22 May 2023

The Kirkburton Beer Festival is well and truly on it’s way to being a fantastic weekend, this bank holiday. Visit the Kirkburton Beer Festival event listing on our website here – ...

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24 March 2023

7th Huddersfield South East Clayton West Scout Group need Leaders Have you got an hour or two free per week? Have you got skills to share? Do you want to ...

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3 March 2023

It’s not an easy task. With the cost of living crisis and extra financial costs we face with raising children, families are feeling the pinch and the heating is being ...

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20 February 2023

The Bridge Community Hub are working in partnership Kirklees Families together to create an event for our families in HD8. The family Funday Day will be held at Skelmanthorpe Youth ...

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22 November 2022

How many Marathons have you run? I am not entirely sure if you collated all the times that I have run, in my entire life, that it would collectively amount ...

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22 August 2022

The posts you see in our Facebook Groups – as with those shared on our stories and our walls – which promote organisation and their products, services, offers and events ...

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5 July 2022

Did you know that Bronze Membership for Community Groups and Charities is Free? Baby group to Book club, official Football clubs to informal Rounders weekly meet ups, registered Charities to ...

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20 June 2022

We have just spoken to Richard from Denby Dale Cricket Club who has said that they are having the worst season they have ever had – because of the weather! ...

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11 May 2022

Here is an overview of how Village Art, Skelmanthorpe, came about and the progress it has made over the year, explained by Village Art’s curator Mike Roberts. In 2019 Denby ...

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29 April 2022

Specialist recruitment agency, Stafflex, has recently joined the pack as a Snowdog sculpture sponsor. Over the coming months, Stafflex’s Snowdog will make its way to its trail location alongside 60 ...

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10 March 2022

Come and join Birdsedge School with special guests for an evening of pampering and prosecco Friday 18th March from 7pm Tickets are £7 each, this includes a drink & nibbles ...

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28 February 2022

Former Highburton Pupil Rows the Atlantic Ocean to Tackle Gender Inequality in Sport Victoria Evans is currently on an epic 3000 mile journey in an official Guinness World Record attempt ...

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6 January 2022

Network Meeting for leaders of community groups in the Denby Dale & Kirburton Ward. We will be talking about what support your community group would prefer, latest funding opportunities, best ...

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11 November 2021

If you venture up to Upper Denby this week, you will be able to admire the work of a group who have been meeting each week, spending hundreds of combined ...

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29 October 2021

The ninth annual bonfire is organised by Shelley Community Football Club (CFC) in partnership with Stafflex who sponsor the stadium, Stafflex Arena. Unfortunately the event was cancelled last year due ...

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12 July 2021

Parent Sanctuary are a community interest company set up by three mums from West Yorkshire. During lockdown, they experienced the difficulty of parenting young children without the usual activities on ...

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8 July 2021

Residents of Clayton West are fighting to save a Grade 2 listed, former Baptist Chapel built in 1840, from developers and make it into a thriving community centre. A small ...

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22 June 2021

We have been informed that Denby Dale Community Library is open as follows – Safe browsing MONDAYS 1pm to 6pm and FRIDAYS 10am to 1pm. Bookable IT Sessions MONDAYS 1, ...

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14 June 2021

As part of the Great Get Together weekend, Parent Sanctuary this week will visit Stanedge Tunnel, with a walk along the canal and to the river to skim stones. Parent ...

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10 June 2021

This summer we were planning on celebrating #GardensofHD8 Do you think this is something you might like to get involved with? Over the last year or more, we have all ...

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