A MUSICAL pair of teachers are in the running for an award.

Robin Parmiter and Ian Wilson, aka Disco Mister, have been nominated for a 2015 Community Pride award in the Charity Fundraiser category.

The duo have been nominated by Julie Neal for The England Pain and Bring it Home music videos they made to encourage England’s team in the World Cup and raised £1,921 for the Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund and the Bobby Moore Cancer Research UK Fund.

Ms Neal said: "I am one of the Disco Mister’s fans and feel they deserve the recognition for their music videos and money raised through donations.

"Robin Parmiter and Ian Wilson are both teachers at Huntington School in York and have mixed and recorded their songs at home, describing their work as DIY music."

Disco Mister’s Bring it Home video, which was released in June last year, raised money for the good causes and made it into the Official Top 100 UK Singles Chart last June.

The song’s success was strengthened further when iTunes also had it as a hit, ranking it as the UK’s number 69 at the same time.

The Ann Maguire Fund was established in memory of the murdered Leeds school teacher and helps children through arts education by funding music, dance, language and drama projects.

The Bobby Moore Fund raises money to cure bowel cancer and was established in memory of the former England captain.

They have also recently announced their intention to work on a new album in the coming weeks, but a release date has not been set.

The award is run in partnership with City of York Council and the primary sponsor is Benenden.

All Community Pride nominees must live in, or contribute to life in, the City of York Council area.

About three finalists from each category will be invited to the awards ceremony at York Racecourse in October, when the winners will be revealed.

You can make a nomination online by visiting yorkpress.co.uk/communitypride

Entries must be submitted by Friday, July 17.