RESIDENTS of Wear Valley have been praised for their generosity after helping raise just over £7,000 for charity.
Margaret Jones, last year's chairman of Wear Valley District Council, thanked everyone for their support as she presented £7,054.79 to the Parkinsons Disease Nurse Led Service.
Coun Mrs Jones decided to support the County Durham and Darlington Hospital Trust's Service during her year in office because of the help she and her husband had received. She said: "Parkinsons is a terrible disease. I don't think any of the past chairmen have chosen this unit as their charity.
"It is a relatively new service and I wanted to support it because it was one of the units that my husband went to."
Alison Rose, Parkinsons Disease nurse specialist, said: "This is a fantastic amount. The money will be used to purchase equipment that will help people with Parkinsons Disease."
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