April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Someone dies from bowel cancer in the UK every thirty minutes. Seems unthinkable doesn’t it, especially when bowel cancer is treatable when diagnosed at an early stage. The problem is that only 9% of patients are diagnosed at that stage. Beating Bowel Cancer and Bowel Cancer UK have merged … Continue reading Know the facts about Bowel Cancer
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Something in the Air?
Sowerby Bridge Library Air Monitoring Scheme A Zoom webinar with Dr James Allan, University of Manchester, to find out about: • the pollutants measured by the monitors on loan from Sowerby Bridge Library• the effects of pollution• recent research, including the effects of lockdowns• likely directions for future research. Tuesday 20th April 2021 at 7pm … Continue reading Something in the Air?
Join our Citizens’ Panel
We are now actively recruiting more volunteers to our Citizens’ Panel – ‘Talkback’. If you live in Calderdale, are over 18 years old (Council employees included) and can spare some time to help answer our monthly surveys, then we need your help! By joining the panel you will help us shape the future of Calderdale … Continue reading Join our Citizens’ Panel
Ramadan Mubarak
To all our colleagues, friends and residents welcoming the month of fasting which begins this week, Halifax Central Initiative would like to wish you all a happy, healthy and safe Ramadan.
Keep up the good work, Calderdale
As more services and activities start to reopen in line with the Government’s step-by-step roadmap out of lockdown, Calderdale Council says that one of the best things we can all do to support businesses and each other is to continue our good work to keep COVID-19 rates down. From today (Monday 12 April), the country … Continue reading Keep up the good work, Calderdale