THE annual Assize of Ale, organised by the Guild of Scriveners, City of York and the Sheriff of York, will be held next month.

The event raises money in support of the Lord Mayor’s charities and charities nominated by the Guild’s Master, which this year include York Against Cancer, York Teaching Hospital, St Leonard’s Hospital and York Blind and Partially Sighted Society.

The formal Assize starts at 2pm at York’s Guildhall, on Saturday, August 9.