A SUPPORT group for cardiac patients has been heartened by a response to appeals for funds.

It costs almost £2,700 a year to keep Take Heart Support Group rehabilitation classes running across Teesside.

Grants for £1,000 have been made by Middlesbrough Health and Social Care Partnership working with Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust (PCT), and Langbaurgh Primary Care Trust. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is providing £1,732 and there is a £500 grant from Middlesbrough NHS PCT.