BUSINESSES will swing into action to help a hospice during a corporate golf tournament.

Teesside Hospice will host the event at Eaglescliffe Golf Club, which will include an 18-hole competition, a two-course carvery meal and trophy presentations.

Elaine Myers, business manager at the Middlesbrough Hospice, said: "Our Corporate Gold Day is now well established with local businesses and provides an excellent opportunity for companies to support us."

Current running costs at the hospice are more than £1.6m a year.

To enter a team of four players costs £275 for the event, on June 10. For more information call (01642) 355863.