SIR – I would like others to know that it is not all doom and gloom in Bradford.

I am a fundraiser for BPA Juniors football club, which is entirely run by volunteers and has several junior teams ranging from under-eights to under-18s across mainly North and East Bradford, coached by CRB/DBS accredited volunteers, which play every Sunday home and away in often awful weather, and also train weekly.

We along with other junior football clubs in the diverse communities of Bradford are thriving even though it is a financial struggle to pay our various fees.

That is why we are constantly trying to raise funds as best we can, and I would like to record our heartfelt thanks to the Bradford Youth Opportunists Fund, administered by young people and councillors care of Louise Williams, area co-ordinator Bradford East at Harris Street Depot, and Paul Johnson, area youth work manager, part of the Bradford Youth Service of Bradford Children’s Services, for a recent grant of £666 which will help our under-13s attend a three-day national football tournament in May.

If anyone else wishes to help us financially contact me on 07543 225415.

Mike Frazer, Roundhead Fold, Apperley Bridge