Community Grant Scheme awards

FIVE local charities have received awards from the Rotary Club of Keighley’s Community Grant Scheme.

Lees cum Cross Roads Village Association have received £500 towards the purchase of equipment for their Edgers and Weeders Group that works within Cross Roads Park.
Bradford, Keighley & Skipton Disabled Athletics have been awarded £500 towards provision of equipment for athletes.
The Lions’ Den will receive £500 towards the modernisation of the toilet facilities at their headquarters, the former bowling pavilion in Whin’s Wood Park.
Haworth & Oxenhope District Bridleways Group collects £500 so that they can provide waterproof poster cabinets and catering equipment at their pavilion on Penistone Moor.
Dockroyd Graveyard Trust receive £300 which will be used to defray some of the costs of maintaining the old graveyard on Chapel Lane, Oakworth.

This is the first set of awards that have been undertaken by the Rotary Club of Keighley since they took over the Community Grant Scheme that had been launched by the Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley which ceased operations on March 31st.

Liz Joyce, who started her tenure as President of the Rotary Club of Keighley in July (pictured above), said: “We’re delighted that we’ve been able to continue with the Community Grant Scheme as it enables us to assist other groups within Keighley and the Worth Valley region to continue with their wonderful projects.”

Nicholas Oughtibridge, chairman of the former Rotary Club of Haworth & Worth Valley’s Charitable Trust, added: “This is part of the legacy of the Haworth & Worth Valley’s 25-year service to the Worth Valley communities, and it’s been encouraging to receive high-quality applications from the wider Keighley area.”