VILLAGERS are celebrating after winning grants totalling more than £10,000.
The Community Association in Tanfield Lea, near Stanley, County Durham, has won £4,500 from the National Lottery Awards for All programme, as well as £6,392 from the County Durham Foundation's Local Network Fund.
The cash will go on a revamp for the community rooms attached to Tanfield Lea Junior School. This includes redecorating, installing a stage and disco system and buying new furniture.
Kay Hemmings, chairwoman of the user groups committee, said: "When all the work is completed, it should look brilliant."
Part of the grant will pay for an artist, who will work with youngsters on an art project centred on the theme of community
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