A HOSPICE is taking steps to raise more funds with the help of a shoe retailer.

Family firm Clinkards is to donate £1,000 to the Teesside Hospice each year for the next seven years.

The firm is the latest of 50 organisations to have joined a partnership initiative with the hospice.

Jonathan Mankin, financial director for the Clinkards group, said: "As a local organisation, we have always been committed to local causes, especially Teesside Hospice, so it was a delight to be asked to join the initiative.