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N&E Friday Flyer – 25 October 2019 North & East Halifax Ward Forum Team Email: team@halifaxnorthandeast.com Web: www.halifaxnorthandeast.com The Friday Flyer is a weekly round-up of news and what’s on in North and East Halifax. We hope you will find this informative and useful. Let us know what you think!

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Latest News

Girls Group launched at Halifax Academy Project _Twelve:31 launched a new girls group at The Halifax Academy, Gibbet Street Halifax in September 2019 which looks at developing confidence, self-esteem, and opportunities to aspirations and the programme delivered over 10 sessions… read more…

Help Together Housing keep the community safe this November Together Housing is working with partners at Calderdale Council, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and West Yorkshire Police to share information about bonfires. Building or starting bonfires on Together Housing land is a breach of your tenancy agreement… more…

Ogden Water vehicle safety advice Following an incident where a vehicle was broken into at Ogden Water and had items stolen can we please ask that users remain vigilant and not leave any valuables on display. West Yorkshire Police and partner services will be paying passing attention in the future. If you have any concerns or fall victim to such crime please call 101 or 999 in an emergency

Let us promote Your 2019 Halloween and Bonfire Events Are you holding a public Halloween or Bonfire event this year? Let us know and we will advertise it for you. Last year we received over 15,000 blog views in October and November as people started to look for local Halloween and Bonfire Night events to attend… more…

OSCA to open public bar and function room OSCA based at Forest Cottage, Cousin Lanewill be opening a Public bar and Function room in early November which will also be available for private functions... opening times…

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The Illingworth Messenger – October 2019 There’s lots going on in and around Illingworth and the October edition of the Illingworth Messenger contains details of events, activities, local news and much more!... more…

The Warley Calendar 2020 is Now Available The Warley Calendar 2020 is now available at a cost of just £6.00, the calendar can be obtained from June at Warley Community Association by calling 01422 833824 or by text to 07957992192.

Get Involved / Have Your Say

Friends of Beechwood Park AGM The friends of Beechwood Park are having their annual general meeting on Tuesday 29 October 2019. Go along and find out about some of the work going on… get involved…

Volunteer! Beechwood Park Practical Dates Help improve your local park on 5 November and 3 December all sessions beginning at 9:45am. Activities include ditching, drainage, tree work, walling, fencing, hedge laying and more. All tools and training provided on the day. Work alongside like-minded volunteers… get in touch…

Volunteer! Calling All Community Groups and Corporate Work Parties Meadow View Stables, Ogden, HX3 9PB host to Calderdale Riding for the Disabled Group is looking for a group of helping hands to carry out some maintenance work including helping spread a new surface on the arena… get involved…

Volunteer! Administration & Data Entry Volunteer Are you passionate about the NHS? Would you like to help make changes in the health and social care system? Healthwatch Calderdale is looking for a volunteer to ensure that their office runs smoothly. Tasks will range from answering the phone and addressing the needs of the public, to assisting with office organisation… more…

FREE Courses with Halifax Opportunities Trust The Learning Team at Halifax Opportunities Trust have teamed up with Calderdale Adult Learning to deliver free* courses to anyone living in the Calderdale area… courses…

FREE Access Audits Available to Voluntary and Community Groups Would you like to develop your community group venue to become more accessible to people with disabilities? Are you considering re-locating your group and would like to ensure the proposed venue is accessible? Our experienced & skilled auditor will provide a full access survey and report... more info…

Events and What’s On

This weekend! Open Art Exhibition Calling all amateur and professional artists working in 2D medium, we will be taking submissions for the annual Open Art Exhibition, submissions close Saturday 26 October… take a look…

Family Yoga in Holmfield – Halloween special! Spooktacular family yoga this half term. Meet zombies, black cats, witches and many more ghoulish poses on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at White Rose Mill… details…

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Bradshaw Cricket Club Bonfire Enjoy a family friendly Bonfire and Firework display with a bar, BBQ as well as excellent food and drinks from the kitchen on Friday 1 November 2019… details…

Enjoy Food and Fun at the Skillshop Charity Firework Show Skillshop Charity will be hosting their annual Firework display so be sure to go along and enjoy the display as well as fun and food on Friday 1 November 2019… details…

Stone Chair, Family Fireworks and Disco Saturday 2 November 2019 from 7pm - Enjoy a family fireworks display and family disco with a full bar available plus pie & peas, hot dogs, chips, sweets and crisps etc… more…

Pennine Magpie Mad Hatters Tea Party open day Thursday 7 November 2019 Drop in 10.30am to 2.30pm - Pennine Magpie offers a fun and friendly learning environment, offering a wide variety of activities and opportunities for adults with learning disabilities… get involved…

Over 50’s Luncheon Club The Halifax and District Irish Society organise the Over 50’s Luncheon Club which takes place at the Pellon Social Club usually every 2 weeks including live entertainment and dancing for more info…

Halifax Antiquarian Society Talks 2019 Join the Halifax Antiquarian Society for a range of talks throughout October and November at the Piece Hall including, Fired Earth - the decline of the industry 1935-2019 and Women of Property - wills and bequests in probate records. For more information contact 01422 348863.

Car Boot Sales Do you enjoy browsing through a miscellany of this and that? Do you want to turn those unwanted items into cash? Are you looking for a yet undiscovered priceless antique? We have two popular car boot sales at Northbridge in Halifax and on Daisy Street in Brighouse. They run every Sunday between 7am and noon so come along and bag a bargain! Find out more here.

Local Cinemas and Theatres Vue Halifax – The Rex Cinema - Hebden Bridge Picture House – The Victoria Theatre Square Chapel Centre for the Arts – Halifax Playhouse – King Cross Library Film Club

Children and Young People

New App! – 50 Things to do Before You’re 5! NHP Children’s Centres are excited to let you all know about the new 50 things to do before your 5 app that Calderdale Council have developed in conjunction with the Children’s Centres and lots of other local partners. It gives you 50 different, low cost and no cost activities that you can do with children age under 5. Find out more…

Join Now! Ovenden West Riding Juniors are looking for new players Ovenden West Riding Juniors AFC based at Four Fields Cousin Lane are on the lookout for new players… read more…

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Mini Gym at Innovations Children’s Centre A 4 week apparatus based class, building on little ones desire to crawl over, under, in and out, bounce, roll and spin. Using soft play equipment, sensory apparatus, balls, bean bags, ribbon, tapping sticks and much more, starts Monday 4 November…to book…

This weekend! Spontaneous Potter Kidz at Square Chapel – Age 5+ Saturday 26 October 2019 – 2.30pm. Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised Harry Potter comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title… details…

Crafty Ladies open day at Northowram Library Hub Saturday 2 November 2019 – 9am to 2pm. Join the Northowram Crafty Ladies for an open day with refreshments and home bakes to raise money for Take Heart. Lots of hand crafted gift ideas, Huge Jigsaw and book sale, Handmade cards and more… details…

Cooking for Christmas Creations Children’s Centre A 3 week cooking course for the whole family. Encouraging families to cook healthy meals and Christmas treats from scratch together on a budget, at the end of each session the group will eat together what they have made in the course, starts Friday 22 November… to book…

Do Something Oct 19 – Jan 20 The Do Something Booklet for Oct 19 – Jan 20 is now available & so are tickets for events & activities. Calderdale has some fantastic events planned from Busy Babies to make your own Roving Spacecraft… take a look…

Understanding Toddler Behaviour at Illingworth Children’s Centre A 4 week adult learning activity aimed at toddler behaviour and the science of early childhood behaviour, with the objective that parents learn why children have tantrums, clingy behaviour, picky eating and sleep problems and how to cope when children demonstrate this behaviour, starts Tuesday 19 November…to book…

Free clubs at EUREKA! National Children’s Museum EUREKA! has released dates for clubs right up to the end of the year so book your places if you haven’t done so already. Clubs are free but MUST be booked in advance… details…

Health and Wellbeing

A BIG Local Vision of a Mentally Healthy North Halifax We want people’s personal experience to be at the heart of everything we do and we know that to improve health and wellbeing in North Halifax we need to work with local people from the very start. Keep your eye out from October, as the boards will be visiting local libraries and community venues in North Halifax to carry on the conversation… get involved…

Improve Your Mental Health & Wellbeing with Football Friday’s Every Friday from 2pm to 3pm - Calderdale FC’s* Football Friday’s simply provide the opportunity for people to come together and play a game of friendly 6 a-side football – you don’t have to commit to every week – all we ask is that you let us know you are coming so that we can plan for numbers… details…

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Don’t be alone this Christmas! Holy Trinity & St Jude’s Church would like to invite anyone who would otherwise be on their own to join them for Christmas lunch which will served with all the trimmings plus plenty of fun and presents - Wednesday 25 December from 11.30am… further information…

Latest from the Staying Well Team The latest Staying Well newsletter is now out, filled with usual good news stories, advice and information! Grab a cuppa and have a flick through… here...

Access Calderdale Project FREE access audits available to voluntary and community groups.

Would you like to develop your community group venue to become more accessible to people with disabilities?

Are you considering re-locating your group and would like to ensure the proposed venue is inclusive and accessible?

The Accessible Calderdale Project… more info…

What does Mental Health Mean to You? If YOU live or work in North Halifax, join in the #BigNHXConversation by sharing your thoughts on social media with @NHXPartnership… more info…

Workshop on the importance of international compassion – 22 October Learn how to be fully and compassionately present when working with others or living through challenging circumstances, including mental and physical illness, loneliness, loss and end of life. More…

Bored or lonely? Or, just fancy a brew and something to do… Looking for something to do but need some help? Staying Well Workers will help you take the first step out of the door. We are the social prescribing service for Calderdale. Talk to the Staying Well Team today – call us on 01422 392767 or self-refer here…

Local Sports Centres

Threeways Sports Centre – 01422 728 050 (Option 1)

OSCA Sports Complex – Tel. 07974 077143

Northbridge Leisure Centre - Tel. 01422 341527

Sowerby Bridge Pool - Tel. 01422 288078

Halifax Swimming Pool - Tel. 01422 366624

Employment Support

North Halifax Partnership Work Support

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never used a computer, or you’re not confident about writing and you don’t know where to start. We have time to talk to you in confidence and to help you with your job search and other things you want help with. Drop in to one of our Work Clubs or ring 0300 555 0266 or check out our website – find out more…

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Work Clubs in North and East Halifax

Mondays – 1:30pm- 3:30pm - at Beechwood Road Library

Wednesdays - 10am – 12pm at St Augustine’s Family Centre, Hanson Lane

Wednesdays - 10am – 12pm at King Cross Library

Thursdays – 10am – 12noon - at Mixenden Library

Thursdays - 1.30-3.30pm - at Beechwood Road Library

Latest Jobs Click here - Jobs and apprenticeships on our Latest Jobs page or for other jobs click on

the jobs below

Jobs at Healthy Minds

Part-Time Pet Care Advisor – Pets at Home

Part-time Home Shopping Picker – ASDA

Part-time Jewellery Sales Assistant – Bradbury’s The Jewellers

Employment support that works for you!

Scope Starting Line Employment Service for disabled customers

Free work support at Beechwood and Mixenden Libraries

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