A GROUP of young people are beaming out details of their small County Durham village to the rest of the world, after creating their own website.

Craghead Youth Club decided they wanted to create an internet site for the community to convey the people and landscape that make up the village near Chester-le-Street and events going on in the area.

With help from their environmental youth worker Peter Butler, from Groundwork West Durham, the group applied for funding from different bodies to their project and to create a website for all members of the community.

They received £15,000 grant from the Prince's Trust, £1,900 from Northern Arts and £500 from Derwentside District Council. The money went towards buying computers, software, digital cameras and scanning equipment, so the young people could design and create the website themselves.

They also employed a photographer, Martin Herron, who helped them learn to take their own photographs for the internet site with their digital camera.

The group then selected a chair, treasurer and secretary to ensure the project is managed and developed through regular meetings.

On Thursday next week at 6.30pm, the project will be launched at Craghead Village Hall, where people can view the website and see it connected to the world wide web.

Craghead Village Hall Committee will be managing the computers and digital equipment when the project is handed over to them and local residents will be able to use the computers and other equipment at the hall