MEMBERS of a Women's Institute have been awarded £3,515 to attend a course called Ageless Beauty.

Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick Women's Institute has received the money from the National Lottery's Awards for All.

Ten of the members will attend the residential course at Denman, near Oxford.

"It's not all about beauty tips and so on," said group information officer Bernice Turnbull. "It's about views and attitudes about beauty and challenges as well."

The group next meets at Thornaby Methodist Church in Stanstead Way, Thornaby on Wednesday, February 18, at 7.30pm. It will be followed by the annual meeting.