Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's super men, women and children raising money for Weldmar!

Weldmar's first ever superhero fun run was held today at Bridport Football Club.

The family event saw mums, dads and lots of children dress up as their favourite superhero and run, walk or fly around the one mile route.

Everyone taking part was helping raise money and do their bit for Weldmar.

Around 40 people took part in the event and were cheered over the finishing line by supporters, picking up a medal at the end.

There was people dressed as Superman, Batman, Ironman and many more as they took on the charity fun run.

And there was musical motivation for the participants with the likes of the Power Rangers and Spiderman theme tunes blaring out.

Luckily, the sun shone as on the event and there was plenty of drinks and a barbecue to enjoy after finishing the route.

Diane Bentley, Weldmar's community fundraiser, said: "It's been fantastic actually.

"The response from all the local community and the people who are taking part has been great."

With so many children taking part, she added that it was nice to see the next generation of Weldmar supporters going up to the information table to find out more about what the charity does.

Diane added: "It's all about getting families out and about and having some fun and getting fit at the same time as well as raising money, it's win, win really."

It wasn't just the participants dressed as superheroes, with the course marshals also donning their capes for the events.

Aimie Littler was running with friends and a group of children from Salway Ash Primary School.

She said: "They (the children) love running and they do loads at Salway Ash.

"We wanted to come and do this as some of the adults do running and we want to come and get the children in to it as well and it's for a good cause."

The Weldmar Hospicecare Trust provides specialist care for patients with cancer and other progressive conditions, such as motor neurone disease.

Help is on hand completely free of charge for patients and their families across north, south and west Dorset, both in the comfort of their own homes and at the Wellbeing Centres run by the charity or its inpatient unit, the Joseph Weld Hospice in Dorchester.

The NHS contributes 32 per cent of clinical costs, leaving Weldmar needing to raise £10,240 per day to fund the free of charge services through fundraising and its chain of twenty charity shops and four outlets.

Weldmar Hospicecare Trust cares for patients with cancer and other progressive conditions, such as motor neurone disease, who require specialist help.

The charity runs a number of events throughout the year across Dorset for people to get involved in fundraising.