A GROUP of accountants raised £2,500 for the Butterwick Children's Hospice, in Stockton, at their annual dinner.

The Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants (TSCA), has now presented the cash to the hospice.

TSCA chairman Graham Fitzgerald, client partner at Vantis, Middlesbrough, said: "This year, we particularly wanted to do something to help local children and teenagers with life-limiting illnesses."

Steph Wood, hospice fundraiser for Middlesbrough and East Cleveland, said the cash would go towards running costs.