TELECOMS company BT is offer communities across Yorkshire and The Humber the chance to ‘adopt’ their local phone box for just £1.

More than 430 traditional red boxes are available for adoption across the region and BT will also consider adoption requests to house defibrillators in more modern boxes.

BT is encouraging community groups to seize the opportunity to do something wonderful with phone boxes that have little or no usage. Already, more than 360 payphones have been adopted by communities in the Yorkshire and The Humber region since 2008.

BT will continue to provide electricity (if already in place) to power the light for adopted kiosks, free of charge to communities.

The much-loved traditional kiosk has seen several new uses up and down the country such as defibrillator storage, mini libraries, art museums, cake shops, information centres and even the world's smallest nightclub.

Katherine Bradley, BT’s senior payphones commercial and operations manager, said: “We’re pleased to be giving even more local communities the chance to adopt a phone box. With more than 360 payphones already adopted across Yorkshire and The Humber, this is a fantastic opportunity for communities to own a piece of history."

Private individuals cannot purchase kiosks unless they own the land where the kiosk is currently placed.

For further details on how to apply to Adopt a Kiosk, simply go to www.bt.com/adopt where application forms and information can be found