COMMUNITY groups in Rossendale are celebrating after receiving cash windfalls.
The Lancashire Local committee dished out more than £2,500 to develop sports and social networks throughout the borough.
Sharples Police Amateur Boxing Club received £300 for heavy bags, gloves, pads and gum shields while Haslingden and District Indoor Bowling League scooped £800 to buy a new bowling carpet.
Irwell Vale Methodist Church bagged £250 towards a new kitchen and Rossendale Community Choir secured a £390 grant.
Whitworth Historical Society was also given £500 which they will use to buy a new photocopier.
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