Knitted Kylie Minogue raises funds for charity

Kylie Minogue asked for the topper to be auctioned off for breast cancer charity Future Dreams

A knitted postbox topper depicting Kylie Minogue will be auctioned off for a breast cancer charity.

The topper was originally given to the Australian pop star at the Radio 2 in the Park event in Leicester.

The design was knitted by an anonymous Leicestershire crafter known as Syston Knitting Banxy.

Minogue, who was treated for breast cancer in 2005, asked for the topper to be auctioned off for the Future Dreams breast cancer charity.

"It's wonderful. I've never seen anything like it," Sam Jacobs, trustee at the Future Dreams, said.

"We are just so humbled and grateful to have it here and everything that SKB [the Syston Knitting Banxy] has done for us."

Ady Dayman presented Kylie Minogue with the postbox topper ahead of her performance in Leicester on Sunday

Minogue was initially presented with the topper at the Radio 2 event in September.

BBC Radio Leicester presenter Ady Dayman said the star was "absolutely made up" when he handed her the knitted design.

Future Dreams, a London-based charity, provides practical, emotional and psychological support for those diagnosed with breast cancer.

The money raised will help Future Dreams continue to offer services, such as its monthly yarn therapy group.

The auction is open until the end of October, said the charity.

Susan Currie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in April last year, attends the group and said the charity had helped her to meet people in a similar situation.

"We talk about everything here, so we kind of get into the nitty gritty of the treatment and we compare notes and also [it's] just a bit of camaraderie and a bit of fun," she said.