A COMMUNITY will pay tribute to one of its champions who died last year after a battle of cancer.
Family and members of the Firthmoor Community Centre will dedicate a room to Bill Cook to commemorate the work he did for the group.
Mr Cook, who died last September at the age of 78, was a former chairman of Firthmoor Community Association, chairman of Firthmoor Partnership Board and acted as a governor at Firthmoor Primary School. He helped to open the community centre in 2004.
He was also an MBE and a former winner of Darlington's citizen of the year.
A campaign was launched following his death to create a permanent reminder to the work he carried out in Firthmoor.
Community leaders have decided to rename the Nightingale room at the community centre as the Bill Cook Room.
A dedication ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 18.
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