HOBBYCRAFT staff in Broadheath will be running ‘hat-blinging’ workshops this March, supporting charity Brain Tumour Research for their 2017 ‘Wear A Hat Day’ campaign.

Between 12-3pm every Saturday in March, customers are invited to free and fun workshops at the Altrincham Retail Park store, where they will be able to get creative and bling up their hat, with the help of Hobbycraft’s in-store experts.

Hobbycraft Altrincham will then celebrate Wear a Hat Day in-store on Saturday, April 1, between 11am-3pm, with colleagues donning their most fabulous and fun hats – and customers encouraged to do the same.

Donations made will support national charity Brain Tumour Research. Brain Tumour Research is committed to funding sustainable research into brain tumours - the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under the age of 40.

Since launching in 2009, Brain Tumour Research has raised more than £10 million due the hard work of supporters and campaigns including Wear A Hat Day, which this year is on March 31.

Maria Barlow, store manager at Hobbycraft on Altrincham Retail Park , said: “We’re really excited about working with Brain Tumour Research and we hope that our awareness and fundraising will really make a difference. Do pop in and get involved, whether that’s creating your own spectacular hat or buying a special hat or bonnet in-store, with a percentage of each sale going to the charity.”

Sue Farrington Smith, chief executive of Brain Tumour Research, said: “Partnering with Hobbycraft on this campaign is a game-changing opportunity to raise awareness of this devastating disease.

"The money raised, simply by having fun with hats, will go towards sustainable research that will bring us closer to a cure for brain tumours.”

Funds raised will go towards the charity’s network of world class brain tumour research centres throughout the UK.