A CHARITY is hoping to make a big splash with its first bash for businesses in east Cleveland.

Teesside Hospice is hosting the east Cleveland Business Bash (Business Associates Supporting the Hospice) at the Regency Hotel in Redcar on Friday, April 26.

Partygoers will have the chance to enter a £5 business card draw with a top prize of a stay at the Regency's Wilton or Zetland suites, complete with water bed, plus a ride in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and a meal for two at a local restaurant.

The evening also includes a buffet supper and disco with all proceeds going to the Middlesbrough hospice.

Yesterday, Lynn Mitchell, the hospice's business development manager, tried out one of the luxury water beds.

She said: "The evening is a great chance for businesses within the east Cleveland area to meet and socialise."

Tickets cost £12 and are available from the hospice on (01642) 355866.