The contest was staged by Keighley Healthy Living, in partnership with Bradford As One. “The aim of the competition was to bring communities together and give people a focus during the final stages of lockdown,” said a Keighley Healthy Living spokesman. “We received some wonderful artwork.” Some of the entries are on display – until May 28 – at the Game shop, in Keighley’s Airedale Shopping Centre. Winners were: placemat (over 16) – 1 Kim Guinnetti and Helen James, runner-up Sue Ridley; highly commended Bella and Sophia Holmes (under 16). Cyanotype (over 16) – Gill Hill (Art Group), Steve Rayner; cyanotype (under 16) – 1 Ella Smith, runner-up Lucy Snowdon, highly commended Ralph Jack.
KEIGHLEY town mayor Councillor Peter Corkindale has spoken of his “amazing” two years in the role. He said the pandemic had brought huge challenges and tragically claimed lives locally, which he hopes will be commemorated with an event once the situation allows. But he also pays tribute to the “brilliant” people of the town, whom he said he’d felt “extremely fortunate and privileged” to represent. Cllr Corkindale was elected mayor for a one-year term on May 16, 2019. However, he was re-elected to continue for an unprecedented second year following the Covid-19 outbreak and the start of lockdown. “The council felt it would be unfair to expect someone else to take over the mayoralty at a time when very little was happening and so decided to re-elect me – something I was happy to do,” said Cllr Corkindale, who steps down from the role this Thursday.
GLOWING tribute has been paid to organisations and individuals involved in delivering a hugely-successful Covid vaccination programme across the Keighley area. GP partnership Modality staged a ‘thank you’ event at Long Lee Medical Centre, which has become one of the UK’s leading vaccination sites. A ‘health coach’ team from the voluntary and community sector was invited to the socially-distanced event – the first time they’d come face-to-face other than via Zoom or WhatsApp. Up to 30 people were seconded into the team to help improve uptake of the jab and ensure everything possible was being done to reduce the ‘vaccination gap’, particularly in more disadvantaged areas.
A DIGITAL health hub – the first of its kind in West Yorkshire – is now up and running on a Keighley estate. People can use the hub – at the Sue Belcher Centre, Bracken Bank – to access a wide range of health and wellbeing provision. Those involved in the venture include Bracken Bank and District Community Association, Keighley Healthy Living, the Modality Partnership and Keighley College. Guests at a launch event last Thursday included the town mayor, Councillor Peter Corkindale. And there was a pre-recorded message from the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Keighley councillor Doreen Lee. Funding for the hub is from a West Yorkshire and Harrogate health inequalities grant.