A DARLINGTON charity shop is in urgent need of volunteers to work as shop assistants.

The Butterwick Children's Hospice Shop, in Skinnergate, has a shortage of workers and needs volunteers to work a minimum of three-hour shifts.

Tasks include sorting items, steaming, ironing, pricing and tagging of clothes, shop floor supervision, customer service and till work.

Sharon Cuthbert, volunteer manager, said: "Volunteers are valued here. We cannot function without them."

Anyone who would like to find out more about being a volunteer at this or any other Butterwick shop can contact Sharon Cuthbert on (01642) 615248 or call in and speak to the shop manager.