An Abingdon company has raised £4,000 for a charity that helps children with life-threatening illnesses.

Staff from Bookham Technology's headquarters at Milton Park, near Abingdon, and from its Swindon factory held a prize draw in aid of The Children's Wish Foundation.

As well as granting thousands of wishes, the foundation provides much-needed support for families.

Money raised by Bookham staff will support children locally

Children's wishes range from meeting a pop star to a trip to Disney World.

Foundation representative Marc Granger said: "We are grateful to the staff at Bookham Technology for supporting us for a second time. Once again, we help grant dreams to these very special children to help alleviate the most tragic of circumstances."