Baby ballerinas help raise £100k

Babyballet Danceathon at Sparkles Play Centre, Royton precinct.

YOUNG ballet stars in Royton donned their finest fancy dress and danced their way to raising £100,000 with a national dance-a-thon.

Tiny tots attending the Babyballet franchise at Sparkles Dance Centre, in Royton Precinct, took part in a fundraising event to raise money for baby charity Tommy's, which funds vital research into stillbirth, premature birth and miscarriage.

And the dancing darlings, helped by parents and carers, hopped, skipped and jumped their way through the charity event, joining 13,500 Babyballet stars across the country in raising much-needed funds.

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