RIGHT Said Fred will return to Swindon to celebrate a project that has helped hundreds living with a serious disease.

The I’m Too Sexy hitmakers, whose signature tune feature’s in pop star Taylor Swift’s Number 1 smash Look What You Made Me Do, will appear alongside bass-player pal Phil Spalding.

The Peatmoor man set up Hep C Positive exactly six years ago.

The group supports those diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that can cause fatal damage to the liver.

It began in Swindon in 2011 with support from the council, but has since expanded to work with sufferers across the UK – helped by charity Liver 4 Life.

Phil, a former heroin addict and Hepatitis C sufferer, set up the group in a bid to grow awareness of the condition.

“I’d been through Hep C treatment and I knew a lot about the system,” said Phil, 59. “There was generally very low level of knowledge about Hep C.

“One of the very first things we needed to do was education people and we could do that by having a group where people could come without feeling ashamed, meet like-minded people and realise they weren’t alone with the condition.”

The group he set up six years ago still meets every Monday at the Broadgreen Community Centre.

It is desperately needed. Up to 2,000 people are estimated to be living with the condition – both undiagnosed and diagnosed – in Swindon today. Sufferers must travel to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital for treatment.

On Monday, the group will celebrate its sixth anniversary, with an appearance from Right Said Fred and a talk by leading virus expert Prof Paul Klenerman.

The event is open to all and is at Broadgreen Community Centre, Monday, October 23, 6.30pm – 9pm.

For more about Hep C Positive, visit: www.hepcpositive.org.uk.