Hundreds of singers helped raise more than £8,000 for a hospice charity.

More than 250 people packed the Harrow School's historic Speech Room for the performance by 300 singers at the St Luke’s Voices for Hospices concert on Saturday evening.

People from choirs and volunteers took part in the performances to help raise a total of £8,312 for the hospice in Kenton.

The event was organised by choral director Philip Barnett, from Hatch End, and Tonic Choir musical director Bryan Kesselman.

Mr Barnett said: “More than 300 singers from seven choirs came together on Saturday afternoon and in the space of 45 minutes they rehearsed five quite challenging pieces up to a high standard.

“Choir sizes ranged from 15 to 150 and performances were excellent.

“The audience reaction to each choir was enthusiastic, but they could not have anticipated what was to come - 300 people singing together in the Harrow School New Speech Room. It was beautiful.

“Three hundred of us created something very special. Choirs of all types, usually singing different styles of music, coming together and making a wonderful sound for a great cause.”

Sarah Seevartnam is a member of the West Harrow community choir and performed at the event.

She said: “It was such a fun experience and the event went really well. It was great to see the other choirs sing and the acoustics were good.

“It was a really fun evening and people were very positive and enjoyed themselves.”

During recent years St Luke's Hospice  has received less government funding but an increase in demand for its services.

In order to keep running and providing services to the people of Harrow and Brent St Luke’s needs to raise £3million.