ILKLEY Youth and Community Association is delighted to have successfully worked with local schools to deliver over 100 meal kits to families and carers of children who attend Ilkley, Addingham and Burley schools over February half term. Having been awarded a substantial grant from the government’s Covid Winter Grant Scheme by Bradford Council, the registered charity worked with Ilkley Grammar School and local primaries to help identify families who would benefit from receiving food support during half term. With trustees and volunteers for the charity helping to organise the event, the charity was given incredible support by a huge number of groups and individuals in packing, transporting and delivering food, including Ilkley Rugby Club, Ilkley Community Transport, Great Get Together volunteers, Robbie Moore MP, and district councillor Kyle Green (one of the trustees of the charity). In addition to this, the charity was able to work extensively with local businesses who wan
NEARLY 90 local residents enjoyed a surprise Christmas treat, when volunteers from a local charity delivered the present of either a hamper or a potted plant to them in their homes. Organised by Ilkley and District Good Neighbours, the Christmas Parcel Project, which began some 25 years ago, has always brought an annual touch of seasonal good cheer to a number of the area’s older and less able residents; some of whom might feel lonely and isolated during the festive period. Ilkley Good Neighbours Trustee and Christmas Parcels Co-ordinator, Ed Duguid said: “At this particularly tough time for everyone and certainly for some of the older members of our community, we all agreed we had to find a way to deliver the annual Christmas Parcels and bring a smile to their faces.”