SCHOOL AUCTION: Lunch at the House of Commons, a signed Boro shirt and a VIP day for two to RAF Leeming are just some of the 100 lots on offer at an auction of promises organised by the Friends of Conyers School.

The auction will be held at the school on Thursday, July 10. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are £2.50 from the school office.

ABBEY VISIT: Members of Yarm Mothers' Union will visit Ampleforth on Monday. The coach leaves from outside the parish church at 1.15pm and will leave Ampleforth at 7pm. To take part, call Nancy Redfern at the church or on (01642) 888473.

WRITERS MEET: Details of the next Yarm Writers' Group meeting, at Yarm library, in the High Street, are available on (01642) 391843.

GYM CLASSES: Gymnastic classes for children aged from five to 14 at the community centre on Saturdays from 9am to 9.55am and 10.05am to 11am. Places are limited. For more information, or to book a place, call (01642) 764757.

COUNCIL MEETINGS: Ingleby Barwick Parish Council meets at St Francis of Assisi Church centre, Barwick Way, on the third Wednesday of each month, at 7pm. Meetings are open to the public.

METHODIST TEA: Maltby Methodist Church will hold a strawberry tea at Inishannon on the afternoon of Saturday, July 5.