PEOPLE with learning difficulties have raised charity cash at a Christmas fair.

Clients at Kaydar Services day centre, in Consett, organised the event with the help of staff. They made posters to advertise the fair and helped on the stalls.

Joanne Bennet, of Kaydar, said: "The girls have really enjoyed helping others and it has been a great confidence boost for them."

The event raised £670, which the centre decided to split between the Samaritans' Operation Christmas Child and the Sisters of Charity Romanian Appeal.