A donation from a charity set up by Mansfield Town FC owners John and Carolyn Radford enabled a primary school in Pleasley to install a new outdoor play area.

The Radford Foundation donated £24,549.37 to Farmilo Primary School and a further contribution of £2,195.03 came from One Call Insurance’s Round to a Pound option.

This gave customers of the firm run by John Radford the choice of rounding up their insurance payments to the nearest pound in 2022.

The foundation is dedicated to the development of young people in the Mansfield area.

John and Carolyn Radford said: “Being fit and active is so important for children and they need the right facilities to make this possible.

“Play areas such as this are beneficial in supporting children to develop physical, social, and communication skills, and so we hope this new facility will be a real benefit to the pupils at Farmilo School.

“We’re also grateful to each One Call customer for helping us in supporting local causes. We know that things haven’t been easy this past year due to the cost-of-living crisis, so any amount donated, no matter how big or small, is appreciated.

“Our Round to a Pound initiative is ongoing and we look forward to supporting more local charities.”

Farmilo headteacher Suzanne Tryner added: “The pupils are thrilled about the new play area. Budgets are so tight and we probably wouldn’t have been able to replace it.

“It’s really important to us that the children get the equipment they need to play on. We’d had the previous one for 12 years and it had started to rot away, so it had to be condemned.

“We asked The Radford Foundation if they could help a little, but they were very generous and said they would pay for it all, so we’re really grateful.”