FIREMEN will be raising money for a children's charity this week.

Loughton firefighters have organised a Santa's grotto at the fire station, in Old Station Road, on Wednesday.

The event will help raise funds for the Children's Burns Unit, and to buy gifts for children suffering from burns at Broomfield Hospital.

Local businesses have donated presents for the grotto.

The event will be from 6pm to 8.30pm.