CONGRATULATIONS on your superb coverage of the royal visit to the Number 8 Community Arts Centre, also the lovely photographs taken by Louise Barnsley.

Gerry Barnett is right; the effort to bring the project to where it is now, is like a graph. I remember my husband spending hours writing, and re-writing business plans, then personally delivering them to every councillor in the Wychavon area. There were visits to other arts venues to see how it was done and now other pending arts centres visit Number 8 for the same reason!

It certainly has been worth everything, seeing how it has enriched the lives of many, whether volunteers, performers or patrons.

SALLY STEADMAN, Cherry Orchard, Pershore.