COMMUNITY Chest grants of up to £350 are being made available for groups operating in the Shipley constituency electoral wards.

The areas which qualify are Baildon, Windhill and Wrose, Wharfedale, Bingley, Bingley Rural and Shipley.

Closing date for the next round of Community Chest applications has been announced as Friday, October 26.

Applications are particularly welcome from new projects, innovative schemes and from previously unfunded groups.

The organisation should be a non-profit making voluntary organisation where membership is open. Grants will not usually be awarded to organisations that have paid staff.

Small Grants can be awarded to individuals who live in the Shipley Area and are engaged in exceptional sporting, artistic or voluntary work.

For further information and to get an application form contact Jackie Fawthrop at the Shipley Area Co-ordinator’s office on 01274 437146 or email jackie.fawthrop@bradford.gov.uk