Santa Claus has toured Essex villages with help from a Braintree Rotary club.

Santa visited Flitch Green on Sunday, December 12, after visiting Great Leighs and Black Notley earlier in the week.

He was helping to raise money for PARC, a Great Notley-based charity for children with additional needs, with the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.

Dunmow Broadcast: Santa pays a visit to Flitch Green in his reindeer-pulled sleighSanta pays a visit to Flitch Green in his reindeer-pulled sleigh (Image: Saffron Photo)

Dunmow Broadcast: A collection for charity at the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' Santa Sleigh runA collection for charity at the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' Santa Sleigh run (Image: Saffron Photo)

Howard Davis, of Braintree Rivers Rotary, said: "We had a lovely time visiting the villages on our Santa Sleigh tour.

"It was great to see the neighbours in their doorsteps with happy children and happy dogs.

"We have run the event for around a decade and it gets better and better each year."

Dunmow Broadcast: Meeting Father Christmas!Meeting Father Christmas! (Image: Saffron Photo)

Dunmow Broadcast: Waving to Santa on his route through Flitch GreenWaving to Santa on his route through Flitch Green (Image: Saffron Photo)

Dunmow Broadcast: The Braintree Rivers Rotary team with their buckets at the Flitch Green Santa Sleigh eventThe Braintree Rivers Rotary team with their buckets at the Flitch Green Santa Sleigh event (Image: Saffron Photo)

Howard added: "PARC is a very worthy organisation.

"It looks after children with additional needs and their parents in our area.

"It's an organisation which the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers is always keen to support."

Dunmow Broadcast: A collection for the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' good causes in Flitch GreenA collection for the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' good causes in Flitch Green (Image: Saffron Photo)

Dunmow Broadcast: Flitch Green families wave to Santa!Flitch Green families wave to Santa! (Image: Saffron Photo)

Dunmow Broadcast: The Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' sleigh with Santa Claus waving into the distanceThe Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' sleigh with Santa Claus waving into the distance (Image: Saffron Photo)