom absolutely loved his sport and used to be a captain at Grove Rugby Club so we are getting together some sporting memorabilia to sell at the coffee morning.

"We have been trying to make sense of what happened, but it's very hard.

"We wanted to take a positive step and help Polly make something good from evil."

The coffee morning will run from 10am to noon.