A RECORD attendance of more than 500 people helped Teesside’s biggest annual charity dinner raise a best ever £77,000 for some of the area's most disadvantaged families.

Held in the Grand Marquee at Wynyard Hall, Teesside Philanthropic Foundation’s Charity Ball also got the ball rolling on a new fundraising campaign to buy a second caravan to give short breaks to some of the area’s most vulnerable families and children.