With Mytholmroyd Station Partnership

On Thursday, I was honoured to speak at the annual meeting of Mytholmroyd Station Partnership, which draws together lots of voluntary groups and businesses, and looks after the station (obviously).

Thanks to the Sustainable Transport Group, I was able to tell the partnership that footfall jn Mytholmroyd has increased by 119% over the decade. As a major business centre (including the international law publishers, Sweet and Maxwell), Mytholmroyd deserves good train connections to help commuters and business travellers who want on-site face to face meetings.

I met the new head of Calder High, Mr A Guy, and the MD (Johann) and marketing assistant (Chloe) of the Mobile Phone Recycling Organisation Ltd, which will give a donation to any charity you name if you collect phones for them. Chloe had been taken on as an apprentice administrator and had subsequently been offered a fulltime permanent role in marketing, so its employment practices look positive too. The company's based in Mytholmroyd ..........

After meeting people, and enjoying a buffet kindly supplied by the partnership, I unveiled a number of new pieces of artwork, one of them drawn and designed by children of Burnley Road Academy. For obvious reasons they don't appear in the photo, which shows me unveiling adult artworks. And very good they are too!

Thanks to new councillor Alex Rudman who took the photo. He said some things about the partnership which are worth repeating, because his words sum up positive impact the group has:

"The work they do is great and I think has encouraged other people to set up similar groups to take pride and ownership in their area................... eg Stubbs Field, canal footpath volunteers , Jane on Midgley Road with her wildflower garden etc."