A website for small local charities has held a free workshop in Ryedale to outline the benefits of receiving donations online.

Localgiving.com, a social enterprise, aims to allow smaller charities to gain access to an online marketing and donation process.

It is focusing its work on North Yorkshire this summer, including a £12,500 match fund donated by the Peter Sowerby Foundation to help local rural good causes.

The workshop was staged at Ryedale Voluntary Action in Malton, whose funding advisor, Sarah Lalleu-Marley, said: “Many voluntary sector organisations I work with are increasingly looking for new ways of raising vital funds and Localgiving.com is a fantastic tool.”

More information is available by emailing nick.dodd@localgiving.com, phoning 07852 122329, or visiting localgiving.com/charitysignup