COUNTY Durham’s Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution hosted their autumn ladies evening fundraiser at Headlam Hall recently.

A total of 85 ladies attended the event, which included talks from Weardale Cheese, Chocolate Boutique Yarm, The Cocktail Pickers Club and Forever Fit Coaching and Aloe Vera. Guests had the opportunity to purchase their stock afterwards.

The committee was very grateful to Susan Snowdon, Her Majesty The Queen’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham, for officially opening the evening.

Tim Sedgewick, of H&H Land and Property and Chairman of the Durham RABI Committee, said: “I would like to thank everyone for attending, those who very kindly donated prizes for our raffle hampers and our hard working committee members. Thanks also to our sponsors Mike Blanshard and Becky Wright of NFU Mutual Darlington."