SCOUTS teamed up with Rotarians to raise a record £507 at a street collection in Stourport on Saturday.

Stourport Rotary Club will make the amount up to £1,000 after calling on the Scouts' manpower for the fund-raising effort.

Youngsters from KD8 St Johns in Kidderminster helped collect the cash along with members of the Rhydd Covert service team, outside The Swan Hotel in High Street, Stourport.

Rotary member Ben Wilkes said the collection was a major achievement for the club.

He said: "It was absolutely superb. We broke all our records for a Saturday down there, I think the most we have done there was just over £400.

"The Scouts were great, some younger ones came down and stayed there in the pouring rain until 3.30pm. We did superbly well."

Dave Denton, district commissioner for Kidderminster and District Scout Council, donned a Father Christmas costume and was on duty in his sleigh for the collection.

He said: "It was really good, there was a lot of young people putting money in and all the little kids were over-awed by the Father Christmas in his sleigh.

"It was nice to be able to go along and be part of it. It was nice for to be doing something to earn the money to rebuild the Scout centre."

Rhydd Covert warden Mark Woodward, who also donned the famous red costume for the collection, said: "It was superb, people were giving very generously, there was a lot of £5 notes so it was very well supported by the public.

"A lot of people were asking how the appeal was going."