Dorset Dairy will be making a charitable donation with a difference when they donate all the money they raised in the form of a cheque - made entirely from cheese.

The business, based at Form Farm, are due to present the cheque to the Royal British Legion, to the value of £8,507.16.

The one-off cheque has been sculpted from Form Farm Farmhouse Cheddar to mark the occasion, and will be treated as a normal paper cheque by the bank.

The money comes from the sale of red-waxed cheddars in the shape of the Royal British Legion Poppy last autumn, which wer sold nationally through Tesco.

A total of 10,000 cheddars were made and the initiative generated a total of £8,507.16.