ABOUT the TRUST
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OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
Burley Parish Council (Christmas Lights and Hanging Baskets), Burley Gardeners, Coop, Waitrose, Burley Trojans Football Club, Burley Cricket Club, Walkers are Welcome, Burley Arts Festival, Shipley Community Chest, Ilkley Round Table, Bradford Metropolitan Council, Steel City Media, Ghyll Royd School and Wharfedale Wombles (litter picking). Burley Summer Festival is now operating in partnership with the Community Trust, and the Trust has recently merged with Burley Educational Trust. OUR ASSETS AND ACTIVITIES The Trust owns the Scalebor Park Sports Pavilion and the Corn Mill Pond. We lease the Pudding Tree and Jubilee Gardens and the Scalebor Park Playing Field. We are responsible for all the above assets and we also help fund the annual drainage maintenance at Scalebor Park Playing Field. We also maintain the tubs around the War Memorial and the Fountain of Life area at the bottom of Station Road. Our main activities include the organisation of the Annual Duck Race and Teas in the Park (with help from the Guides). This will take place this year on Fathers Day, Sunday 15th June 2025. The ticket sales this year help with funds for the Trust and Burley Trojans Football Club. We also organise and fund (with help from the Parish Council) the Christmas Lights, the Christmas Market and Craft Market, with the grand switch on taking place this year on Saturday 29th November 2025. Burley Summer Festival, which will take place this year between 16th and 25th August, operates in partnership with the Community Trust. The hanging baskets on the lamp posts and the tubs on the railings and around the War Memorial are also coordinated and funded by the Trust (with help from the Parish Council and Ghyll Royd School). The Wharfedale Wombles litter collections have now become part of a regular feature in the village and is supported by the Trust and run by one of our Trustees. We have recently upgraded the Burley in Wharfedale village website with its Discover Burley banner . This contains full information on the village groups and societies, useful contacts and a Village Diary for events. OUR MEMBERSHIP All Burley residents are invited to join the Trust for a small annual fee (£15 for Individuals, £20 Family, £150 for Individual Life membership).If you are a taxpayer and are able to Gift Aid your membership we can claim a very valuable tax benefit. You can join the Community Trust by completing an online form, or if you prefer by simply completing an application form - View the Membership Page Members are also entitled to attend and vote at the AGM each January, and to stand for election as a Trustee.
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