The money has come from the Award for All scheme and will allow the council to put on the Christmas bonanza featuring entertainment, music and a special fireworks display on 7th December.

Council chiefs will also spend the windfall on the village's first ever Christmas lights display.

Said Sheila Soar, parish council vice-chairman: "We're delighted to be switching on Christmas lights for the first time ever in these streets, and to be staging such an ambitious event for the whole community.

'Civic pride'

"We wanted to create a day that pulls everyone in the parish together to create a sense of civic pride and ownership, and ultimately to make Clipstone more united and a better place to live."

Awards for All is a scheme run as part of the Big Lottery Fund and awards grants of between £300 and £10,000 to community groups and voluntary organisations.

Also benefiting from grants in the area are Mansfield and Pleasley Cricket Club, which received £9,660 to encourage more local girls to play cricket, and the Warsop Skateboard and Powerkite Club, which scooped £8,409 to improve facilities for winter use.

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