10 June 2021

New Denby Dale Train Walks During lockdown Denby Dale Walkers are Welcome Group devised 10 new walk trails, all linked to Denby Dale station and a train ride. These new ...

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7 June 2021

Shelley Junior parkrun have just restarted after a long spell out of action so it’s quite big deal to be back on again (also, coincidentally, the weekend of our restart ...

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24 May 2021

Voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Kirklees who own or rent buildings in our local places can apply for a grant to recover lost income due to Covid-19 lockdowns ...

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18 May 2021

Share it with The Welcome Centre food bank. If you find yourself with a surplus of fruit and veg grown on your plot, The Welcome Centre would be delighted to ...

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10 May 2021

Denby Dale charity who coordinated the local Covid Community Response has moved it’s Head Office and Transport Office up a hill for a commanding view of Denby Dale and the ...

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24 November 2020

We literally went live in under a week, following an after meeting conversation and so we are proud of our outcomes so far. But now we need you to make ...

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22 April 2020

As many of you will know, Sunday 26th April was supposed to be the London Marathon but instead it’s now the 2.6 challenge day. The Huddersfield Giants Community Trust are asking ...

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10 December 2019

Cancer does not take time off over Christmas and so the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust’s Christmas appeal ‘Fuel the Sleigh’ aims to spread a little cheer to young people ...

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14 June 2019

The HD8 Network is more than just our networking events.  (But these are really wonderful and you really should come)   At our Meetups we have a laugh, but also have ...

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22 February 2019

Spring Festival is an annual 3 day celebration of traditional music, song and dance. The event started in 2007 and has developed a national and international profile as well  as ...

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9 December 2018

With the Main centre – for visitors and parcel collections is Lord Street, Huddersfield and the Donations centre – to drop off donations – on Queens Mill Industrial Estate, Queens Mill Road,  Lockwood, ...

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15 November 2018

This Christmas, throughout the UK, nearly 500 teenage cancer patients will be waking Christmas morning in a hospital bed far from home, family and friends. Please be a Secret Santa ...

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30 June 2018

If I had a top 5 top thing, to celebrate our 5th anniversary, I would have to pick my favourite surprise organisations … Number one – Boom, it has to ...

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13 January 2018

The Lawrence Batley Theatre recently sent us an email and we thought you might be interested in reading it.  It said – “As we come to the end of the ...

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13 January 2018

Local Dog Lovers Help Change and Enrich Lives   Local dog sitters, Barking Mad Huddersfield & Halifax, are asking fellow dog lovers to join them in helping to change lives. ...

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