CRAFT SHOW: An exhibition of traditional North country quilting will be on display on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3, at Beamish Museum.

ANNUAL MEETING: The Waldridge Village Millennium Green Trust will hold its annual meeting at 6.30pm on Monday, at Hermitage School.

YOUNG READERS: Sure Start Bookstarts sessions are held from 2pm to 3pm on Tuesdays in Sacriston Library and on Fridays in Pelton Library.

FIRST AIDERS: Sixteen pupils of Newker Primary School have passed a Young Life Savers Course which was organised by St John Ambulance.

CHARITY BOOST: Stewart Hurst, of Pelton, raised more than £6,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care during a cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats.

CASH AWARD: The North-Eastern and Cumbrian Co-Operative Community Dividend Fund has awarded £400 to the International Service Dog Fund, based in Chester-le-Street.