Two parents of autistic children are hoping to raise £10,000 with a charity ball at a Seer Green school this weekend.

Rebecca Doyle and Katharine Parker, who each have a child with autism at Seer Green CE School, have organised The Bluebell Ball for Saturday, May 7, to raise money for the school’s PTA and the National Autistic Society.

The pair hope to raise £10,000 at the unique ball, which features a diamond raffle and a charity auction of prizes such as a holiday at a French chateau.

A lucky winner could also have a dessert named after them at the nearby Jolly Cricketers pub, become a character in a book by bestselling author Santa Montefiore, or take up the role of head teacher for a day at the school in School Lane.

Ms Doyle said the National Autistic Society is close to her heart after her son Jack was diagnosed with nonverbal autism in February 2013, aged two.

She said: “It was an incredibly difficult time for our whole family, and without the incredible support we received from the National Autistic Society (NAS) we simply wouldn’t have known where to start, and how to manage this in such a positive way.”

Jack was able to start at Seer Green CE School in September last year, and his mum says he is making “incredible progress.”

She said: “As a family we made a commitment two years ago that we will strive to raise funds for the NAS, as a way of thanking them, and enable them to help others in similar situations.”

The ball is also being sponsored by local businesses including Ashington Page, Care Building Services and David Lloyd Beaconsfield.

Seer Green CE School head teacher, Olwyn Oakley, said she was “enormously grateful” that the ball would help the school upgrade their reading scheme with new books.

She said: “For all schools now, funding is especially hard to access, and new equipment which should be considered essential sadly becomes part of a wish list.

“We are [also] very happy to support the Bluebell Ball committee in raising funds for The National Autistic Society, as over the years we have had increasing numbers of children in school with autism.”

For more information about The Bluebell Ball go to www.facebook.com/TheBluebellball.