A MALVERN school scheme is among the second round of community sports projects to receive funding from the National Lottery.

Dyson Perrins CE Academy has been awarded £150,000 towards a £715,000 project to build a new synthetic turf sports pitch for football and rugby teams.

They were one of 38 community sports projects in the west Midlands region to benefit from a £1,981,540 windfall from the Inspired Facilities Fund, which is part of the Places People Play legacy programme provided by Sport England.

School business manager Angelique Dalton said: “We’re absolutely delighted. It's a fantastic opportunity for the school and the wider community, because it's definitely going to be a community-based facility. “It’s a major project for the school and we’re really proud to be hosting it.” She said if all goes well, work should begin in the autumn and be finished by the end of the year. Other groups benefiting from the programme are Bewdley Rowing Club, which have been awarded £50,000 to upgrade their changing rooms and Redditch Community Amateur Boxing Club, who received the same amount to renovate their building. Stourbridge Cricket Club were given £32,810 to refurbish their changing rooms.

The facilities will all carry the London 2012 Inspire mark to celebrate the link to the Olympic games.