There was a Jackpot payout of £200 at the final Bingo game this evening at Preston Road Community Centre.

There were about 40 people playing this evening. The modest profit made by bingo helps to keep the centre going, and is an evening out for people locally.

The local councils (Town and Vale) are generous in giving grants that allow the centre to fit new fire doors when the old ones get too rickety, new sliding partitions to insulate and soundproof the different areas, and to maintain and improve the fabric of the building.

But without dedicated trustees and other volunteers it would not work. Other Abingdon Community Centres are the same.