Otley Scouts are promising to deliver a “better than ever” Christmas card delivery service.

The Otley Parish Church Scouts and Guides Parents’ Association will start up the annual fundraising venture next week.

The Otley scheme, which has been running for more than 25 years and uses its own 20p stamps, sees Scouts and Guides delivering thousands of cards.

The participating outlets include: Lloyds Chemists, Kirkgate; Patels, Weston Drive; Help the Aged, Boroughgate; Londis, Weston Lane; Petwise, Orchardgate; The Gills News, The Gills; Dodgshons, Manor Square; Wrenbeck Stores, Wrenbeck Drive; Country Markets, St John Ambulance Hall; Cottage Stores, Newall Carr Road; Bennett Court, Weston Drive; Gordon Larkin Court, Westbourne Grove; Westbourne Convenience Stores, Bradford Road.