The Rotary Club of Barnard Castle has handed out £1,000 worth of donations after successful fundraising.

Gifts of £100 will be given to The Samaritans, Friends of Darlington Memorial Hospital, the African Educational Trust, the Wheelchair Trust, the Friends of Richardson Hospital, Cancer Research, Teesdale Fell Rescue, North East Air Ambulance, Insulin Pumps for Bishop Auckland Hospital and Robert Atkinson for an Yukon environmental expedition.

David Yeadon, of the Rotary Club, said: "The Rotary Club of Barnard Castle thanks all of those who continue to support its fundraising activities."