UK charity program GamesAid has broken its annual funding record for the eighth year in a row.

Over the past 12 months, £564,000 has been raised by games business - an increase of 29 per cent.

This money is split between eight charities: Accuro, Action for Kids, The Clock Tower Sanctuary, Lifelites, MAPS, Safe @ Last, SpecialEffect and Jigsaw 4 U.

Good news

"2015 has been another incredible year for GamesAid" commented GamesAid Chair Emily Britt.

"Once again we've raised more money, supported more charities and distributed bigger individual cheques than ever before."