A JEWELLERY designer has raised more than £150 for a good cause at a pop-up party she held at a North Yorkshire pub.

Esme Louise Holmes held the event at The Wheatsheaf pub in Burn, near Selby, where she was born and grew up.

Every piece of jewellery on sale at the event included a ten per cent donation to Smart Works, for which Esme has been volunteering time in its Manchester branch since September last year.

Smart Works helps unemployed women prepare for interviews through coaching and style guidance and recently announced Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as its royal patron.

Esme said she was now looking forward to hosting further events both at The Wheatsheaf and in other local pubs as well as offering home-based jewellery parties.

She said: “I’d just like to say a big ‘thank-you’ to everyone who attended the Wheatsheaf event.

"A number of the ladies who attended expressed an interest in hosting an evening at their houses and also said they’d be keen to attend similar events at other venues as it was a great mid-week girls’ night out with a very worthwhile purpose.”