A MID-CHESHIRE caravan park has stumped up £1,000 to give a local group a helping-hand over the next 12 months.

Lakeside Caravan Park, in conjunction with the Guardian, is offering a year-long sponsorship deal for a deserving organisation – including dance troops, youth and sports clubs, music groups or any other small organisation for youngsters.

Groups can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else, by writing 100 words on why they think the deserve the cash.

All entries will be printed in the paper and put to the public vote, before the Guardian and staff from Lakeside visit the six finalists to give them a chance to make their case in person.

A public vote will whittle the competition down to just three groups which will all go head-to-head in a grand final at Lakeside, next to Winsford’s Bottom Flash, on Bank Holiday Monday, May 3.

To enter, simply answer the following question in 100 words or less: Why do you need the money and what would it be used for?

Entries can be submitted via post to Frances Kindon, Northwich Guardian, 3 Theatre Court, Northwich, CW9 5HB, or emailed to frances.kindon@guardiangrp.co.uk, until midnight on Friday, March 12.

The competition is only open to groups in Winsford, Northwich and Middlewich.