A HUSBAND and wife team are keeping it in

the family when it comes to raising cash for charity.

Glenys and Richard Lowe, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, are both committed to employing their talents to benefit others.

Glenys, 52, hand-crafts hundreds of greeting cards and Richard, 55, puts his green-fingers to good use.

Between them the retired couple, of The Robins, raise hundreds of pounds for various causes every year.

Mr Lowe said: "It is something we both enjoy doing, giving something back. You can't always be taking in life, can you?"

Glenys took up filigree or quilling - the art of rolling and shaping paper - 12 years ago.

She said: "It gets the brain thinking sometimes as to what you can produce.

"I went to craft class at Burley Grange and I became hooked on quilling and thoroughly enjoy doing it."

Since then her designs have been in hot demand - with every penny she makes being handed over to charity.

Children's hospice Martin House sells her work through its Headingley-based shop.

Glenys also hands over the funds from the cards she sells herself to the hospice or to Burley Methodist Church's Redevelopment Fund.

Glenys said: "So far this year, I have raised £130 from the cards I have sold. That is not including the ones sold at the shop."

The couple's house is also overtaken with the fruits of Richard's labour - literally.

Mr Lowe, 55, sells more than 2,000 bedding plants, hanging baskets and tomatoes each year - with the proceeds being given to the redevelopment fund.

The couple's conservatory, porch and greenhouse are packed to the rafters with plants -

following hundreds of orders from neighbours and friends.

Mr Lowe said: "I have had to buy a tomato house this year. I keep running out of space. It keeps me busy!"