NEWCASTLE United and Wales footballer Craig Bellamy has presented a cheque to help provide vital facilities for terminally ill children.

The Magpies' 22-year-old striker presented a cheque for £10,000 from the northern branch of the Variety Club of Great Britain to St Oswald's Hospice, in Gosforth, Newcastle.

The money will go towards providing a new facility for terminally ill children at the hospice, which is due to open next year. It is the second large sum given to the hospice from the Variety Club. Earlier this year, the organisation gave it £25,000.