Staff at Russell Roof Tiles are raising money with the launch of a Strictly Come Dancing-style live ballroom dancing competition.

Tickets are already selling fast, with only 30 left for the event, which is being held on 10 March at Brewhouse Arts Centre in Burton on Trent.

The event is in aid of Shropshire & Staffordshire Blood Bikes (SSBB), a volunteer-led charity providing an urgent delivery service, transporting lifesaving medical supplies to NHS Foundations across the region.

The competitors will dance a freestyle choice of either jive, salsa, samba, rumba, cha cha cha, charleston, quickstep or a viennese waltz, in front of an audience of nearly 250 colleagues, friends and family.

Andrew Hayward, managing director at Russell Roof Tiles, said: “We wanted to have a fundraising event with a bit of a twist, and it’s a great opportunity for the staff to try something different. Everyone has been hard at work since Christmas practising for the competition so they are taking it all very seriously. No one has ever danced like this and all are putting their reputations on the line for the company all in a good cause.”

In 2015, staff at Russells raised £12,000 for SSBB to buy a new motorbike, plus £12,000 for Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes.