A YOUTH group leader has raised almost £900 to help children who have been orphaned by Aids.

Peter Lown recently took part in Lanchester Youth Fellowship's Ten in Ten event, in aid of World Vision.

The 44-year-old, from Lanchester, was sponsored to take part in ten events over ten hours and these included football, basketball, indoor baseball and cricket.

Mr Lown said: "We have got an awful lot in this country and we are very fortunate to live here.

"There are a lot of other people who are much worse off and it is a challenge to raise the children's awareness of how people live in other parts of the world."

His employers at Barclays then matched the money raised under its match-funding scheme, which means that they are boosted by £894.

Sarah Coe, from World Vision, said: "The money is helping us on our way to our £1m target and will provide orphans with the food, comfort, support and education they so desperately need."