STAGS SUMMER CHARITY BALL - tickets now available

PUBLISHED: 11:04 27 June 2012 | UPDATED: 21:33 20 February 2013

The Honiton Office of Stags are delighted to announce the holding of a Charity Ball in aid of Children's Hospice South West and The Baton Appeal, two local and well deserving charities.

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