FUNDING to help provide laptops and tablets for primary school children has been approved by Guiseley and Rawdon ward councillors. The councillors approved a grant from their Covid-19 ward funds for schools to provide IT equipment for pupils without access to devices to help with their schooling. It is hoped that this equipment will be put to good use as part of ongoing studies and homework as well as enabling better home-schooling should the need arise again in the future. Cllr Pat Latty said:“We wanted to ensure that these Covid funds could be used right at the heart of our community and for a purpose where it can do most good. Covid has robbed our children of so much in these past 12 months, we were determined that this funding would be put to good use by the
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TWO new benches have been installed in Guiseley s Parkinson s Park. Guiseley and Rawdon councillors Graham and Pat Latty have donated a black bench from their MICE money - funding which is allocated for councillors to give to local projects. The bench is in the park s orchard with a view towards Rombalds Moor. Cllr Graham Latty said: As the orchard develops it will be a beautiful, sheltered spot to sit. Parkinsons Park is a wonderful example of what local people can do and is proving an ever more popular place for people of all ages to spend a quiet hour. There are spectacular views and what better that to sit a while taking in the best of Aireborough?