A woman whose husband was killed in a car crash last year helped raise more than £1,300 for the Oxford Children's Hospital and the Radcliffe Infirmary.

Joanna Buddin, 29, of Mulberry Drive, Bicester, was devastated when her husband Adam, 30, father to their three children, died last October.

He was killed when his Audi caught fire after a collision with a Honda on the B430, near Weston-on-the-Green.

She started a fund for the hospitals in his memory and because their daughter Ashley was treated at the Leopold Ward of Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary. Ashley had to have surgery because the soft spots on her skull - called fontanelles - fused prematurely.

Mr Buddin's friends and colleagues at Campsfield House, Kidlington, where he worked as a training instructor, came up with the idea of a family fun day.

The event on June 10 raised £668 each for the Leopold Ward and the new children's hospital being built at the John Radcliffe Hospital site in Headington.

Mrs Buddin said: "I was very touched when Adam's colleagues at Campsfield House said they wanted to do something in his memory. It was their idea to have the fun day.

"It went really well and I was shocked we raised so much. It brought it home that he is gone, I kept thinking if he was here he would have had a laugh with everyone.

"I think it's wonderful that people thought so much of him they want to make it an annual event. It's about keeping his memory alive."

Mrs Buddin said her husband had doted on his two daughters, Kayleigh, three, and Ashley May, two, and was thrilled to be expecting his first son Jaycob, who was born in February.

She thanked businesses and people who had donated raffle prizes, including Hartwell Ford, of Kidlington, Johnsons Honda, the Aviator Health Club, Easy Unlimited, Angela Robinson, the Holiday Inn at Pear Tree, Oxford, Aramark, Global Solutions Limited, Chanel, Aston James, of Witney, Anthony Sulton, 2D Franklin, The Squire Bassett, Sturdy's Castle, Bartlett Butchers and the staff at Campsfield House.

Alison Barnes, a spokesman for Chox, said: "This has been a terrible time for Joanna and her family. We are delighted that she has chosen the children's ward and the children's hospital to receive the money raised."