PEOPLE living in Hartlepool are urged not to miss out on a chance to help draw up a blueprint for improving life in the town.

Workshops are now being held in the central part of the New Deal for Communities (NDC) area to help prepare a community housing plan to determine how more than £20m is to be spent on improving housing and the environment during the next seven years.

A workshop for people living in Dalton Street takes place today at St George's United Reformed Church, from 6pm to 8.30pm.

Residents of Stotfold Street, Johnson Street and part of South Road are invited to attend a workshop at the same venue next Tuesday.

Camerons Club in Whitburn Street will hold a workshop for people living in Windsor Street, Lister Street, Kilwick Street, Holt Street, part of Elwick Road, part of Waldon Street and part of Park Road, on Thursday, May 9, from 6pm to 8.30pm.

The club will also host a workshop on May 14, for residents of Houghton Street, Whitburn Street, Stockton Road, part of Burn Road and part of Waldon Street.

For further information call (01429) 866532.