A GROUP of Worcestershire needlework enthusiasts have created a banner to commemorate an important milestone to a Malvern charity.

The Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills (ARCOS), based in Avenue Road, Malvern, will be marking its 30th anniversary this year.

This week, the members of Threads, a sitch and textile arts group based in Worcester, made a banner by hand to honour ARCOS' accomplishment.

The banner incorporates symbols relevant to ARCOS' work and the group presented it to the ARCOS founder and director Kay Coombes.

Threads chairwoman Geraldine Fitzpatrick said: “It was lovely as a group to connect with ARCOS and to make a banner for their 30th anniversary.

“We chose symbols that were relevant to their work and enjoyed using our skills to create the banner.”

The banner was created by Threads members Lorraine Keyte, Sarita Gingell, Marilyn Wrightson and Sara Drewett, and incorporates symbols relevant to the work of ARCOS.

Mrs Coombes said: ”We are delighted that the members of Threads decided to devote their time and expertise to creating this banner and we will be proud to hang it in the reception hall of our headquarters, or even outside, when the weather permits.”

ARCOS works to improve life for people with communication, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, including children and adults with conditions such as cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, stroke and head injury.