A RESOURCE centre with new facilities for disabled people will open on Friday.
More than £420,000 of Government money has been spent on making the Church Row Voluntary Sector Resource Centre wheelchair-friendly.
Visitors can view the improvements between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
Kevin Richards, chief officer of Darlington Council for Voluntary Services (CVS), said 99 per cent of the building was now accessible by wheelchair.
"The CVS moved in in 1997 and there was only one toilet in the whole building for people with a disability. We heard about Home Office money available for improvements, applied and, to our delight, got £427,000," he said.
The building was originally home to Darlington Building Society before it became the borough transport office.
"We want as many former employees as possible and anyone else who might be interested to come and look around," said Mr Richards.
"They will be amazed at the difference. There will also be a display of photographs taken during the building works, and of the work done by some of our members."
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