UNWANTED handbags could be turned into lifesaving equipment as part of a heart campaign.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is appealing for people to donate unwanted goods to raise money for heart monitors and other equipment.
Shops across the county will display posters featuring a red handbag and the line "To you, an unwanted handbag, to us, a heart monitor".
People can also donate clothes, shoes, accessories, books, CDs, DVDs, videos, toys and bric-a-brac.
Martin Newton, the foundation's area manager, said: "There are 2.89 million households in the North-East. If every household donated just one carrier bag of good quality items this March, it would help the BHF to continue to fund lifesaving research and equipment which keeps thousands more hearts beating each year."
Donations will pay for pacemakers, defibrillators, heart monitors and research.
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