Telford community award for blanket-making friends

Margaret Bowen and Gwen Royall have made more than 100 blankets

Two friends who got together to sew sensory blankets have been recognised with Community Champion awards.

Margaret Bowen, 87, and Gwen Royall, 78, both from Sutton Hill in Telford make the blankets for people with dementia and special needs.

Mrs Royall said they started off by creating a sensory blanket for a young man with special educational needs who attended their church.

In one year they have created 101 blankets and 965 individual squares.