Darlington Community Volunteers Service is holding a series of awareness days, starting with a deaf awareness day on Friday, June 27, from 9.30am to 12.30pm, at the CVS office in Church Row.

Telephone (01642) 266888 for details.

WEB SESSIONS: People interested in setting up a community website are invited to attend a free workshop in Darlington. The sessions, hosted by The Northern Echo's CommuniGate programme, are at Darlington Library, in Crown Street, every Friday from 10am to noon. For details telephone Andrew Hutton on (01325) 505270 or visit www.communigate. co.uk/ne.

TRUST MEETS: County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust board meets tomorrow, at 10am, at Bishop Auckland General Hospital.

PUBLIC FORUM: Auckland Youth and Community Centre, in Bishop Auckland, is hosting an all-day meeting of the North-East Council Tenants' Association today.

PARISH MEETING: Shildon Town Council holds its annual parish meeting tonight at 7pm, in the council offices, Civic Hall Square, Shildon. It is open to the public.

LICENCE BID: Darlington borough councillors will decide tomorrow whether to grant a public music and entertainment licence for an event at Feethams football ground on Friday, July 4.

SPONSORED WALK: A ten-mile sponsored walk to raise money for St James the Great Church, Albert Hill, Darlington, is being held on Saturday, at 9.30am. Sponsorship forms are available from Father Ian Grieves on (01325) 465980.

RESTAURANT PLAN: Plans for a KFC restaurant and takeaway on the Yarm Road Retail Park, Darlington, has been submitted to the borough council.

CLOTHES SHOW: Killhope Lead Mining Museum is staging a costume exhibition called What Weardale Wore in 1853 to 1900, on Sunday, from 1pm to 5pm.

CHEESE AND WINE: St James' Church, Coundon, is holding a cheese and wine event tonight, at 6pm, in the church, to raise funds for the church's Under The Roof Appeal.

CIVIC SOCIETY: Bishop Auckland Civic Society is holding an open meeting at Bishop Auckland Town Hall, tonight, at 7.30pm. Guest speaker will be John Crompton, who will talk about lead mining in the northern dales.

COFFEE EVENING: A coffee evening and sponsored sing to raise money for children with leukemia will take place at St Herbert's Church Hall, Yarm Road, Darlington, on Wednesday, June 18, at 6pm. It has been organised by the 26th Brownies pack.