Last year, twins and Saundersfoot residents Bethany and Seren Rose were joint winners in their category (Community Support Volunteer under 25) at the PAVS Awards.

At the beginning of Lockdown the girls, who were then nine, started to sell their home-made Barkers Treats dog biscuits.

With the money they raised they bought gifts for ‘front line’ workers such as the staff at the Doctor Surgery, Heywoods Butchers, Saundersfoot Pharmacy, Saundersfoot School and the Spar shop as well as local councillor Phil Baker, their local postie and refuse team and the Saundersfoot Connect Admin Team. They also raised £250 for Guide Dogs for the Blind and the local church.

Sadly there was no award ceremony at the time during to lockdown restrictions but this weekend, Clr. Phil Baker and Sarah Whiddett (who nominated the sisters) were really pleased to finally hand over the prize to the deserving winners.

“Barkers Biscuits started out as an enterprise project for school in the summer before the first lockdown” said the twins. “We made over £100 for school.

“When the lockdown came in, we wanted to do something to keep us busy and had the idea of doing the dog biscuits again initially to sell and buy gifts for the people who kept our community going. The initiative really took off, and we decided to raise money for Guide dogs for the blind, and for our local church in St Issell’s.

“We were delighted to hear we’d been nominated for an award with PAVS and over the moon to have won!’’

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