A LEIGH-BASED group is celebrating after winning first prize in a writing competition.

The Willow project, which offers support to women concerned about their own or someone else's drinking, is delighted with the result.

Project manager Jean Stitt, said: "This is a superb achievement. Many of the women have never put pen to paper before and others were worried about writing down their own thoughts and feelings."

The outcome is a book 'Beyond the Weeping' published by Towpath Press.