FOR the past eight years Janet Cuff has worked tirelessly to keep disability organisation Able All afloat.

As well as taking the lead in fundraising, applying for funding and sorting out monitoring forms, she has looked after the accounts, organised committee meetings and the AGM and written regular newsletters.

She also provides practical support to physically disabled people across Bradford district.

These have included providing a telephone service to isolated people and resolving issues by acting as a researcher.

Her aim has been to bring about good outcomes wherever possible.

Janet is described as tenacious, involved, and speaks up for those who may not have a voice.

She has heath and disability issues of her own but is determined not to let people down.

If unable to get to meetings to give her views, she makes sure she is well read on a subject to offer suggestions.

She provides a friendly ear and is willing to chat to help people overcome their problems.

Her main aim is to help improve the lives of disabled people and will offer support when she can.

IN 2015 Taras Stefanyszyn started the Bradford Cycle Club which runs out of the Pavillion Cafe, in Centenary Square.

The group provides a much-needed cycle club for inner city residents. In a little under a year his group has engaged with 300 cyclists.

He has led a ride from Bradford to its twin town of Roubaix, in France. The trip raised thousands of pounds for Yorkshire Cancer Research and Cycling 4 All.

While there he exchanged civic gifts between the then Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Joanne Dodds, and Marie du Roubaix.

During the trip he arranged for wreaths, made by Bradford schoolchildren, to be laid on the graves of Bradford Northern soldiers who died during World War One.

He has recently has been working with the Bradford Bulls’ Foundation and started a weekly cycling session at Odsal, providing a safe off-road environment.

Taras is developing initiatives to increase the number of women as well as disabled cyclists.

His positivity and strength of character has led to a significant uptake of cycling among black and ethnic minority members of the community as well as disabled cyclists.

TRANSFORMING a rubbish tip into a community orchard and turning a dumping ground for old cars and a gathering spot for miscreants into a canal-side garden are only two of the projects Pauline Bradley-Sharp has thrown her energy into for the good of the community.

She has also helped initiate the installation of a ‘little free library’ into the children’s library, organised canal boat trips for local pensioners and helped sort out anti-social behaviour issues.

As secretary of Hirst Wood Regeneration Group, Pauline has been instrumental in many projects where she has used tenacity, persuasion and power of negotiation to secure funding.

One of which was the transformation of a boggy, overgrown field into a nature reserve that has captured everyone’s imagination and provided a constant source of material for local schoolchildren in their new ‘outdoor classroom’.

It has also created a haven for wildlife.

She is the first port of call for many people in Hirst Wood seeking advice and thoughts on how to tackle some of life’s day-to-day challenges through her ‘can-do’ attitude.

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