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GOVERNMENT support for a major project to ‘reconnect’ people with the River Aire through Keighley has been welcomed. The Aire Rivers Trust initiative aims to get more people involved in conservation work and boost biodiversity along the river, through Keighley and Shipley. A £69,300 grant has been awarded from the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund. The support is welcomed by Keighley MP Robbie Moore. He said: “It is great to see that local charities like the Aire Rivers Trust are being recognised for the work they do to promote the River Aire and their efforts to restore nature. “It is important that we provide the right support to charities like this, which are promoting biodiversity and using our natural surroundings in the fight against climate change.
Geoff Roberts from the Aire Rivers Trust said a grant will help reconnect people with River Aire A PROJECT designed to help connect Baildon and Keighley to the local waterways has been awarded a £69,300 grant. The Aire Rivers Trust’s ‘Nature Connections’ project is one of the first environmental projects to be awarded the grant from the Government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund. Defra announced grants between £62,000 and £3.8 million, which help create and retain thousands of green jobs. The 68 projects, spread across England, will see trees planted - 800,000 in total - and protected landscapes and damaged habitats such as moorlands, wetlands and forests restored, alongside wider conservation work.
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