Horse riders have adopted their own pet lamb - after rescuing it when it was left for dead.

And now the waif, named Shaun the Sheep after the character in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave, is to be the focus of a charity concert - Lamb Aid.

The lamb was abandoned at just a week old after he became trapped under rocks, in a gully, and had injured his leg.

Shaun was saved after members of an equestrian centre heard his cries while out on a moorland ride near Rawtenstall.

Judith Weymont, owner of Rawtenstall's Dam Top Riding School, took the lamb under her wing and agreed to give him a good home until he is old enough to go and live with rescued ewes, in Edenfield.

The lamb is now being hand-reared at the Weymont home and has become something of a celebrity after Judith's friend and riding school member, Pat Rothwell, came up with the idea of her husband's band doing a gig in his honour.

Gian Rothwell, a physiotherapist, who plays with local band Badger, had helped tend to Shaun's injuries, creating a make-shift splint for his damaged leg.

Pat, of Park Avenue, Haslingden, said: "Judith thought he had been stuck in the rocks for about a day.

"She tried to bottle feed him and at first he did not know what to do with it. It was touch and go at first.

"His leg was shaking and he could not put any weight on it so my husband treated him.

"He is hobbling around now, he will never do anything but limp but he will never be eaten and he will live his life out with some older ewes."Initially Judith's idea for Lamb Aid was to help pay Shaun's vet bill but the money raised on the night will also be split between Bleak Holt Animal Sanctuary, Edenfield, and the Horses and Ponies Protection Association.

Pat said: "We will all be wearing Lamb Aid T-shirts and we have been selling key rings."

Lamb Aid takes place at New Hall Hey Social Club, Rawtenstall, on Saturday.

Doors open at 7.30pm and Badger will be on stage from 9.30. Admission is £3.