AN internet cafe is set to become a lasting tribute to a community fund-raiser.

Before she died, Lillian Scott was leading an initiative to set up a Darwen cyber cafe to provide a place in town for young people to meet and get advice.

The work she started has continued in her memory and the cafe steering committee has now found premises at the Babywise building in Wood Street. It needs £5,000 to secure the site.

Lillian died one year ago, aged 71, after a heart attack. The same year, she was named one of Blackburn with Darwen's outstanding women of the 20th century and in 1987 was declared an honorary Darwener by Darwen Civic Society. All contributions from Lillian's funeral went into an account for the cyber cafe.

Her family and friends decided to change the name to Darwen Youth Cafe to help make people aware that more than just computers are on offer there.

Lillian's son, Peter Scott, of the Whitehall area in Darwen, is vice-chairman of the committee. He said: "It has taken time to get the ball rolling but now that we have found suitable premises to set up in, we are well on the way to creating what mum set her heart on.

"Once we get funding to get the premises, we will be in a better position to apply for further funding which is why we need as many organisations to get behind the project as possible."

The committee has requested help from various organisations including the Lottery Commission.