Charities are to share a £1,000 windfall to help with their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
The money has been donated by the Middlesbrough branch of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) to Teesside Hospice, food banks in Middlesbrough and Driffield Foodbank and to provide food parcels for needy children.
The CWL trustees released £1,000 to each of its diocesan branches to help alleviate some of the suffering caused by the outbreak by giving it to charities of their choice.
Middlesbrough branch president Elizabeth Rodgers said the money was sent with continuing prayers of CWL members for the fantastic work being carried out.