A SIMPLE idea from Slaithwaite on how to make a stand against poverty could be bound for the G8 summit.
The project has been to Glastonbury and is now aimed at the summit in Scotland.
A Slaithwaite parent and toddler group decided to make a waste paper chain - to reflect the white bands being worn to symbolise the Make Poverty History campaign - that could be taken to Edinburgh, to coincide with the summit of the leaders of the top industrial countries at nearby Gleneagles.
But as word spread other organisations, including the Huddersfield-based Creative Industries Development Agency (Cida), Huddersfield Woodcraft Folk and youth groups have got involved.
Mandy Ward, a Slaithwaite mum-of-three who helped start the paper chain idea, said: "It just started as an idea at the group.
"We began making our chain, but we didn't expect the idea to grow like it has. We are a small group of families from Huddersfield, not famous, not politicians, not even used to doing this kind of thing.
"In fact, many of us have never spoken out and wouldn't know where to start. We have young children and like many other people it is just not practical for us to go to Edinburgh.
"But we still wanted to do something."
Chains are made out of waste paper, such as photocopies and junk mail.
Huddersfield University Student Union delegates going to Edinburgh took some chains with them.
Cida chief executive Anamaria Wills said the business had already started collecting waste paper.
She added: "It struck us as a fantastic idea, because it is so easy for anyone to make a chain and send out their message, even if it just a couple of links to hang in a window at home."
