A Witney nursery has raised money for charities by organising play activities.

Kindergarten, at the Thorney Leys Business Park, has been using a multi-surface outside play area to collect about £2,500.

The play area was laid earlier this year, thanks to a £29,000 grant awarded by the Government's New Opportunities Fund.

Children up to the age of 14 attend the after-school club and have taken part in a variety of fundraising events, including a sponsored pedal push, skip and toddle waddle.

Money has been given to Childline, British Heart Foundation, Meningitis Trust fund and Children In Need.

Managing director Jo Letherbarrow said: "It has been really good. We could not have raised all these funds for charity without the new play area."

Kindergarten was set up in 1994 and more than 350 parents now have children attending the nursery and after-school club.

The business is celebrating a new review and award by Investors in People.

Mrs Letherbarrow is also celebrating a runners-up award in this year's Oxfordshire Woman of the Year competition.

The winner of the competition was Amanda Webb-Johnson, founder and director of Refugee Resources.