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The Friends of Selsted School (FOSS) are getting a cash boost from the Kent Police Property Fund.

Back L to R: Head teacher Kevin Bailey, PCSO Sarah Wallace and Sarah Redmond of FOSS. Front L to R: Selsted pupils: L to R Elizabeth Todd Brown, Richard Stroud, Brooke Laing and Louie Evans

FOSS is a registered charity that supports Selsted School, a small rural primary school between Hawkinge and Canterbury that has around 70 pupils, with fundraising for the extra things that enhance the children's school experience.

Local Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Sarah Wallis presented a cheque for £400 from the fund during school assembly on Wednesday 16 January to help pay for some chairs for the new Community Hall which opened in 2005.

It will mean the hall will be a good local resource and will enable the local community to make much better use of the facility.

The Kent Police Property fund is made up of the proceeds from the sale, at auction, of unclaimed lost property and items seized in police operations.

The proceeds raised at the auction are presented to local charitable groups that work for the good of the local community, and around £7,000 is donated in the South Kent area each year.

Local Police Community Support Officer Sarah Wallis said: "It is a pleasure to be able to present the Friends of Selsted School with a cheque from the Kent Police Property Fund."

"FOSS provide important support to the school and its pupils and I know the donation will make a big difference." She added.