David Wilson Homes has offered a helping hand to the 10th Warrington Scout Group and made improvements to their Scout Hut.

The troop is located near to David Wilson Homes' now sold out Richmond Place development in Great Sankey.

David Wilson Homes is continuously looking for new ways to give back to the local communities around its developments and when it heard that the scout hut needed a refresh, the five star housebuilder jumped at the chance to offer support.

The hut was previously in a prisoner of war camp five miles away in Widnes, but has been at its new location on Highfield Avenue in Great Sankey since the 60s where it continues to serve its community.

Improvements to the hut included replacing the windows with UPVC double glazing, a new glass door for the main entrance to bring more light in, providing better ramped access for disabled use, installed wall mounted heater, a new lick of paint to the main hall and entrance and finally, donated new white boards, pin boards and a shipping container to hold Scout equipment.

Kevin Foote, Scout Leader at the 10th Warrington Scout Group, said, “The hut is more inviting and this hasn't gone unnoticed by our parents. I frequently get compliments on the new brighter hut, with our new entrance and windows.”

The works have lifted the whole group's morale, we don't know how to say thank you enough!”

Steve Cosgrove, Construction Director at David Wilson Homes North West, said, “We're really pleased we could help the 10th Warrington Scout Group with repairs to their hut.

“Not only does the hut hold a lot of historical value, but it's now used by the local community on a regular basis, so it was important to us that we could lend a hand in giving it a refresh and making it even better for the Scouts and locals alike.”

The 10th Warrington Scout Group received the help from David Wilson Homes by submitting an Our Space Your Place application.

For more information on the Our Space Your Place scheme please visit www.ourspaceyourplace.co.uk.

David Wilson Homes is currently building homes at the following nearby developments: Winnington Village, Galloway Grange and Haddington Park.

For more information on the developments in Cheshire please visit www.dwh.co.uk or call the sales number on 0333 355 8480.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. For further information about David Wilson Homes please contact Ellie Mason or Catherine Senior on 0116 247 1777 or ellie@unsworthsugden.co.uk or catherine@unsworthsugden.co.uk
2. David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Developments PLC, a FTSE100 company
3. Barratt Group sold 17,579 homes in the year to June 2018, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain
4. Barratt was awarded a maximum five star rating for the tenth consecutive year in the 2019 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey
5. Site managers working for Barratt Group won 83 awards for quality workmanship in the 2018 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last 14 years