Braithwaite woman Audrey Page has been honoured for her work helping other council tenants across Keighley.

She has become the second recipient of an award dedicated to the late community campaigner Bob Pursell.

The Bob Pursell Trophy is given each year to a Keighley council tenant actively invol-ved in improving fellow residents' lives. Until his death last year Mr Pursell was a leading light of the Parkwood Rise Tenants' Association. Audrey, chairman of Braithwaite and Guard House Community Association, knew him well after attending the same training course on housing issues.

She serves on Keighley Tenants Alliance, which brings together residents from all Keighley council estates, flat blocks and neighbourhoods. Until last year she was an Alliance representative on Bradford tenants' federation, which meets senior councillors and officers to discuss district-wide housing policy.

Audrey, of Coronation Way, is now studying for a two-year B-Tech qualification in housing issues and eventually hopes to gain a degree in the subject. She is a governor at Calversyke Middle School and a member of Keighley Crime Reduction Action Group, and serves on the housing group of Keighley Single Regeneration Budget. She is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter Day Saints at Cross Roads.

Audrey was one of three local people nominated by fellow residents for this year's trophy. She was presented with the award by ward councillor Irene Ellison-Wood, the chairman of Keighley Area Panel.

Fellow nominee Arthur Goff, from Lower West Lane Tenants Group, was put forward for his housing work at town and district level.

Gladys Bradley, from the Heathcliff flat complex in Haworth, was nominated particularly for her efforts to make new residents welcome. She greets them and gives them a bunch of flowers.

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