Seaton Delaval FC have been named as one of the latest community clubs to receive a sports grant from the Cash 4 Clubs scheme.

They were selected from more than 1,000 applications and were awarded £500 of funding.

Choosing the winners was left to a panel which included Dame Kelly Holmes, Olympic gold medallist and British record holder in athletics, Paralympic gold medallist Giles Long MBE and Richard Caborn MP and ambassador for the 2018 World Cup bid.

Four community groups in south-east Northumberland have received financial support from a special fund set up by housing management agency Homes for Northumberland.

Cash has gone to the Concorde House sheltered housing scheme in Seaton Delaval, Seghill Institute Community Association's Newsletter Group and residents' associations in Newsham and New Delaval and Cowpen Farm and Isabella in Blyth.

A new scheme aiming to help people in Northumberland detect cancer early urgently needs volunteers.

The community-based initiative, the Healthy Communities Collaborative (HCC), has been set up to help people living mainly in the Blyth, Wansbeck and Morpeth areas.

It aims to raise awareness of the disease so people can spot the early signs of breast, bowel and lung cancer.

Voluntary and community groups in Northumberland have been warned they are facing a reduction in funding for their work - because of the recession and tough budget savings required by the county council.

However, County Hall bosses have reassured the sector that a funding package of £1.3m will still be available next year. Budget proposals recommend more money for charities directly supporting those people worst affected by the recession.

These will include services such as credit unions and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.

Community groups in Northumberland are being urged by their MP not to get left behind in the race for lottery cash.

Blyth Valley's Ronnie Campbell is encouraging local organisations to check out the Big Lottery Fund's rules and conditions to see whether it can give their projects and community services a helping hand.

He is among many MPs all over the country who have been asked to spell out the potential benefits of bidding for lottery cash.

Footballing youngsters are backing the National Trust's campaign to save Seaton Delaval Hall.

Seaton Delaval Dynamos, one of Northumberland's newest junior football teams, held a sponsored penalty shootout to raise money for the charity's appeal.

The club was set up in May by Rob and Anna Milburn from Seaton Delaval and, with the help of Neil Foster, they have recently been awarded FA Charter Standard status.

Young chefs from Northumberland received a helping hand from the Prime Minister as well as celebrity chefs when they produced their own recipe book.

The 1st Seaton Delaval Guides Group passed on their culinary knowledge by creating the Centenary Cookbook with the help of Gordon Brown and Gary Rhodes, as well as the children's families and friends.

They came up with the idea as part of Girlguiding UK's challenge to all Guide Groups to 'change the world' and adopt a hospice.

Seaton Sluice Art Club will be hosting an exhibition of their work this weekend.

Everybody is welcome to come and look around at Seaton Sluice Community Centre on Saturday from 10am until 3pm, with admission free.

Light refreshments will be available and a framed original watercolour painting will be raffled.

Seaton Delaval and District Local History Society are issuing an invitation to their next meeting.

The society are looking for new members to get involved in the group, which meets at 7.30pm on the last Tuesday of each month in Astley High School.

There are a full programme of speakers lined up for the coming season with talks by Freda Thompson, John Charlton and Neil Taylor, and on November 24th "If the Germans had Invaded" by Bill Thompson. Everyone is welcome at the meeting.

The group was founded in 1974 and is affiliated to the Association of Northumberland local History Societies.

For more information contact Margaret Oakey 01670 530 867 or email at sdlhs01@yahoo.co.uk

A beaver colony has been introduced to a South East Northumberland village - but wildlife enthusiasts needn't get too excited.

Seaton Sluice has got its own beaver group so that the children have got somewhere to go for meetings each week to have fun and learn, without having to travel to other villages.

The group will have the area's community police officers coming in to do a safety night, and will also be looking to hold its first big Christmas party soon.