Community groups in Bradford have been handed a £4,000 cash windfall by police.

A Drugs awareness group in Keighley, a youth refuge in Bradford and a basketball development centre for the city's pupils are among those to benefit from the awards.

West Yorkshire Police Community Trust, a registered charity established in 1996, has given £30,000 to a range of organisations.

Keighley Families Awareness of Drugs (K-FAD) has received £2,000. The group runs awareness raising programmes, talking to young people about how drug abuse affects families. The funding will contribute to a schools development worker, local recruitment, volunteers' expenses and printing costs.

North Bradford Basketball Development Centre and the Maendeleo Refuge Club each receive £1,000. The basketball centre aims to develop the sport out of hours for primary schools in North Bradford, with tournaments at sports centres.

The money is needed for ten hours of coaching for ten schools and paying for equipment, court hire and officials.

The refuge club hosts a project called Positive African Youth, to raise awareness of young people's issues and encourage them to lead positive lifestyles. The cash injection will contribute to project costs.

The Trust has given £100 for a pool table at the Queeny Crew youth club.

An award of £2,000 has also been made to the Rastrick Youth Forum to pay for two youth workers and support the programme for 50 youngsters, aged between nine and 19, until July.

The police community trust is designed to give businesses and other organisations the chance to make a difference to their community and nearly £500,000 has been distributed since it was set up. It aims to give financial help to activities that help reduce crime and improve peoples quality of life.

Aims include drug, alcohol and substance abuse education, promotion of road safety and raising awareness of crime prevention.

Chief Constable Colin Cramphorn, a trustee of the charity, said: "It gives me great pleasure to see so many groups making a difference. By linking with them we can really help to make a positive impact on our communities."