Bikers who gather at a pub near Bingley have launched a campaign to raise cash for a woman who was paralysed from the waist down when she was injured in motorcycle crash.

Joanne Haigh, 33, of Lower Grange, Bradford, broke her back when she skidded from her Suzuki in Allerton Road, Bradford, in 1993 and hit an oncoming car.

She underwent surgery and rehabilitation treatment at Pinderfields spinal unit in Wakefield, but her injuries were so extensive she is confined to a wheelchair.

But when landlady Lisa Talbot, of the Guide Inn at Cullingworth, heard that Joanne's quality of life could be improved with a new wheelchair and treatment at the National Rehabilitation Centre in Gloucester, she decided to call on the help of her biking pals.

The result is the Great Northern Pie Run on the weekend of August 3 and 4, when bikers will hold a disco on the Saturday night and ride out to Bentham and back to the Guide Inn for a pie and peas supper.

"Bikers from throughout the area meet regularly at my pub and when I told them about Joanne they were very sympathetic and wanted to help," said Lisa, who owns a Suzuki GSX 1100.

Miss Haigh, who lives with her mum Muriel, needs to raise a minimum of £4,000 for the special wheelchair. And she needs another £10,000 to £12,000 for the special treatment.

"My first priority is to get the wheelchair which will improve my quality of life. It will enable me to stand up supported by the chair. It will be great to talk to people at eye level instead of looking up. Longer term I hope I can have the special treatment, but it's expensive," said Miss Haigh, who has already been to Gloucester for assessment and has been told she is suitable.

The programme, devised by Valentin Dikoul, a former trapeze artist who suffered paralysis, would involve one-to-one therapy, body strengthening, stretching, cardiovascular training, multi-gym work and massage.