Silsden Cubs have done their bit to help victims of the earthquake.

Thirteen youngsters from the 1st Silsden (St James) pack collected tinned foodstuffs and high-energy drinks from shoppers on Saturday.

People calling at Silsden Co-op were asked to buy one or two extra items to donate. The Cubs collected four shopping trolleys full of tinned goods and two trolleys of drinks.

The goods were handed over on Tuesday to the Grange Interlink Community Project, in Bradford, which is collating items for distribution.

Leader Steve Clark said: "The Cubs spent six hours on a rota basis at the Co-op and were delighted with the amount collected. We are grateful to everyone who contributed."

A giant pile of clothing and bedding will be flown to Pakistan to help survivors of the earthquake.

Members of the Muslim community have collected the aid, including warm clothes, bedding, pillows and blankets, at the Sangat Centre, Marlborough Street, Keighley.

Workers at the centre are collecting the goods, as well as money, along with Radio Ramadan.

They will be driven to a collection point in Bradford, before being flown to the disaster area for free by Pakistan International Airlines.

Mohammed Amin, from the centre, said: "People have come in and dropped stuff off even though we didn't really publicise it because of the logistical problems of getting it across to Bradford.

"If people can take it to Bradford themselves, that would be brilliant."

Other mosques in Keighley are helping the cause.

Mr Amin added: "People who have got transport have taken it straight to the charities.

"Those who haven't are bringing it here. But the response has been fantastic.

"The biggest problem then is getting the stuff to the victims of the earthquake."

He said he had spoken to people in the area and was told that journeys normally taking three hours were taking more than a day. And he said there was an 11-mile queue of trucks into Muzaffarabad.

A collection at Sainsbury's supermarket, in Keighley, on Saturday by Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary Club raised £626 to help earthquake victims.

The cash will be sent to the local Rotary District 1040 international committee to help buy shelter boxes.

The boxes contain tents, sleeping bags and other essential items such as water purification tablets, heating equipment and cooking utensils. The boxes themselves can be used for water collection.

A large number have already been sent by Rotary in the British Isles.

Chris Bown, for the Haworth and Worth Valley club, said: "Overall, Rotary District 1040 -- which comprises an area covering most of West Yorkshire and the southern half of North Yorkshire -- has collected over £24,000, enough to send 50 shelter boxes and sufficient to help 500 people.

"All this is on top of the effort still being made by Rotary District 1040 to collect for the building of a school in eastern Sri Lanka, in an area devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami.

"The club is grateful to the large number of people who made donations to the collection."

Keighley restaurant Shimla Spice is splitting the proceeds of its annual charity meal between the earthquake appeal and Manorlands.

Owner Mohammed Ayub said every penny spent on tickets for the November 14 buffet would be given to the two charities.

He said the £15 meal -- held for the past few years -- normally raised money solely for Manorlands.

This year it will be in memory of Patrick Lawton, Keighley's former area co-ordinator, who died recently from cancer.

Mr Ayub said: "He was a good customer of ours and a supporter of Manorlands.

"One hundred per cent of the money will go to the charities -- we don't make any deduction for expenses."

Anyone who wants to book for the meal should phone the South Street restaurant on 01535 602040.

Around 30 members of Keighley's Ahmadiyya Muslim Association have raised over £1,500 to help survivors of the earthquake disaster.

Ahmadiyya centres across the UK, Canada, Germany and the USA are collecting funds and vital equipment. In this region alone the association has collected more than 1,000 blankets, tents, medicines, clothes and food.

Mujeeb Rahman, of the Keighley association, added: "Five thousand people have been treated by Ahmadi doctors, surgeons and homoeopathic physicians in Muzafarabad and Bagh, Pakistan.

"Five doctors from Germany and eight from the UK have flown out to replace the teams that have already spent two weeks in the area. Teams from the USA and Canada are also ready to go and there have been offers of help from Australia and the Netherlands."

Muslim members of Holy Family Catholic School hosted a traditional iftar meal to raise funds for the earthquake appeal.

The inter-cultural evening, which was organised at the last minute at the Keighley school, helped to raise more than £2,000 for victims in the disaster zone. A non-uniform day, on the last day before half-term, and extra donations from people at the event more than doubled the total.

Farzana Azad, the school's finance manager who organised the event, said: "It was fantastic -- absolutely brilliant.

"Considering the idea only came about the week before and we had only three days to organise it, the turnout was excellent." The event, which was held in the school, included an open iftar meal.

Muslims are in the middle of Ramadan and the meal is the first after sunset prayers to break the fast. Christian music was played as the evening began with water and dates -- it is usual to break the fast with something sweet for energy to revitalise the body.

Muslims took evening prayer, while school chaplain Fr Ben Griffiths led the Christian congregation in prayer.

Meals were provided by Mango's, Rajas and Mirage. Additional raffle prizes were donated by the Balti House and Shimla Spice restaurants.

Farzana added: "It was nice to be in the same room as people who were sharing their thoughts about friends and relatives who were caught up in the earthquake. The school would like to thank the staff and everyone who helped and those who attended and made very generous donations."

In addition to the £2,000, one pupil had raised £900 in collection buckets at Cannon Mills, in Bradford, where her grandfather works. Another had raised £30 knocking on doors in her street.

Staff at a mortgage firm have helped to boost the coffers of an appeal to help victims of the earthquake.

Workers at Homeloan Management Ltd (HML), whose head office is in Skipton, collected £1,300 for the appeal.

An additional £3,000 was added by members of the Keighley community -- but the final total was doubled to £8,600 by the company.

It has given the money to Radio Ramadan, which has now raised more than £40,000 for longer-term projects.

The decision to collect the money came from Shabaz Ahmed, who works at HML. He said: "It was very generously doubled by HML."

Paul Oxtoby, head of financial control at the company, said: "It is a long term project rather than a quick fix. It is important to stress that."