Delighted fundraisers in Berrow were handed this bumper cheque for £50,000 on Friday afternoon (November 27th) after they won a phone competition for National Lottery funding towards a new play area in the village.
As first reported by Burnham-On-Sea.com on Thursday, the village was awarded the funding after being named the ‘lucky loser’ in a phone competition organised by ITV West.
The fundraisers failed to win Monday’s competition to capture the most votes, but instead secured the cash by becoming the project to collect the most votes as a ‘loser’.
The cheque was handed at Berrow Primary School in front of celebrating pupils on Friday, as pictured here.
It means the project to refurbish the play area on the Village Green and turn it into a modern new facility called the ‘Berrow Empowering Play Area’ can now proceed.
Berrow Parish Council Clerk Lynn Smith told Burnham-On-Sea.com on Thursday evening: “We’re absolutely thrilled. It’s wonderful news and makes all the hard work in recent months well worth it!”
She thanked everyone who had voted for the bid earlier this week. Work will begin on the new play area soon with the aim of getting it completed by next summer.
