EAST Marsh mums and dads cooked up a storm in the kitchen while toddlers helped prepare an outdoor banquet of home-grown grub – to celebrate a Lottery windfall.

Green-fingered members of the community marked the first summer harvest from their recently opened allotment in Lestrange Street with a full blown feed-up at the East Marsh Children's Centre.

The feast of fresh fruit and veg was made to taste all the sweeter after Lisa Gregory, the chief co-ordinator at the Victor Street centre, announced that the East Marsh United group had been awarded more than £7,000 by the Big Lottery Fund.

She said: "It's fantastic news for the people that live around here and use our facility. The money will go towards a number of trips and organising special dance classes for families who might not otherwise be able to afford to send their children."

To find out why the group think growing your own veg on an allotment is the best way to cook up a tasty treat – and how you can get involved – see today's Grimsby Telegraph.