HAVE your say on a £20,000 investment in Burtonwood.

Cheshire Police have vowed to invest thousands of pounds in projects the village but the police and crime commissioner for Cheshire would like the public to get involved with the decision.

John Dwyer has called on the people of Burtonwood to have their say on where a £20,000 cash pot should be spent by returning the applications to the police and crime commissioner office.

Individuals, groups and organisations have been encouraged to put their heads together to come up with projects that could benefit from the funding.

Mr Dwyer said he was excited to hear what ideas members of the public come up with and urged as many people as possible to get in touch.

He said: “Participatory budgeting directly involves local people in making decisions on the spend and priorities for their area and I want to use this way of allocating public money in Burtonwood.

“I will be asking community groups and residents from all parts of the community to come up with ideas for projects to make the area better.

"During the next week, application forms will be delivered to every home in the area and they can be downloaded from my website.

“Projects could be for anything that benefits the community whether it’s an event for young people, a healthy living project, a crime prevention idea, a lunch club for older residents, a community art project, the only limit is your imagination.

"There are some basic criteria about what we will fund but these are also available on my website.

“I am really excited about this project as it is the people who will vote on the projects and decide where the money gets spent.

"If you can convince your neighbours that your idea is a good one, your project will get the cash.”

Visit cheshire-pcc.gov.uk.