Oakworth Juniors football club has unveiled ambitious plans for a new £500,000 changing block.

Members have already found most of the cost of the building at their playing fields.

The club, which serves more than 200 youngsters, now has to find the remaining £40,000.

The new building will have four changing rooms and showers, an office, meeting room and kitchen.

The money will also fund the draining of one football pitch on the playing fields off Goose Cote Lane.

The building will replace changing facilities used for several years at the former Brontë Middle School.

The school is due to be demolished to make way for a housing development.

Oakworth Juniors were originally involved in plans to build a replacement community building in the Brontë grounds.

But last September the club decided to go it alone after realising the new building would be too far away from the playing fields.

Marie Rowley, one of the club's volunteers, said the club's new building would provide much-needed meeting space.

She said: "We don't just want it for the football club, but as a sports and education centre and for youth activities. We want somewhere that's safe, where older kids can be responsible for other kids."

Marie, one of many parents who help run Oakworth Juniors, said members had raised £10,000 through their own events.

The Football Association's Football Foundation has agreed to cover 60 per cent of the cost of the project.

Bradford Council will give £75,000 from a pot of money provided by the Brontë developer for community facilities in the area.

And the three councillors representing Keighley West Ward - Catherine Rowen, Angela Sinfield and Sandra Haigh - have promised £50,000.The money is part of the proceeds from the sale of Leeds-Bradford Airport. Councillors in each ward have a total of £100,000 to spend how they want.

Cllr Rowen said almost half of Oakworth Juniors players lived in west ward, which included Bracken Bank and Braithwaite.

She said: "This will be money well spent. It is keeping children out of trouble and off the street.

"The club is just amazing. There are so many people assisting and so many children they're helping."

The three councillors agreed to give the money after a presentation by club members, organised by Keighley MP Ann Cryer.