IN PICTURES: Top Cash For Your Community winners announced
[gallery] Around 100 representatives for some of the hardest working community groups in the West Midlands tonight came together to celebrate the culmination of this year's Cash For Your Community project.
This year followed on from the success of the previous give away, which saw the Express & Star team up with HomeServe to dish out £30,000 across a range of voluntary groups.
Cash prizes, the number of entrants and the sheer amount of tokens collected by members of the public all increased as groups battled to win a share of £35,000 this time around.
Small Wonders won the largest slice of the pot, closely followed by Sandwell Flyers and 2014 winners Willenhall Trinity Bowls.
Other beneficiaries included a cricket club, a youth theatre and a church.
The size of the cash awarded is proportionate to the amount of tokens donated to each group by Express & Star readers.
During a presentation event for the top 20 winning groups at the Banks's Stadium's Savoy Lounge, Express & Star circulation manager Martin White took a moment to explain the reason for starting the Cash For Your Community project.
He said: "We want to try and make a difference.
"I think we have achieved that and hopefully we can do the same next year."
For more coverage and the full list of winners, see Thursday's Express & Star.
