A BARTER scheme which now has more than 200 members shares home produce at a social and trading event at Catterick Garrison on Friday.

The event is being held at the St John's Centre, Shute Road, from 7pm, to trade and share wine and home produce. Organiser Denise McGrohan said a soup evening earlier in the year was a great success.

MALE CHOIR: The Northallerton branch of the Wensleydale Railway Association is holding a music evening with the Northallerton male voice choir on May 10. The concert is at Bedale Parish Church. For details, call (01609) 777006 or (01609) 770317. All proceeds will go to Leeming Bar and Leyburn Station improvements.

CHRISTIAN MEETING: Christian women's fellowship Aglow International is holding its next meeting tomorrow in The Golden Lion, in Northallerton, at 7.30pm. Janine Stallatos, who worked with disadvantaged children in Brooklyn, New York, will be the guest speaker. For details, contact Shirley Blades on (01609) 774565 or Shirley Somasundram on (01609) 770451.

TODDLERS' LUNCH: There will be a toddlers' lunch at St Andrew's Church, in Aysgarth, today, at 2pm.