A SUPPORT group for women with gynaecological cancers and their families has received support from a Poundbury care home.

The GO Girls Support Group, which meets in Poundbury and has received support from across the UK, has been given a boost by Colten Care's Castle View.

The home organised a tea party and cake sale in aid of the support group, with residents tucking into a tasty selection of treats, including lemon drizzle cake, Victoria sponges, coffee and walnut cake and chocolate fancies, freshly baked by Colten Care’s chefs.

Castle View’s lounge was decked out in bunting for the party with recorded background music adding to the party atmosphere.

GO Girls Support Group, which has television producer Philippa Clunes - wife of actor Martin Clunes - as its patron, was launched in March 2015.

Co-founder Hilary Maxwell, gynaecology nurse specialists at Dorset County Hospital, said: “Gynaecological cancers have so far not received the same recognition as other cancers such as breast, bowel and prostate, yet there are, in some cases, shared genetic links.

“The GO Girls are determined to raise the profile of these diseases, to ensure monies are directed to finding treatments that improve survival rates and raise awareness for earlier diagnosis.”

At Castle View, a £165 cheque was presented to Hilary by the homes’s clinical lead Ashika Reddy and activity organiser Sue Goodwin.

GO Girls is hoping to raise £2 million by encouraging 200,000 people to donate £10.

Hilary said: “That’s the equivalent of three cups of coffee so we very much hope people will feel able to support the appeal."

Castle View’s activity organiser Sue said the tea party and cake sale had been a big success.

She added: “Everyone has been touched to a greater or lesser extent, by cancer and the GO Girls Support Group is a fantastic charity. We were pleased to do our bit in raising money for such a worthy cause.”

To find out more information about GO Girls Support Group visit gogirlssupport.org