OFFICIAL charity collectors in town centres this Saturday are: Altrincham - British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society; Hale - Little Sisters of the Poor; Sale - British Heart Foundation. Anyone who sees any other charity collecting on any other day of the week can contact council enforcement officer Peter Henry on 912-4129 with their concerns.

TRAFFORD Special Educational Needs Families Support Group needs donations of bric a brac for a Oegood as new stall at Stretford Pageant on Saturday. Call 755-3482.

THE WOMENS Royal Voluntary Service in Trafford urgently needs more drivers and volunteers to support its Meals on Wheels and other services. For details, call 748-2703.

A LEGENDS of rock and roll night mentioned in the coverage of Altrincham Festival in last weeks SAM takes place at 8pm on July 5 at the Bowdon Rooms, The Firs, not the Railway Hotel, Hale. For tickets, call 969-5406.

DUNHAM Road Unitarian Chapel, Altrincham, is planning a OeStrawberry Evening on Saturday, July 3, from 7pm to celebrate the parsonages 100th birthday. Ticket details are from 928-0246.

ST MARY Magdalene Church in Ashton on Mersey will man the charity shop in School Road, Sale, for a week from Monday, July 5, and needs donations of clothing, toys, books, household goods and bric a brac. For details and to help, call Dorothy White on 962-4205.

FECHIN McCormick will talk to Trafford Pensioners Association about the OeBenefits of Sheltered Housing to Old People at 2pm today (Thursday) at Raglan Road Community Centre, Sale.

RACISM and the Churches will be the subject for the Rev Patrick Taylor when he speaks to the Church and Society group at Sale United Reformed Church, Montague Road, on Thursday, June 24, at 8pm.

SIN and Slim classes are held at St Mary Magdelene Church Centre, Moss Lane, Ashton on Mersey, every Monday. Details are available from Diane on 283 8911.