Over two hundred staff members of Bradford & Bingley will be supporting with their feet the generous donation from Bradford & Bingley plc of £16,500 to The Friends of Ilkley Moor.   The volunteers will be treading bracken in an attempt to control it spreading on the moor.

Mike Hammond, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, said "We were very happy to make the donation to the Friends especially on its inception when the set-up costs are considerable.   I know that our staff are looking forward to a day out on the moor".  

Owen Wells, Chair of the Friends, said  "We are especially grateful to Bradford & Bingley  for their donation,  that has allowed the Friends of Ilkley Moor, formed only this April, to get off to a flying start."  The bracken is a big problem, and apart from treading to restrict its growth, we hope to commission the spraying of a larger area.   Other projects for the future are completing the path from the Thimble Stones to the Trig Point, the start of which was stone-flagged by the Countryside Service a few years ago.  Other paths are in urgent need of repair.