HELPING HAND: Friends of Richardson Hospital pictured before the pandemic
MORE than £9,000 was handed out by the Friends of the Richardson Hospital last year to support community healthcare in Teesdale and the charity is keen to do more.
Speaking at the Friends annual meeting, honorary treasurer Vince Blaeford said the past 12 months had been a relatively “low year” for expenditure and income.
For the year ending December 31, 2020, the friends group had £147,734 in the bank – this is down £4,685 from the previous year.
Mr Blaeford said having £4,685 less wasn’t necessarily “bad news”.
He added: “Charities are not supposed to hoard money and we have quite a lot of money which is a great position to be in.