TEXTILE DISPLAY: The Washington Embroiderers' Guild will visit the Durham Oriental Museum to view some of the museum's textile collection.

FOLK NIGHT: Michael Marra will be entertaining the Davy Lamp Folk Club on Saturday, in the Biddick Arts Centre.

MARTIAL ARTS: The Oxclose Judo Club meets from 7pm to 9pm on Mondays to Fridays in Oxclose Community School. More details are available from Mr Steadman on 0191-410 9082.

FUNCTION HIRE: The Harraton and District Community Centre is available for hire for private functions. For more details call 0191-416 0173.

MAKING MODELS: A model making club meets from 7pm to 9pm each Thursday in the Biddick Arts Centre at £2 per lesson.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: People who wish to do voluntary work are needed by Washington Mind. For details call Brenda or Gail on 0191-4178043.

SUPPORT GROUP: The Washington Millennium Centre, in Concord, runs a post natal support group between 10am and noon on Mondays.

CLUB AWARDS: Thomas Pearce, chairman of Washington Station Social Club, received the CIU Long Service Certificate for 25 years' service. Committeemen Colin Cutts, Barry McKinley and Alan William McKinley were each presented with Certificates of Merit for ten years service.

COMMUNITY BUNGALOW: Councillor Peter Gibson, Mayor of Sunderland, opened a bungalow in Concord that is to be run by the council's social services department, for women with learning difficulties.

HIGH SCHOOL: St John Boste RC Primary School was ranked in the country's top five per cent of schools by Ofsted inspectors.

MAKING SURE: Ian and Adele Wright camped on the new exclusive High Grange housing estate to ensure they got their dream house.

HELPING OUT: Go North East supplied an easy access bus to take 30 pupils of Oxclose Primary School, some with mobility difficulties, to Preston Park, on Teesside.

SUMMER FAIR: Washington School, in Spout Lane, is holding its Summer Fair at 11am on Saturday, July 13.

BRAVERY AWARD: Gary Innes, 35, of Glebe, was awarded the Testimonial on Parchment of the Royal Humane Society for rescuing eight-year-old Michael Graveson from the River Wear.

TAKE YOUR PARTNERS: The Scootin Boots Line Dance Club meets in the Biddick Art Centre. Classes cost £2. For details, call 0191-2193455.

SAFETY LESSONS: Year six pupils of Glebe Primary School visited the local fire station as part of the Zone Rangers event, which aims to promote safety.

YOUTH CLUBS: Details of youth clubs run by the Sunderland Youth Service in the Washington area are available from Karen Lightfoot, on 0191 219 3889.

HELP NEEDED: Opportunities for volunteers are being created in the Washington area by the Sunderland Social Services Department. For details, call Carol Dennison on 0191-5537166.

SOCCER SUCCESS: Rickleton Primary School has won both the Washington Year Four Cup and the county Girls Football Cup this year.