Government & Voluntary Services
AGE CONCERN
Bradford
Accredited Traders Register / Handypersons Scheme
01274 395144
AREA COMMITTEE (SHIPLEY CONSTITUENCY)
Shipley
Area Co-ordinator Chris Flecknoe 01274 437146
Email chris.flecknoe@bradford.gov.uk
The Area Committee acts as a focus for community participation and consultation, with the support of the officers of the Area Co-ordinator's Office.
Burley in Wharfedale Open Forums are run in a very successful partnership with Burley Community Council. Three Forum meetings per year, together with a fourth similar meeting in the form of the AGM of Burley Community Council, are normally held at 7.30pm in Burley Oaks Primary School on dates advertised by the Burley Bulletin and on the Burley Website www.burley-in-wharfedale.org. These meetings provide an opportunity for all sections of the community to come together and meet with Council Members, Council officers, and representatives of other agencies. The meetings allow ideas to be shared, information to be given, questions and concerns to be raised, and projects to be planned so that issues in Burley can be addressed for the good of, and drawing on the skills and knowledge of, all sections of the community. Everyone is warmly welcome to attend.
The Area Committee receives regular reports from the officers about all issues raised at Open Forums and seeks to ensure that appropriate responses are made. The Area Committee also currently has responsibility for the allocation of some budgets for environmental improvements, the Community Chest (small grants for voluntary organisations), highways, and traffic schemes. Bradford Council is considering devolving more budgets to the Area Panels.
To find out the date of the next Open Forum in Burley, look at the diary on this website, or ask the Area Co-ordinator's Office
ARTHRITIS CARE GROUP
Ilkley & district
chair Jill Bowskill 863323
Meeting place: Christ Church, Ilkley: first Wednesday each month 7pm to 9pm.
ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CAMPAIGN
Menston
Miss Elizabeth Holbrook 872067
Information about different complaints and local fundraising
BOTTLE/RECYCLING BANKS (see also "Refuse Disposal")
Burley
behind Queens Hall
Ilkley
main car park and Tesco's & Booth's carparks
Freecycle
Find a new home for your unwanted items by using Freecycle (www.freecycle.org). Sign up for this free service and you can give away and find for free almost anything including furniture, appliances, toys, bycyles and computer equipment. The nearest groups are in Ilkley and Otley.
BURLEY NEWSLETTER
Burley
c/o Parish Clerk email parishclerk@burley-in-wharfedale.org
A quarterly newsletter delivered to every house in Burley and Burley Woodhead giving information about matters of interest happening in the village, and giving notification of Open Forum meetings at which residents are encouraged to put forward ideas and concerns.
BURLEY WEBSITE
Burley
Webmaster Malcolm Fisher email web@burley-in-wharfedale.org
Keep yourself up to date and help to keep the site up to date !
CANCER RELIEF
BACUP
Cancer Information Service 0808 800 1234
CAREERS OFFICE
Bradford
14 Cheapside 01274 829400
Bradford College 01274 433042
Keighley
3 Bow Street 01535 210262
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Otley
Courthouse Street 466976
Open Monday & Tuesday 9.30am to 12.30pm & 1.30 to 3.30pm,
Thursday 1.30 to 3.30pm,
Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm
Home visits by referral.
Yeadon
Town Hall, Tuesday 10am to 12noon
COMMUNITY HOUSING
Wharfe Valley
Aire–Wharfe Community Housing Trust
0845 1660100
Our purpose is to provide high quality affordable housing in a safe, clean, secure environment
Keighley
Housing Advice Service 01535 618092
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT
See entry under transport
COUNCIL CONTACT
Bradford
01274 431000
For enquiries relating to: refuse collection, bulk collections, litter, blocked gullies, street cleaning, faulty streetlights, cracked pavements, pot-holes, footpath maintenance, grass cutting, weeds, highway maintenance, flytipping, damaged park trees, landscape maintenance.
(BRADFORD) COUNCIL
Bradford
Bradford Council central switchboard – for all council services 01274 432111
COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (and ILKLEY GOOD NEIGHBOURS)
Ilkley and district
Riddings Hall, Riddings Rd., Ilkley 603348
Email info@cvs.ilkley.org
website www.ilkley.org/cvs
Ilkley CVS provides practical support and advice to local community and voluntary groups. For details of membership services, contact the office.
Good Neighbours activities include organisationof an Over – 90's party, Christmas Parcels, Christmas Lunches and Befriending and Information service to the elderly and disabled in the district.
COUNCIL TAX
Enquiries by personal surname: all 01274 4377xx as follows:
A - Da: 437711; De - Ka: 437722; Ke - Ra: 437733; Re - Z: 437745
General enquiries: 01274 437792
Students/Nursing Homes: 01274 437715
Business rates 01274 437744
DOG WARDEN
Bradford
01274 433927
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
General enquiries 0645 333111
"Floodline" 08459 881188 (24hr local warning service)
Environmental incident reporting 24hr hotline 0800 807060
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Bradford Council
Communicable diseases & animal health 01274 434392
Food complaints 01535 618040
Home Improvement Grants 01274 434520
Pest Control 01274 433926
GOOD NEIGHBOURS
Burley
Contact: Gail Boole 862388
Arranges volunteer transport to hospitals etc.
GRASSROOTS ILKLEY
Ilkley and district
c/o Ilkley CVS, Riddings Hall, Riddings Rd, Ilkley 603348
Grassroots Ilkley offers help with small gardening and home maintenance jobs for older and disabled people living locally. For further information, contact the Ilkley CVS office.
HANOVER HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Burley
01274 599686
This association has 22 flats/bungalows for single people, and 9 for couples, in Burley. It considers applications from people in housing need who have reached retirement age and are able to lead full independent lives
ILKLEY COMMUNITY FUND
Ilkley
7 South Hawksworth Street 608345 geoffreydevere@lineone.net
A grant –-making organisation for the promotion and support of all worthwhile projects that are solely for the benefit of the community of Ilkley and its surrounding district. Receives donations to carry out these aims.
ILKLEY PARISH COUNCIL
Ilkley
Town Hall. Parish Clerk Christine Dale 436212
Email ilkleypc@bradford.gov.uk
Burley elects six ward councillors to Ilkley Parish Council.
(Its is anticipated that a separate Burley Parish Council will be established during 2006)
ILKLEY VOLUNTEER POINT
llkley and district
c/o Ilkley CVS, Riddings Hall, Riddings Rd, Ilkley 603348
A development worker is available once a week at the Ilkley CVS office to develop volunteering support and services in the district. Visits to groups can also be organised. Book a session if you want to find out about volunteering in the district.
INFORMATION CENTRE
Shipley
2A Well Croft 01274 437016
Mon, Tues, Fri 9am to 5pm,
Wed 9am to 1pm,
Thurs 10am to 5pm,
Sat 9am to 12noon
JAMES CLARKE & SARAH FOLEY CENTRE
Ilkley
Cunliffe Road: Centre Manager Pauline Barstow 607016
Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.
Light refreshments served during these hours.
For those over 50. Various classes available by arrangement.
JOB CENTRE PLUS
Guiseley
408600 Mon, Tues, Wed 9am to 4.30pm;
Thurs opens 10am,
Fri closes 4pm
Shipley
01274 338400
Employment Services Direct
0845 6060234
LIBRARY
Burley
Grange Road (Bradford Libraries and Information Service) 863714
- Monday: 9:30 am to 7 pm (with appropriate breaks)
- Tuesday: 2:30 pm to 5 pm
- Thursday: 9:30 am to 7 pm (with appropriate breaks)
- Friday: 2:30 pm to 5 pm
- Saturday: 9:30 am to 4 pm (with a lunch break)
The minutes of Burley Community Council and Burley in Wharfedale Community Trust committee meetings, Annual General Meeting and Open Forum meetings are displayed in Burley library and on village noticeboards situated by the Village Green, at the junction of Main Street and Station Road and on the green at Burley Woodhead.
They can also be viewed on this village
Ilkley
436225
open Mon to Fri from 9am to 7pm, Sat 9am to 5pm.
Up to 12 book tickets and 6 media tickets per person are allowed. Books can be renewed by telephone during opening hours – please be sure to give the date due, author and title of the book.
Videos and talking books/cassettes are available, for which a charge is made.
Otley
4 Boroughgate
0113 224 3285
LUNCHEON CLUB
Burley
contact Doris Followell 862081
Meeting place: Queens Hall
For a small fee, the Club provides fellowship and hot meals once a week for Burley residents. Where it is required, the Community bus will pick up members and bring them to the Queens Hall.
NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST
Wharfedale
Enquiry number 0870 4448707
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Keighley (covers Burley)
Crime Reduction Officer / Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator 01535 617041
NSPCC
Burley
contact Mary Overend 864066
Child protection team 0808 8005000
website www.nspcc.org.uk
Local support group raises money for the society.
OXFAM
Ilkley shop
The Grove 602524
PLANNING
Ilkley
Town Hall 436218 or 436219
Mon to Thur 8.30am to 12.30pm & 1.30 to 5pm;
Fri same except closes 4.30pm
Applications and guidance for personal callers.
Completed forms and other enquiries should be addressed to: Ilkley Town Hall, Station Road, Ilkley LS29 8HB
RACE RELATIONS
Bradford
Equality Unit 01274 434832
REFUSE DISPOSAL (HOUSEHOLD WASTE)
Ilkley
Golden Butts Road 816841
Mon to Fri 8am to 4pm;
Sat 8am to 12noon;
Sun 9am to 1pm
Otley
Ellar Ghyll
Summer 9am to 5pm, winter 9am to 4pm
Recycling banks at both sites
Gates closed up to 15 minutes before closing to allow cleaning time.
Certain bulky household items may be collected from your home free of charge. Enquiries 01274 431000
REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Ilkley (outstation)
Town Hall 436217
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 2 to 3pm
Births and deaths only
Bradford
22 Manor Row 01274 432151
Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm, and Saturday by appointment only.
RELATE
Bradford
Relationship Counselling Service
46/48 Westgate 01274 726096
Leeds
Oxford Chambers, Oxford Place 0113 2452595
Time to Talk (for 10 – 18 year olds)
01274 731195
REVENUE AND BENEFITS
Ilkley
Town Hall 436203
For payments to Bradford Council and claims for Rent & Council Tax Rebates, Education Maintenance Allowances, Free School Meals etc.
SHELTER
Ilkley Group
charity shop on The Grove 602283
SOCIAL SECURITY (BENEFITS AGENCY)
Keighley
Worth House, Worth Way 01535 617400
For enquiries concerning State Pensions, National Insurance, Income Support, Working Family Tax Credit and other benefits.
SOCIAL SERVICES
Bradford
01274 432918
out of office hours 01274 530434
child protection 01274 434343
Keighley
The Oaks Resource Centre, Oakworth Road 01535 618400
Services for the elderly including Home Care and Meals on Wheels
SURPLUS FURNITURE or COMPUTERS
Keighley
Furniture: Keighley Furniture Store 01535 601999
Computers: Russell Street Project 01535 692050
If you have surplus furniture or computer equipment in good condition, these community groups can take them for needy people in the district.
TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE
Ilkley
Station Road 602319
Mon, Wed – Sat 9.30am – 5pm,
Tues 10am – 5pm
TRADING STANDARDS
West Yorkshire
Nepshaw Lane South, Gildersome, Morley.
Complaints / Consumer Helpline 01132 384 8848
Website www.ts.wyjs.org.uk
WHARFE VALLEY COMMUNITY PROJECT
Ilkley and district
secretary Mrs N Thornton c/o Abbeyfield 886000
This project aims to promote the welfare of the older housebound person enabling them to take part in and enjoy a wide range of art, craft and other skills and interests. It helps to alleviate loneliness and isolation experienced by many older people living alone. Volunteers visit people in their home or work with them at our centre in small groups.