A FUND raising day could pave the way to jobs in a second hand bike shop for two Littleport teenagers.

Cambs Times: CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day.CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day. (Image: Archant)

.A family fun day at the Anglia Co-operative foodstore in the Wisbech Road store Sunday raised £825 for Young People Littleport and the money will be used to kick-start a project aimed at creating jobs for village youngsters.

Cambs Times: CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day.CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day. (Image: Archant)

YPL founder and manager Phil Malkin explained: “I’ve had the idea for about 12 months and this money will really, really help to get it started.

Cambs Times: CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day.CAPTIONS: There were plenty of games and attractions to amuse all ages at the Anglia Co-operative Littleport stores family fun day. (Image: Archant)

“Littleport doesn’t have a cycle shop and we could relocate our charity shop in Main Street to our base in Granby Street and use the Main Street premises as a cycle shop.

“We get stolen and recovered cycles from the police and if we can source new cycles and repair equipment we could launch a shop and train two young people from Littleport to run it and repair cycles.

“YPL would prop it up until it was able to stand on its own two feet and we’d also get the two young people on to a business studies course at college.

“I’m appealing to anyone who could help guide us and train the two young people – and any young people out there who think they could rise to this challenge.

“Call me on 07947 823446 or come and talk to us at the YPL centre in Granby Street, Littleport. I would like to think this is something we could get up-and-running this year.”

It’s a whole new venture for YPL, which has become an established and popular centre for all sorts of activities for all ages in Littleport and Mr Malkin added: “If we can get this off the ground we could then look at opening up to half-a-dozen starter units for businesses in the future.”

Sunday’s four-hour fun day featured rides, stalls, games – and even a drenching for store manager Chris Wright in the stocks.