SLIMMERS in West Devon have been bagging up all the clothes that are now too big for them — to raise money for a good cause.

Members of the Tavistock and Okehampton Slimming World groups have spring-cleaned their closets and are donating those they have slimmed out of to the Cancer Research UK shop in Plymouth.

Tracy Horton, who runs the Tavistock group, said members were delighted to get behind the cause and jumped at the chance to recycle their old tops, dresses, trousers, skirts and more.

The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw is a nationwide fundraising drive that sees members across the UK donating clothes to Cancer Research UK, Slimming World's charity partner for 2013.

Tracy said: 'Lots of people have dropped down clothes sizes and their wardrobes are full of clothes that are too big and baggy now. They're happy to give them away because they know they're never going to need them again.'

A spokesperson for the Cancer Research UK shop in Mutley Plain,?Plymouth, said: 'The money the old clothes raise will make a huge difference to people fighting cancer.'