Villagers in Bulkington are being invited along to an open day marking the success of four years’ hard work in creating a community venue.

Members of the public will be given a chance to see for themselves the facilities at Bulkington Village Centre at the end of a week of celebrations marking its opening.

The site has been transformed by members of the community from a former school into a place that can be used by groups and people of all ages.

The open day will be held on Saturday from 11am to 2pm.

Representatives of the different groups that use the building will be on hand to explain their activities and put on demonstrations of their work.

Visitors will also be encouraged to take part and get involved with the groups in the future.

People will be able to make their mark in a block of marble as part of a Millennium sculpture project, which is on tour in the borough.

BVC director Simon Batten said the volunteers were looking forward to showing off the fruits of their labours to residents.

He said:

“This is an event for the community and we hope as many people as possible will come along and enjoy it with us.

“We’ve expended an enormous amount of energy turning the centre into a modern community venue for the benefit of current and future Bulkington residents.

“It seems fitting that our last events should give them the opportunity to judge for themselves how successful we’ve been.

“We believe they’ll be impressed by what they see; we are certainly proud of our achievements.

”We want as many people as possible to benefit from the activities and facilities we provide and the first step in this process is for people to come along and see for themselves what we can offer them.”