WOMEN golfers have helped hospice patients by raising money towards the cost of their care.

Members of the ladies section at Bishop Auckland Golf Club collected £746.53 for the Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland.

They held a coffee morning last month and organised other efforts including a raffle.

Captain Pat Bacon is pictured third from the left presenting a cheque to hospice fundraiser Sylvia Stoneham.

She said: "We hold a coffee morning every year to support the hospice because it is a local cause."

The money will go towards the £100-an-hour running costs at the hospice, which is in Woodhouse Lane.