Revellers are being invited to a night of Irish music to raise cash for children in care.

Two social workers are staging the concert in June and hope to make £2,500 for musical instruments for fostered children to play at a music drop-in session.

Liz Bray and Jeannie Smith are fundraising under the banner of the Joan Gale Memorial Fund, set up in memory of a social worker who died of cancer two years ago.

Their dream is to create a musical 'club' for vulnerable youngsters which would be based at the Adoption and Fostering Unit in Saltaire.

The concert at the Kings Hall, Ilkley, is on June 22, on the first day of Bradford Festival and will start the programme.

Irish bands Scarlet Heights and Avalon will perform and there will be a raffle of Manchester United FC memorabilia.

Liz Bray, who performs with the Irish band Avalon in her spare time, said she was inspired to set up the drop-in after stints working in a children's home when the children would beg her to bring in her guitar.

She enjoyed teaching songs to the youngsters and could see how much they got out of it.

Her colleague Jeannie Smith, who also works as a foster placement support worker, said: "A lot of the kids we work with are creative and this drop-in would be a constructive thing for them to do, but in a more laid-back atmosphere than they get at school."

So far a keyboard and drum kit have been donated for the youngsters to use, but the pair are hoping to buy a saxophone and other equipment.

"Extras like this cost money, which is not available in the social services budget, which is why we are organising this concert," Liz said.

l Tickets for the concert on June 22 cost £5 and are available on (01274) 754331.