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KEIGHLEY’S Big Local partnership has secured around half a million pounds to support schemes designed to improve and rejuvenate areas of the town. Local Trust funding of £504,976 has been approved, for a number of projects over the next five years. With match funding from other organisations, the package could be worth £750,000. It is the third instalment of Keighley Big Local’s initiative, which began in 2016 with the opportunity to draw at least £1m over ten years from the Local Trust. Three plans have been produced over that period, detailing the needs and aspirations of communities within the Big Local area.
More than 500 bags full of rubbish were collected by volunteer ‘guardians’ of the River Worth. There was also a frightening haul of 192 needles. And other items included a wardrobe, three shopping trolleys, a ladder and even a toilet. The River Worth Friends staged around 50 litter-picks and clean-ups. Whilst lockdown has had an impact, the work of the group has been maintained. Members had set a target of collecting 500 bags of debris, from the River Worth but also North Beck, Gingerbread Clough and Hogs Hole Beck. The litter was disposed of by Bradford Council’s waste services. Among those that support the Friends are Keighley Big Local and the Aire Rivers Trust.