TIDWORTH & District Chamber of Commerce has rounded off its first year by making a donation of £2,500 to Castledown School, Ludgershall.

A cheque for the amount was handed over by chairman and founder member of the chamber David Wildman to headteacher of Castledown Connor McDermott, and will go towards the £50,000 Castledown hopes to raise in its bid to become a business and enterprise specialist school.

The Tidworth and district chamber of commerce was inaugurated last year and now has a membership of almost 70 local businesses in the Tidworth, Ludgershall and Netheravon areas.