A SUMMER fayre aimed at bringing an estate community together brought hundreds of residents out in the sun resulting in a "community feel".
The Tolladine Summer Fayre was held at the Tolly Hub between midday and 3pm today (August 4), with a BBQ, bouncy castle, cake stalls and much more available for the community.
The event was organised by Friends of Tolladine which puts on events with the aim of bringing the community together in the area.
Chair of Friends of Tolladine, Rosie Furlong, said: "With all the negativity that sometimes surrounds estates, it's lovely to see so many children having fun and it's nice to see the community come together.
"We have a cake sale, hair braiding, colouring, games and a bouncy castle.
"We also have a BBQ, candy floss and Asian food from SB Kitchen and Asian Kitchen Curry.
"So far it's going well, we want to engage more with the community to get to know what they need and want and we are also looking for more volunteers for our committee because we can't to do it alone.
"It's all about bringing the community together so that people don't feel neglected and let down.
"It's baby steps at the moment as we have only been going for around a year, but we are planning on doing something for Christmas and we are hoping to make this an annual event."
Children enjoyed the bouncy castle, cornhole and archery.
There was even an appearance from West Mercia Police who engaged with the community by showing of one of their police vans.
Robert Bateman who had brought his ten children to the event, said: "We didn't know about this till recently, my son broke his wrist yesterday and an off duty police officer had seen him on the floor so he took him to the hospital and told us about it.
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"It's been alright so far and the kids have definitely enjoyed it, they have managed to eat a lot of candy floss."
Friends of Tolladine have also managed to raise enough funding to bring back the Breakfast Club starting in September, which was a "vital" part of the community.
Beth Barnes who was running the cake stall said: "I'm here to get to know the community more and everyone is very friendly and chatting."
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