Every year since 1991, scores of leather-clad motorcyclists have taken part in the annual Easter Egg run organised by the Northumberland Bikers' club.

They collected thousands of chocolate eggs donated by customers at various pubs and clubs and then set off in a huge motorbike convoy to deliver them to children and elderly people in hospitals and homes across Northumberland and Tyneside.

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.

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.

P&G's Tracey Wales with members of 2252 Bedlington Squadron, who are on the road to purchasing a new minibus

The 2522 Bedlington Squadron has received £500 from P&G employees at its Seaton Delaval site as part of the company's Community Matters programme.

Cadet Warrant Officer Chris Burns, 19, is leaving 2522 Bedlington Squadron Air Cadets after six years of success.

In this time he was captain of the winning 2007 Adventure Challenge Team and also captained the squadron's 2009 athletics team to victory, beating 34 other squadrons.

The Friends of Gallagher Park group have submitted a planning application to build a BMX track for youngsters in the hope that it will pave the way for a future leisure centre.

The group formed last year with the aim of bringing a sports and social centre to Bedlington.

Staff at the Tesco store in Bedlington dished up food for a barbecue which was held at the end of a successful orienteering event for 35 young people aged 13 to 19.

The day was organised by Northumbria Police and Bedlington Youth Partnership, and involved the teenagers finding their way around the town and completing various challenges before ending up in Dr Pitt Park.

They celebrated winning Division Four and Division Five of the Ladies Summer League, while the club's under-13s and under-15s finished second in their respective leagues behind Stocksfield.

The under-15s finished level on points, with only goal difference splitting the two clubs.

Pictured are Wansbeck's juniors after receiving their certificates and medals.

Ivan Webley of Mind Active works with residents at the Pines care home in Ashington. They created a montage of scenes derived from memories of their youth

Several young jobseekers will benefit from the pilot scheme run by Bedlington-based Mind Active, which has a network of volunteers working in residential care homes in the Wansbeck area.

The 15-strong Bedlington Art Group was formed two years ago following the closure of an adult education course which its members had attended at the town's community high school.

It now meets every Thursday evening at the Bedlington Station Residents' Association building in Ravensworth Terrace so that members can share their enthusiasm for art and scrutinise each other's work.

A 23-strong team from 2522 Bedlington Squadron went head to head against hundreds of air cadets from the Northumberland and Durham Wing, when they all competed in the annual Wing Athletics competition in Monkton Stadium, Jarrow.

The Bedlington team, consisting of junior and senior boys and girls aged 13 to 18, took part in all track and field events such as javelin, discus, shot, high jump and long jump.

Northumberland Care Trust, in partnership with Age Concern, is looking for volunteers to become "senior health mentors" to other older people in their community.

Ann Kirkup, project co-ordinator for the health mentor scheme in Northumberland, with Jean Sanders in Newbiggin, who has volunteered as a senior peer mentor.

The volunteers will be trained to help, support and encourage those they are mentoring on the benefits of healthy eating and exercise, as well as offering social interaction.

Barnardo's Housing Project (Northumberland), based in Cramlington but working all over the county, finds supported lodgings for youngsters needing stability in their lives after coming out of care or if their relationship with their family has broken down.

The project caters for young people aged 16 to 21, though they are usually 16 and 17-year-olds. It has 18 families and single people who are currently offering accommodation, but needs more.

The group hooked up with Northumberland Wildlife Trust to learn about its work and help out at the trust's East Chevington Nature Reserve.

The 16 staff members spent their annual teambuilding day digging a new pond. Although the sun was shining, pond digging is messy work and the group took to the task with such enthusiasm that they were soon covered in mud.

The Bedlington Youth Partnership project will see a team of teenagers maintaining an allotment at the Sure Start nursery at the Oval in the Northumberland town.

Volunteers from Bedlington Youth Partnership who are working to turn a patch of rough ground at the Sure Start Centre in Bedlington into a allotment. Pictured (left-right) Jordan Bagnall 18, Adam Matthews 16, Nick Parr 17 and Carl Brown 17, all from Bedlington

As well as providing free food to the older members of the community, the teenagers will teach toddlers at the nursery how to grow and tend to the vegetables and flowers.