Diabetes sufferer Bill Copeland died aged 61 at his Corby home on July 12 .

Mr Copeland, joint founder of Hazel Leys Youth Club, organised events for teenagers, ran discos for companies and community groups and presented a show on Corby Community Radio.

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Daughter-in-law Lynn Copeland is organising the dance on November 28 to help out his widow Janet.

Lynn said: "He always ran summer camps and a lot of young people knew him in the 1980s.

"I first met him on a summer camp. He had a big influence on people.
"The sad thing is that people still ask me how he is and I have to tell them he has died."

Family friend and former colleague Lynn Stewart said: "He was very community- minded and well-loved.

"He was always into charity work and youth clubs for a number of years. He is sadly missed."

Mr Copeland started working in the community when he moved to Landseer Court in the Hazel Leys area.

He was renowned for organising discos and was at one time once treasurer of Hazel Leys Community Association.

He was a long-time sufferer of diabetes and after complications in 1999 had a leg amputated.

But that did not stop him returning to work at the council's neighbourhood centre for about a year before his health worsened.

He developed kidney trouble and suffered a heart attack and in June his other foot was amputated. Lynn said: "Due to Bill not working and his wife helping to look after him, funds were very limited.

"Since his death Janet has been finding it hard paying for the funeral and just general living."

The benefit dance is being hosted by Rangers Supporters' Club free of charge and the family is also grateful for quality raffle prizes donated by the Gamestation store.

Anyone who knew Mr Copeland is welcome to attend the event.
A total of 120 tickets have already been sold and more are available from Lynn on 01536 403442 or on the door at the event. They are £5 each