Being outdoors brings with it a wide range of benefits to mental and physical wellbeing, many of which have helped people to cope with the lockdowns and social isolation that we’ve had to endure during the pandemic. Our local countryside has never seen so many people walking and cycling and hopefully once the pandemic isn’t … Continue reading A Spring in Your Step Outdoor Volunteering and Activities
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Borrowing air quality monitors from Sowerby Bridge Library
This is open to anyone who lives in Sowerby Bridge. The library has indoor and outdoor air monitors for the public to borrow. To borrow a monitor, you need to ring the library (01422 831627) and book the monitor, saying whether you’d like the indoor or outdoor one. Staff will either tell you straightaway when … Continue reading Borrowing air quality monitors from Sowerby Bridge Library
Cash boost for Never Hungry Again fund
Children and young people in lower-income families will be supported to stay healthy and happy over the Easter school holidays, thanks to a new round of grants under the Never Hungry Again fund. Since Calderdale Council, the Community Foundation for Calderdale, The Piece Hall Trust and other partner organisations launched the fund in October 2020 … Continue reading Cash boost for Never Hungry Again fund
Calderdale Libraries announce Reading Friends
Calderdale Library Service has received funding, from the DCMS, to be part of the national Reading Friends project run by the Reading Agency. Reading Friends aims to tackle loneliness by bringing people together to read, chat and share stories. Do you enjoy a good book? Like looking at magazines or reading the paper? Would you like to … Continue reading Calderdale Libraries announce Reading Friends
Register to vote in the May Elections
On Thursday 6 May 2021, Calderdale residents will be voting for their Local Government Councillors and for the first time, a Combined Authority Mayor for West Yorkshire. In some areas there will also be Parish/Town Council by-elections. There are a number of ways to have your say in May – you can vote in person … Continue reading Register to vote in the May Elections
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