Wimborne Food Bank, My Time Young Carers and Carer Support Dorset have each received a cheque for £800 from fundraising by a local band that have been playing together for more than 50 years.

Haywire, a four-piece harmony band, have been working together since they were talent-spotted in 1968. Over five decades, they’ve played with famous names such as Billy Fury and Mungo Jerry and released their own album covers.

Now the group, which features Dudley Cooke on lead guitar, Malcolm Bryant on bass, Alan Connell on rhythm and Kevin Uphill on drums have hung up their guitars and sparkly jackets for the final time.

The final sell-out gig took place at Hamworthy Recreation Club in Wimborne with over 200 people bopping away to covers of songs from the 60s through to the noughties.

Hamworthy Recreation Club presented the band with a cheque for £230 to go towards the local causes and a raffle and auction of two of the band’s glittery stage jackets helped raise a total of £2,400.

Band leader Alan Connell said: “It was so rewarding for our last gig to help make a difference to such worthy local causes.”