A BRADFORD family who have raised more than £110,000 in eight years in memory of their father have taken inspiration from the 1970s for this year's annual ball.

The Mistry family made £12,700 at last year's Soul and Motown themed dinner dance and hope to make even more this time round, says Harkishan Mistry.

Tickets at £35 each or a table of ten guests for £300 are on sale now for the special night on Saturday, May 9 which will start off with a Champagne reception at 7pm followed by a three course Indian meal at the Aagrah Bradford restaurant in Thornbury.

Planet Abba will be providing the entertainment on the night to help bring in funds to help the Govindbhai Foundation charity continue its work changing lives here and abroad.

There will also be casino tables, an auction and dancing to DJ Evallance. The dress code is black tie but anyone turning up in 70s glam stands a chance of winning a prize for the best fancy dress.

The Mistry family originally left Kenya during the turbulent rule of Jomo Kenyatta and his KANU party in 1971, they settled in Bradford where many of them still live and work, with the majority living in Lidget Green. There are more than 40 in the family.

They set up the Govindbhai Foundation, named after their late dad and grandfather to give thanks for their life in the UK.

In the past the family's fundraising efforts have helped build classrooms in India, taught literacy in classrooms in remote parts of Nepal, donated to the Variety Club, bought baby warmer mattresses for Bradford Royal Infirmary's maternity unit, helped a blind school and supported a Bradford charity to send young people with disabilities off on activities or holidays.

Last year, four members of the Mistry family took on the challenge of the Yorkshire Three Peaks and one of its youngest members, four-year-old Rohan Mistry completed a 3km run - there are plans to do it again, said Mr Mistry.

The charity has no administration costs because they are covered by the Mistry family. This year, the money will be going for a second time to Bradford-based Fulfil The Wish charity, which runs activities and holidays for children from all over the UK who have lifelong disabilities and complex health needs.

Mary Appleton, who set up Fulfil The Wish more than ten years ago, said: "Thanks to the Govindbhai Foundation, we will be organising an Easter trip to the Bendrigg Trust activity centre in Cumbria from last year's money. Without them we would not be going.

"We were flattered they chose us again this year and we hope to fund a break next year for a family from London, Scotland and Bradford where the Mistry family has links."

Funds will also go to Chitrakoot, a charity in the Madhya Pradesh region of Northern India where healthcare is so basic that one in five children do not live to see their fifth birthday.