Students from Aberystwyth University Aerial Fitness Club are holding a winter showcase to raise funds for three charities.

Members of the Aerial Fitness club will be holding their inaugural annual charity winter showcase, with performances including aerial hoop, pole and pole doubles routines, at 7pm on 14 December, in Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

There will also be a raffle on the day with various pole fitness related prizes, as well as some local treats.

President Rachel Dye said the club have “worked very hard” on the show: “Our showcase will be a chance for our members to perform their own routines in front of an audience, all to raise money for our three chosen charities.”

Money raised from the raffle tickets as well as ticket sales, which will be £5 each and available from the arts centre website, will be split evenly between three charities.

Each of the three charities were chosen due to club member’s personal connections.

The first charity, Anthony Nolan, was chosen by Alex West.

“Before last Christmas my mum was diagnosed with blood cancer and having a stem cell transplant is a treatment that she may need in the future,” Alex explained.

“Anthony Nolan means if, for whatever reason, we can’t find a match in the family, hopefully one will be out there. The charity pay for everything so, even as a student, it’s accessible.”

UK Sepsis Trust was put forward by Llewelyn Forshaw.

Llewelyn said the charity is to “close to his heart” after he lost his mum to Sepsis four months ago: “In this showcase, I hope that we can raise as much money as possible to help in the fight against Sepsis in the hope that other young people don’t lose any of their parents.”

The Survivors Trust was put forward as the third charity by another club member, who wishes to remain anonymous. They discovered the charity after going through sexual abuse as a child: “For years nothing was done about the trauma it had given me.

“One day I had stumbled upon The Survivors Trust online, they had a free helpline and I called. I’m so glad I did. It felt like a huge boulder had been lifted from my shoulders knowing someone was actually there to listen and help me even though it wasn’t a recent incident.”