GO MAD!: A charity which has raised £11 million for sick and disabled children marked its 10th anniversary – by launching a new service.

Potteries-based Caudwell Children unveiled its Family Support Service at a bash based on the Mad Hatter's tea party in Stoke City's Britannia Stadium yesterday.

Businessman John Caudwell founded the charity in 2000 to help youngsters from Stoke-on-Trent. But since then it has supported more than 4,500 children nationwide and its new unit, funded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, aims to help carers.

Charity chief executive Trudi Beswick said: "It is the smiles on the faces of the children that drives our determination to help as many as possible."

Pictured above are Robert Simpson, aged five, with Justine Nevett. Right, Candice Griffiths, aged 12, from Cheddleton.

Picture: Shaun Smith