COMMUNITY groups in Tynedale are being invited to apply for a slice of £82,000 funding by the UK's fourth largest building society.

Skipton Building Society's Grassroots Giving community funding scheme has 164 pots of £500 to give away in 2017 and is urging organisations across the North-East to put their name forward before the deadline on July 31.

Now in its fifth year, the programme was first launched in 2013 as part of the society's 160th anniversary. While offering community funding as part of the scheme, Grassroots Giving also provides support, guidance and public profile for every single group that enters.

So far, Grassroots Giving scheme has given £323,000 to 646 small community groups.

Full details and online applications can be made at the dedicated website www.skiptongrg.co.uk