A DEL Boy lookalike and bungee jumping were two of the highlights at a successful fun day in Kidderminster.

There was also a serious side to the event at Birchen Coppice first and middle schools which attracted over 500 people.

The day was organised by Oldington and Foley Park Neighbourhood Pathfinder and it gave the project team an opportunity to ask residents what their priorities were for improvements in their area.

Other activities on offer included tombola, bands, samba workshop, face painting and an auction hosted by "Del Boy" to raise money for schools on the estates.

Two of the volunteers for bungee jumping were first-timers and work for Wyre Forest Community Housing which is a Pathfinder partner.

Peter Banford, external funding officer, raised £125 for the Wyre Forest Women's Refuge, while IT officer Andy Craig collected around £150 for Mcmillan Nurses.

Mr Banford said: "I had never done it before and I am never going to do it again. When you first fall forward, you feel like it is out of control. But then the elastic pulls you back up and you end up bouncing three or four times."

Mr Banford, who lives at Cleobury Mortimer, said he began to wonder what he had let himself in for when he reached the top of Bewdley bypass on the way to the event and saw, in the distance, the crane used for the bungee jump.

The Pathfinder team brings together residents and agencies such as the police, district council, county council, housing association, health service, voluntary groups and businesses to identify areas of concern and ways to tackle them.

The scheme concentrates on health, education, youth, crime and the environment and will run for seven years thanks to funding from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Neighbourhood Renewal Unit.