Keighley's voluntary groups will receive more than £800,000 next year under Bradford Council funding proposals.

Councillors will next week decide which groups to commission to provide services for needy local people.

They will share out £5.6 million in the next financial year among 128 organisations across the district.

A further 53 groups -- including some in Keighley -- are likely to be refused funding. A total of 181 groups asked for £14.5 million.

When funding decisions were last made -- two years ago -- 19 Keighley groups shared £778,000 from a total budget of £6.2 million.

This time the council has drawn up a list of services it believes should be provided in areas such as childcare, education, advice, drugs, social care, domestic violence and youth work.

Commissioning groups -- each made up of specialist organisations -- have recommended which groups should provide each of the services.

Bradford's executive committee is expected to approve these recommendations when it meets on Wednesday.

A decision will be made at a later date on whether community centres across Keighley will receive funding for their basic running costs.

Chris Murdoch, funding officer with Keighley Voluntary Services, believes most groups have received about the same as last year.

But she is disappointed that commissioning bodies have ignored funding requests from new applicants -- such as Keighley's Grassroots gardening service -- preferring to give cash to existing groups.

She is also concerned that long-established services like Keighley Community Transport and Keighley Volunteer Bureau have been warned they are not likely to receive money in future years.

Community Transport has been given full funding, but only for six months, as predicted in last week's Keighley News. It has been told to find future funding from other sources.

Keighley Volunteer Bureau is in a similar situation. It has been given funding for the next 12 months, but advised to find alternative sources of funding for future years.

The commissioning group told KVB in a letter that: "The role of the volunteer bureau does not fit neatly into our priorities.

"It is important that the volunteer bureau ensures its services meet the needs of the district and finds more appropriate funding streams."

Keighley schemes recommended for funding:

Asian Women and Children's Centre, £94,089; Kiddicare, £136,267; Local Enterprise Agency, £16,628; Pre-School Learning Alliance, £17,336; Cellar Project, £53,991; Keighley Voluntary Services, £38,978; Relate Keighley and Craven, £6,508; Citizens Advice Bureau, £48,286; Disabled People's Centre, £14,732; Key House Project, £129,804; Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency (Project 6), £37,492; Community Transport, £8,054; Volunteer Bureau, £18,629; Joint Activity Service, £37, 900; Victim Support, £11,336; Domestic Violence Services, £37,720; Russell Street Project, £40,542; Bangladesh Youth Organisation, £18,000; Bracken Bank and District Community Association, £22,373; Braithwaite and Guard House Community Association, £22,305.