VOLUNTEERS raised just over £1,000 for two charities by completing a sponsored swim.

Local residents joined disabled people in the recent Care For Me, Care For You sponsored swim and aquafit challenge in Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre. The cash will be divided between Aycliffe's Pioneering Care Centre and St Teresa's Hospice in Darlington. The Mayor of Great Aycliffe , Coun Sheila Mlatilik, attended the care centre to present cheques to representatives of the two charities.

Members of the Options Disability Initiative, a day service for people with physical or learning disabilities, attended the presentation after helping raise almost £200 in the swim