Six coffee mornings held in Haslemere and the surrounding area as part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning have helped to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief.

The coffee morning is the charity's largest fundraiser and last year raised some £2.2 million nationwide.

The Macmillan unit in King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst looks set to benefit from at least £2,800 raised from a coffee morning at the Wey Centre in Haslemere.

Organised by the Haslemere Support Group for the Macmillan Unit at King Edward VII, visitors to the coffee morning also enjoyed a raffle and a number of stalls to browse around.

Organiser Ros Maule said, "We had 230 people sign in for coffee this year, beating our numbers last year.  Everyone who came to the coffee morning enjoyed it.  It was buzzing from the beginning."

Elsewhere in Haslemere, the Haslemere and District Volunteer Bureau raised £53 with a coffee morning at the HDVB office in the High Street.

Harveys Hair Fashions, with the help of home-baked cakes and biscuits from clients, raised £166 in just one hour.

Liz Harvey said, "It's the first time we've held the coffee morning, but we do all sorts for charity and we will definitely be holding it again."

The Lynchmere Wives also had a successful morning at St Michael's Hall.  Sheila Puttock said, "It was a nice social morning, we raised £54 on coffee and £190 from the stalls.  So many people need the unit at King Edward VII and we feel it's something we can do to help the local community."

At Amesbury School in Hindhead, staff and children from the pre-prep department hosted their own coffee morning.

More than 100 people packed out the old gym and raised a total of £218 for the cause.  Head of the pre-prep department, Leslie Bell said, "We are all absolutely delighted with the response to the coffee morning, both the number of people and the final total doubled our expectations."

A total of 59 people visited St Luke's Church Rooms in Grayshott, where staff from the village Macmillan charity shop raised £225.  Organiser Milda Laycock said, "This is the first time we have held a coffee morning and we were absolutely delighted with the amount of support we got from the village.  We would definitely like to hold the event again next year."