The Strictly Northampton event raises thousands of pounds for the local air ambulance service.
Strictly Northampton is organised by Step-By-Step dance school and sees members of the public partner with dancers for eight weeks of training.Now in its 13th year, the £56,000 raised this time will help fund The Air Ambulance Service, which serves five counties including Northamptonshire.
The charity, which attends about 10 emergencies each day, does not receive government funding and relies solely on money from donations and fundraising. Communications fundraiser executive - and dance contestant - Karen Hughes said: "The money everybody raised is brilliant. It will save lives."Fellow contestant Karin Keir-Bucknall, a business teacher at Northampton College, raised more than £1,000."I have always been the first one on the dance floor and the last one to leave, so this was a super experience for me," she said.
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