Journalist Simon Calder is calling on travel companies to take part in a charity pub quiz to help disadvantaged families go on holiday.

Calder, who is travel editor for the Independent and regularly contributes to the BBC's Holiday programme, will host the Travel Pub Quiz in aid of the Family Holiday Association (FHA) on May 27.

Travel firms can enter teams of up to six people to battle it out to become Travel Pub Quiz Champions at event at The Corner Store Pub in Covent Garden, London.

All money raised from the event will go to the FHA, which helps needy families take a holiday every year.

For more information visit www.fhaonline.org.uk