TIME is running out to vote for a very special Worcestershire charity to receive a lifeline grant.

Malvern Special Families has been chosen as a possible recipient of the Gannett Foundation's cash for charities grant.

Every vote the organisation receives increases their chance of a possible £20,000 boost and there is only one week left to cast your vote.

Our parent company’s charitable arm, The Gannett Foundation, is providing the cash to support local charities across the country and there is £20,000 up for grabs in our area.

During November you are invited to collect tokens from our newspapers which can then be sent to collection points across our region or posted.

There are seven charities competing for a share of the £20,000 in our area - the more tokens collected for the respective charity, the bigger the share of cash awarded.

Each token collected will then be used to allocate cash to the nominated charity – so if your favourite charity collects 50% of all to tokens collected, it will receive 50% of the £20,000.

Newsquest is sharing the £125,000 cash pool across its seven regions.

Malvern Special Families is based mainly in Malvern, but runs activities and services across all areas of Worcestershire.

It is linked with Worcester's Fort Royal Community Primary School and Regency High School, and helps prepare children for their later lives.

Special Families was set up in 1987 by a group of parents to help their children enjoy their lives in spite of difficult circumstances.

Chief executive Gareth Jones said: "Our aim is that if any child has not been told they cannot do something, we help them to do it.

"It doesn't matter what it is - we try and find a way to do it. Whether it is canoeing or playing sport or whatever.

"It is obviously a challenge as there is a broad range of ages and disabilities, so we have to always think about what we are offering."