THREE worthy causes have shared a £1,000 windfall thanks to the Press and Taylor Wimpey East Scotland.

We teamed up with the housebuilder for a special Community Chest initiative and asked our readers to vote for the West Fife groups who deserved a cash boost.

Pitreavie Race Running Group secured the top position and they have won £500, which they plan to put towards their first race running event. It will be aimed at children of all abilities and it's hoped that athletes from across Scotland will come and join in.

Pierette Melville, from Pitreavie Race Running Group, said: “We are incredibly grateful for the support of Taylor Wimpey and it was lovely to find out that we had received the most votes from the local community.

"We are always grateful for any extra funding we receive and this donation will give us a welcome boost to the projects that we have planned, including our first event, which we hope to stage a bit later this year.

“We’re also delighted to see that two other local groups have also benefitted from Taylor Wimpey’s Community Chest to help with their own work in the local community of Fife.”

Purple Caffe, a charity based in Kelty that focuses on providing support for families affected by paediatric epilepsy, landed £300 after finishing second in the reader vote.

And an award of £200 was given to Kelty Street Art Collective, who transform areas of their village into public art and run community art events.

Karen Armstrong, sales and marketing director at Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, said: “We are proud to support local causes such as the Pitreavie Race Running Group, Purple Caffe and the Kelty Street Art Collective, who all do such valuable work in their local areas of Fife.

“We hope that our donations to each of these organisations will help them to continue their activities for a range of people of all ages locally.

"We were delighted with the number of votes we received from the local community throughout this competition and would like to thank everyone who took part.”