A BIG-hearted teenager turned fashion guru is hoping to bring a taste of the Paris and Milan catwalks to her Kidderminster school and raise hundreds of pounds for charity in the process.

Not content with dedicating her spare time to raising funds by selling clothes at the MIND charity shop in Kidderminster, 15-year-old Rebekka Goodman has organised a fashion show and sale to raise cash for the organisation.

She has enlisted the help of her schoolmates at King Charles I High School to model outfits.

They include second-hand prom dresses from the charity shop where she works and five wedding dresses, three bridesmaid dresses and some tiaras, donated by a Bromsgrove bridal shop.

She said she was disappointed to have received a poor response from Kidderminster businesses she wrote to asking for help, but the support from her peers has made up for that, with 18 teenagers poised to parade along the makeshift catwalk in the school hall.

Rebekka, who started working voluntarily at the Worcester Street shop last August because she was too young to get a job anywhere else, is hoping to generate around £400 in ticket sales alone and boost this with the proceeds from clothes sold on the night.

"Because our year 11 proms are coming up in May, there are people who won't be able to afford £200 dresses from designer shops, so seeing them in the MIND shop gave me the idea to do this fashion show," she said.

"It sounded like fun and it will be a boost for the charity as well."

The shop's manager, Sandra Jones, said she was "delighted" with Rebekka's work and appealed for Wyre Forest residents to help out by donating any spare evening dresses.

"It's lovely that youngsters want to do this sort of thing," she said.

"Rebekka and her friends have worked really hard putting this together and we're really pleased with the effort they're putting in."

More information and tickets for the show, on the evening of Friday, March 4, can be obtained by calling 01562 863377.