Nila’s glam night is a £20,000 hit

Photo: Jiresh Photography

Glammed up for charity (l-r): Prital Sachdev, who catered for the evening, organisers Suresh Patel and wife Nila Patel, friends Sonal Patel and husband Sasi Patel, Nila’s nephew Anil Hirani, whose wife died from cancer, and his sister Chetna Hirani. (Picture by Jiresh Photography)

AN Oldham woman has raised more than £20,000 at a glamorous fundraising event in memory of her late father.

Nila Patel (33), from Coppice, organised the casino-style evening after her father, Hirji Mavji Nardani, died aged 76 in October 2012 and her nephew’s wife Rita (28) died from a rare cancer in April.

Nila - who owns a sub-post office in Millbrook, near Stalybridge - decided to raise money for the Stroke Association and Cancer Research UK.

Nila, and friends Prital Sachdev and Sasi Patel organised the dinner for over 340 people. Nila raised £10,000 in the four months leading up to the event and a further £10,000 on the night