HAGLEY’s new pavilion project is in with a chance of winning £12,000 thanks to a Tesco campaign.

Alongside Himley Cricket Club and Heronswood Primary School in Kidderminster, the village community project is set to benefit from the supermarket’s £12.5million Bags of Help scheme.

Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork on the initiative, which sees money raised from the 5p bag levy, being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects across the country.

The three groups are battling it out to win Stourbridge's Tesco customer votes in the competition, which can be done in the Stourbridge Extra, Oldswinford Express, and Audnam Express stores until Sunday (November 13).

The group with the most votes will be given a £12,000 grant, with second place receiving £10,000 and the third placed project winning a healthy £8,000.

Hagley West Councillor Steve Colella, leader of the pavilion project, is urging customers to vote for his scheme. He said: “We will really appreciate people voting for us and the more people we can get to vote the more money we could win.

“The good thing is that there is no minimum spend in the store, so if people go in and just buy a bag of crisps they will get a token and be able to vote.”

Building work on Hagley’s new state-of-the-art pavilion, which will be based at the village playing fields, is set to start in the next few weeks.

Under the parish council’s plans, the existing changing room building will be demolished and replaced with the new facility, which will provide modern changing rooms for West Hagley Football Club as well as the other activities taking place on the playing fields.

Cllr Colella added: “We are very close to starting the pavilion build, which won't just be changing rooms, but an activity base for the whole community.

“The Tesco funding will help with the sustainability and environmental aspect of the build and help with the landscaping, draining as well as the planting of new trees.

“We are hopeful in starting the build in the next few weeks and I expect it to take about four months, so should be up and running by the spring.”