MEMBERS of a Women's Institute (WI) who 'bared-all' for a charity calendar are celebrating raising more than £2,000 for two good causes.

The Kemerton WI calendar – which features plucky fundraisers in a variety of tasteful poses – was launched last September and has since raised a tremendous £2,350.

The cash was presented to St Richard's Hospice and Guideposts – a social care and mental health charity – at a 'wrap' party at The Crown at Kemerton on Thursday, February 23.

Linda Marcham, a member of Kemerton WI and calendar model, said: "The making of our calendar proved to be enormous fun and we would like to thank everyone who has supported us.

"Our wonderful photographers Rose Finch and Jayne Winter, who were amazing to work with, to all our sponsors, to The Crown in Kemerton for hosting our events, to Typecraft printers in Cheltenham for the beautiful calendars they produced and finally to everyone who bought a calendar that enabled us to raise such a fantastic amount for our charities."

Of the many poses inside, there are shots of the WI ladies standing around a piano singing carols, or bedecked in their finest hats and jewellery for the Cheltenham races.

And January’s opening photograph shows the brave women wrapped in an enormous, hand-knitted scarf.

The ladies are aged between their 30s to their 90s, and Ms Marcham said they all had a “fun” time putting together the calendar.

For more information about the WI visit thewi.org.uk