Helen Pearce, has won £1,000 to help complete her Summer Project with Swinton Insurance.

Helen, who bought her house in May after 20 years in married quarters at Faslane, is looking forward to decorating bedrooms for her two sons Harry, 17, and Tom, 20.

She plans on replacing the current butterflies and floral wallpapers with some block colours.

Helen told the Advertiser Style she is relishing the opportunity to show her creative flair and to decorate her home just as she wants it.

However, the recently qualified midwife will have to fit in the decorating project over work shifts in the summer months.

She said: “I had planned decorating the house as my summer project and entered the Swinton Insurance competition for a bit of fun.

“When I found out I had won the cash to buy all the bits and pieces for decorating I was thrilled. I will soon have the butterflies and flowers off the walls and create some fantastic new finishes for my lovely new home.” For the first week of the Summer Project from Swinton Insurance campaign entrants were invited to seek a helping hand from Swinton with jobs around the house that, for whatever reason, they haven’t been able to complete.

Steve Griffiths, head of marketing at Swinton Insurance, commented: “We’re all aware of how sometimes a project needs to be completed but it can get put off again and again for a wide variety of reasons – Swinton’s Summer Project is our way of offering a helping hand in completing these jobs.”