Keighley Local Action Group (LAG)
The Local Action Group has developed the following overall vision :
Keighley CLLD area, by 2022, will be an enterprising, aspirational and positive place, where our people are personally accountable and able to develop resilience and self-esteem, increasing well-being; our businesses are innovative and productive, and supported to set up and grow; diversity is respected, understood and appreciated; there is connectivity, integration and networking amongst businesses and residents; pathways are put into place to help us to upskill and ‘grow our own’ and encourage and support sustainable career progression; and the environment is clean, green and attractive.
Michael Birdsall – Local resident (Chair)
Soo Nevison – Community Action Bradford & District (Vice Chair)
Cllr Zafar Ali – Local resident
Wendy Spencer – Airedale Enterprise Services
Tim Garthwaite – Holy Family School
Lynn Lawson – Project 6 (Social Enterprise)
Steve Seymour – Airedale Shopping Centre & Keighley BID
Pam Essler – Local resident
Jo Rusden – Keighley College
Cllr Abid Hussain – Bradford MDC
Bill Beaumont – Distant Future Ltd
Sharon Thomas – Yoga Wellbeing
Chris Joyce – DWP (Advisory)
Jonathan Hayes – Keighley Area Co-ordinators Office (advisory)
Sue Caselton – Bradford MDC (advisory)
Stephanie Willows – Bradford MDC (advisory)
We are currently looking for a number of additional members (primarily Residents/Business owners in the CLLD area),
so please contact us if you are interested
The Support Team at AES
Wendy Spencer – CEO
David Gagen – CLLD Programme Manager
Noreen Taylor – CLLD Monitoring officer
Lynne Henry – CLLD Programme Administrator – part time
Andy Spencer – CLLD Business Development Officer – part time
Shaun O’Hare – CLLD Community Engagement officer – part time
