A PORT funded a groups project to create special quilts for a hospice.

The Port of Tilbury funded the work by Tilbury Needlework group which created the quilts for the children and families at Little Havens Hospices across Essex. The group makes the quilts for the charity each year.

Tilbury Needlework group is run by Gwen Perkins, 87, who started the group in 1997.

A spokesman for The Port of Tilbury said: “It’s people like Gwen and the team of ladies in the group that make the Tilbury community a special place and we hope our contribution will help the needlework group to con - tinue their fantastic work that they do for children in Hospices.