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Keighley Town Council sets 2024/25 budget

Keighley Town Councillors agreed the Council budget for the financial year 2024/25 at a meeting on Thursday evening.

The budget agreed by Councillors reflects the objectives set out in the Town Council’s Keighley Vision 2027 document which Councillors approved in June 2023 in response to the Your Vision for Keighley public consultation.

To deliver the objectives Councillors agreed to increase the precept, which for the majority of households in Keighley will increase by no more than £1.84 per month on the current precept paid by Keighley residents. A Band D property will pay £74.63 per year, which equates to approximately 21p per day.

The 2024/25 budget includes items such as:
- £60,000 in grants to support local charities, community groups and voluntary organisations
- £10,000 towards improving independent shop frontages in the town centre
- Funding towards the development of a Walking Festival across Keighley which will aim to encourage more people in physical activity but also attract visitors to Keighley and our surrounding beautiful countryside
- Funding towards the development of a Festival of Sport to highlight and promote the various sport clubs and physical activity group across Keighley
- Additional funding for events such as St. Georges Day, Yorkshire Day, Eid and Christmas celebration events
- Funding for two additional family fun days to be delivered in community settings
- Further investment into the Town Centre floral displays as we continue to work on improving the appearance of our town centre
- An investment to return regular outdoor markets to the town centre
- Additional investment into Christmas Lights for the town centre
- Further investment to support West Yorkshire Police tackle anti-social driving and speeding across Keighley 
- Funding for Community focussed projects, such as our People Planters, Try something summer activities, our pollinators project with local schools and the weekly carom club.

Full details of the 2024/25 budget can be found on the website https://keighley.gov.uk/budget-information/

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