A £50,000 appeal to help Keighley people with learning disabilities is going from strength to strength.

The Workers Educational Association has offered to fund computer training for the students at the Temple Row disabled people's centre. The organisation agreed to provide a tutor after hearing that Keighley computer firm Rain-forest had given free equipment to the centre.

Keighley Disabled People's Council, which runs the centre, has also been offered equipment such as printers from other local firms. The council wants the £50,000 to expand its project teaching reading, maths and life skills to people with learning disabilities.

The appeal kicked off in March with £1,000 from the Abbey National bank to keep the class open until September.

The WEA tutor will provide computer skills training for ten weeks from September, allowing the class to expand to two days a week.

Council spokesman Keith Bell is delighted with the offer, which will allow trainees to gain National Skills Profile qualifications. He says: "One donation feeds on another. Now if people are willing to offer us money for classes we can say we've got the equipment."

The eventual aim is to expand the classes to five days a week for at least the next three years and teach a wide range of skills.

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