The Friends of Airedale (FoA) is £500 better off thanks to a donation from members of the Keighley/Skipton area Ruth Barrow Line Dancing Groups. Dancing enthusiasts presented the Friends with the cheque at their monthly ‘Owzitstart’ social event at Sutton Baptist Church on September 5. Said Ruth, who runs line dancing classes around the area: “We regularly donate money raised …

Hospital charity The Friends of Airedale has brought a little added comfort to Ward 20, the surgical day ward, with a new TV for the patient lounge and replacement chairs for around the unit. The TV was presented to ward staff by Friend’s chairman Alison Dixon who said: “Trustees were delighted to agree to the request for a new TV …

The Friends of Airedale (FoA) has announced the winner of its annual Courtyard Competition, choosing a ‘courtyard of glorious colour’ to receive the £200 garden centre voucher first prize. Anne Robertson, who heads a small team of garden volunteers in the hospital’s Electro-Medical Engineering department, was awarded ‘Gold’ in the competition which aims to encourage staff around the hospital to …