Do It For Druitt!

One resident of a road in Christchurch was so anxious to raise money towards the new Druitt Community Centre that she managed to persuade other residents of the road to club together to ‘buy a brick’.

Carol Hellicar from Bure Haven Drive wrote to all of her neighbours to ask if they would be willing to contribute something towards her target of £250 for the brick.

Carol said: “I really wanted to help but it was difficult to justify £250 for one of the bricks. I thought that if we all banded together we might be successful. I knew I was being a bit cheeky writing my letter to everyone, but I had a lovely response from more than half of the households in the road, so around 30 of them made a contribution.”

Cllr Josephine Spencer was on hand to receive the money for the brick. She added: “I’m delighted that the residents of Bure Haven Drive have made this very generous contribution to buy a brick for the new Community Centre.

“We hope that other roads in the borough might take their example and consider buying a brick as well. If every road did this we would soon reach our target!”