FUNDRAISERS hope a series of events will help raise funds to spruce up a rundown playground in Kendal.

Beck Community Play Area, in Heron Hill, needs £45,000 for a new scheme and so far £13,000 has been collected through grants and activiies.

The next event, on Saturday, April 23 from 11am until 2pm, is an Easter Egg and Treasure Hunt around Kendal town centre, coffee morning, cake sale and tombola, with prizes donated by the likes of Hadley's, Vision Express, Sanctuary Gym and Spa, Daniel Gray hairdressers and The Heron Pub.

For tickets and more information contact Anna on 07980 377652 or Karen 07531 116809, or email beckbcpa@yahoo.co.uk