Each North Yorkshire Councillor is allocated £5,000 a year to spend on their ward's local needs. 

The fund can be used to support the social, economic or environmental wellbeing of their community. 

But it can also be used to support external projects or groups which the councillor sees deserving of the money.

We've compiled a list of how each North Yorkshire councillor in Harrogate and the surrounding area spent their locality budget for 2025/26. 

Chris Aldred (Liberal Democrat) - High Harrogate & Kingsley

- Harrogate and District Community Action - £1,000

- Resurrected Bites - £1,000

- Children’s 2026 Festival - £1,000

- Claro Enterprises - £1,000

- Starbeck Christmas lights appeal - £1,000

Phillip Broadbank (Liberal Democrat) – Fairfax and Starbeck

- Hasn’t spent any of his locality budget

Barbara Brodigan (Liberal Democrat) – Ripon Ure Bank and Spa

- St Wilfrid’s Festival - £400

- Ripon Poetry Festival - £550

- Ripon Walled Garden - £500

- Ripon YMCA - £500

- Ripon Military Heritage Trust - £500

- Ripon Rotary Club - £500

- Ripon Summer Festival - £600

- Ripon Theatre Festival - £600

- Ripon Rowels Rotary Club course - £500

Nick Brown (Conservative) – Wathvale and Bishop Monkton

- Cundall with Leckby and Norton le Clay Parish Council - £500

- Rowcliffe and Westwick bench refurbishments - £300

- Baldersby notice boards - £500

- Bird Scarer - £300

- Bus stop benches - £500

- Roecliffe and Westwick bench refurbishments - £300

- Wath and Norton Christmas lights - £300

- Church renovations - £1,000

- Asenby Parish Council - £300

- Cundall and Leckby Parish Council - £500

Felicity Cunliffe-Lister (Liberal Democrat) – Masham and Fountains

- Malton Museum - £500

- Kirkham Henry Performing Arts - £500

- White Star Training Band - £1,000

- Educational trip - £1,000

Sam Gibbs (Conservative) – Valley Gardens and Central Harrogate

- Harrogate Theatre - £1,500

- School street scheme - £500

- Harrogate International Festival - £1,985

- Purchasing kitchen equipment - £1,014.40

Hannah Gostlow (Liberal Democrat) – Knaresborough East

- Harrogate and Knaresborough Toy Library - £500

- Resurrected Bites – £1,000

- Yorkshire Create - £1,000

- Knaresborough Horticultural Society - £500

- Sensory Spaces - £500

- Community Food Share - £500

- Junior Park Run - £500

Michael Harrison (Conservative) – Killinghall, Hampsthwaite and Saltergate

- Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall - £2,500

- Killinghall Women’s Institute - £500

- Hampsthwaite Feast - £500

- Harrogate International Festival – 1,500

Paul Haslam (Independent) – Bilton and Nidd Gorge

- Grocery support for local food bank - £1,000

- Nidd Action roup - £300.50

- Reading project - £750

- New Beginnings peer support - £1.872.50

- Bilton Grange United reformed church - £342

Nathan Hull (Conservative) – Washburn and Birstwith

- Birstwith Horticultural Society - £300

- Hartwith Cum Winsley Parish Council - £500

- Birstwith Primary School - £3,200

- Birstwith in Bloom - £1,000

Peter Lacey (Liberal Democrat) – Coppice Valley and Duchy

- Harrogate and District Community Action - £345

- Zero Carbon Harrogate - £300

- King Edwin park allotments - £915

- Harrogate Homeless Project - £600

- Oatlands Primary School - £500

- School allotment - £900

- Open Country mobile defibrillator - £300

- St Wilfrid’s accessibility point - £440

John Mann (Conservative) – Oatlands and Pannal

- Oatlands Primary School - £500

- Pannal village tree lighting - £4,290

Andrew Murday (Liberal Democrat) – Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale

- The Nidderdale Plus Partnership - £1,000

- Dacre Parish Council - £300

- Dacre Banks Cricket Club - £300

- Pateley Bridge Town Council - £325

- Pateley Bridge Junior FC - £400

- Upper Nidderdale Youth Club - £450

- Pateley Bridge Town Council – £1,000

- Thread Nidderdale cic printer - £340

- Upper Nidderdale Heritage Trust - £880

Andy Paraskos (Conservative) – Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale and Tockwith

- Tockwith Parish Council - £1,000

- Sicklinghall Primary School - £1,000

- School Improvement Programme - £1,500

- Friends of Follifoot School - £1,000

- Marston Moor Scouts camping equipment £500

Mike Schofield (Independent) – Harlow and St George's

- Harlow Hill Allotment Association - £500

- Zero Carbon Harrogate - £350

- Pinewood Conservation Group - £1,500

- Rossett acre Primary school - £2,625

Monika Slater (Liberal Democrat) – Bilton Grange and New Park

- Bar Methodist Church - £477

- Camping equipment for the 16th Harrogate Cub Scouts - £930

- Bilton Community Care - £300

- Harrogate Town AFC Community Foundation - £1,500

- Saltergate Primary School U11 girls Football Team - £1,800

Andrew Timothy (Liberal Democrats) – Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone

- Harrogate Guides - £500

- School street scheme - £500

- HDCA - £1,500

- Help Out Harrogate - £1,950

- Oatlands and Pannal Ash Road Safety Campaign - £550

Matt Walker (Liberal Democrat) – Knaresborough West

- FEVA Festival - £500

- Resurrected Bites - £500

- Inspire Youth - £500

- Martin House Charity - £500

- Sensory Spaces - £500

- Junior Park Run - £500

- Knaresborough public toilets - £500

- Renaissance Knaresborough insurance and leaflets - £500

- Knaresborough Town FC defibrillator - £500

- First Scriven Scout Club equipment storage - £500

Arnold Warneken (Green) – Ouseburn

- Tockwith Parish Council - £2,780

- More in Common (Harrogate) - £400

- Upper Ouse Conservation Trust - £600

- Green Hammerton recreational charity - £500

- Primrose the therapy dog - £720

Andrew Williams (Conservative) – Ripon Minster and Moorside

- Ripon City Festival - £1,000

- St Wilfrid’s Procession Committee - £600

- Ripon City Panthers - £300

- Ripon Winter Wonderland - £400

- St Wilfrid’s Procession 2025 - £600

- Ripon Summer Festival - £800

- Ripon Theatre Festival 2026 - £1,000

Robert Windass (Conservative) – Boroughbridge and Claro

- Friends of Boroughbridge Primary School parents and teachers - £500

- Repairs to fountain - £2,000

- Replace manual winding mechanism on church clock - £2,500

- Colour Run fundraiser - £500