Calls to clean up 'lifeline' Bradford allotments
Campaigners are from Scotchman Road allotments in Manningham.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ spoke to plot holders at Scotchman Road allotments in Manningham, where one group of women work with refugee communities to build friendships and help them develop skills and resilience through gardening.
They argue that a flawed method of oversight and a failure to address long waiting lists are also adding to the wasting of a valuable public resource.
A Bradford Council spokesperson admitted it had been a "difficult decision" for the authority to scrap its previous "significant" subsidy for the allotments service, which had led to rent increases.
However, it remains "committed" to improving the service and is investing £300,000 into work including the clearance of overgrown allotment plots.
"Our aim is to return as many plots as possible back into tenantable use for the citizens of Bradford," the spokesperson said.
"We aim to achieve full, well maintained allotment sites across the whole district."
A review of the waiting list last year led to a "notable reduction", the authority said, from 1,325 to 557 registered people.
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