FREE web training has been given to people who attended a workshop run by The Northern Echo's community web team.

The Communigate workshop took place at the Manor West Centre, in Hartlepool.

Community web editor Andrew Hutton said: "The successful participants got certificates of achievement and were all very pleased with the progress they had made on the course, which provides individuals and small groups with free training to build their website."

The Communigate programme has been a success since it started in 2000 and has recently launched its 2,000th member website.

A supplement will be published by The Northern Echo on Wednesday to celebrate the achievement. All the websites will be listed and some of the sites will be featured in depth.

Anyone interested in building a free website or signing up their local community venue for a free workshop session is asked to call Mr Hutton on (01325) 505270 or go to www.communi gate.co.uk/ne