Seven diverse projects have been given cash left over from Keighley's £311,651 Neighbourhood Renewal programme.

The £5,375 of Government-funded schemes will focus on crime-fighting, sports, job creation and the environment.

Neighbourhood Renewal brought the money to Keighley in early 2002 as part of a £22 million, three-year boost for deprived parts of Bradford district.

A hand-picked group of local people sifted through 80 applications before funding 17 major education, crime, health, employment and housing projects.

This led to the opening of the Worth Valley Police and Community Contact Point, and community centres in Stockbridge, Hainworth Wood and Long Lee.

Keighley Area Committee, which oversaw the programme, recently discovered a small amount of money was left over due to other projects' under-spending.

Ten applications were received, including four from previously-funded organisations, following a public appeal.

The committee rejected applications for Keighley Asian Women's Centre general expenses, International Women's Day, Airedale Writers' Circle and Braithwaite "feel-good" sessions.

Successful applications were: Russell Street Project, creative activities for young people at risk, £1,450; Worth Valley Community Contact Point, environmental improvements, £1,200; Airedale Primary Care Trust, alternative sports activities for young people in deprived areas, £850; Health of Men Project, horticultural and environmental initiative in the Holycroft/Lund Park neighbour-hood, £1,000; Keighley Local Enterprise Agency, self-employment awareness initiative, £375; Keighley Voluntary Services, matched funding for a community worker, £500.