A WINCHESTER estate agency has hosted a special tea party to help raise funds for a new cancer centre.

Staff at Savills opened their doors to local business owners who raised just shy of £500 for The Haven’s campaign to build a new support centre in Titchfield.

The centre, which is due to open later this year, will cost somewhere in the region of £1 million.

Businesses included Wilkins Kennedy, Godwins, Shentons, Warner and Richardson, Adam Architecture, Huw Thomas Architecture and Moore Blatch in Southampton.

Steven Moore, head of office and residential sales, said: “The tea party was an informal networking event and a great way of raising funds for an extremely important local charity – and an opportunity for our staff to show-off their delicious baking talents.”