Simple Plan are hosting a charity auction to help raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The group have donated a number of signed items to the auction, including a signed Epiphone Les Paul Special II, tour poster and album artwork.

The auction also include a signed setlist, discography and merchandise.

Frontman Pierre Bouvier, whose brother Jay was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer at the age of 28, said: “After what happened to someone so close to us, we feel that, as a band, we had to do something to help.

“We should get involved and use our voice to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

"Teenage Cancer Trust does a great job to improve the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer by building specialist units where they can be treated with others their own age. We hope you can bid and make a difference to someone.”

The auction will remain open on the internet auction website eBay until Sunday (December 7th).

(by Jason Gregory)