Think of a chocolate cluster with lots of possible tasty combinations held together by the chocolate. Well, rural clusters are collections of groups held together by a common ingredient.

This common ingredient may be having an issue in common - a demand for better quality broadband in the area or a group of older people coming together to diminish their social isolation and loneliness. It may be a group of local villages joining together to produce a local newsletter and organise local events.

For more information about rural clusters email kathy.faulks@val.org.uk or call 0113 297 7920.

Pool in Wharfedale and Arthington are a local cluster who have come together as two villages to share information.

visit www.pool-in-wharfedale.com for more information.

In south east Leeds five towns located in the West Yorkshire Coalfield are working together as a cluster.

The five towns are:
Allerton Bywater
Garforth
Kippax
Methley and
Swillington.

If your group is based in one of these areas and you are interested in information and funding opportunities relevant to the Five Towns please contact on kathy.faulks@val.org.uk /
0113 297 7943.

One local group is FDM - For Disability Mobility, which has recently launched an updated website