THE Mayor of Blackburn, Coun Salas Kiani, presents one of five cheques from Blackburn with Darwen Council's Community Chest fund to two-year-old George Leeming (centre) and Paula Rawsthorne, a member of the Mill Hill Parent and Toddler Group, who received a cheque for £449 for the group, watched by representatives from groups and local organisations.

(Back from the left) Akhtar Hussain Malik (Ethnic Minority Elderly Association), Denise Atack (North Turton Old Peoples Welfare Committee), Irene Heaney, chairman of Roe Lee Area Residents' Association, Ann Walsh, of Blackburn Junior PHAB Club.

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