Elland
Calderdale Lower Valley Friday Flyer 03 February 2023 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Free Diploma in Childcare or Health & Social Care in your Local Community!
- Trainers needed to run family courses in Sure Start Children’s Centres
- The Making of Calderdale Wednesday talks at the Industrial Museum
- Neighbourhood Watch Crime Prevention Free Webinar Series
Have a great weekend!
If you’re on our mailing list the Friday Flyer will arrive direct to your inbox every Friday. Join the mailing list by emailing team@calderdalelowervalley.com
You can also contact us on 01422 252 029
Free Diploma in Childcare or Health & Social Care in your Local Community!
The 16 week Intro to Childcare Course is back, if you are interested or would like to explore the opportunities offered then why not come and join us!
Following completion of this there will be opportunity to then complete Level 1 Diploma in Childcare.
Please see the flyers below for booking URL and QR code.
You can find the booking form at the Sure Start Children’s Centres website
Classes run 9:30 am to 2:30 pm – during school hours!
Course starts: Wednesday 22nd February
Elland Children’s Centre
Boxhall Road, Elland HX5 0BB
There is a similar course in the North and East Halifax area, running at Creations Community Children’s Centre : Free Diploma Course – Creations Children’s Centre
For more information and to apply:
Contact Elland Children’s Centre on 01422 266197 or 01422 251090
Calderdale Lower Valley Friday Flyer 27 January 2023 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Project Colt offering Warm Space facilities Monday – Saturday
- Worried about Amazon Smile closing? Join easyfundraising!
- Greener Together short walks for women in 2023
- Happy New Lunar Year of the Rabbit from the RSPCA bunnies!
Have a great weekend!
If you’re on our mailing list the Friday Flyer will arrive direct to your inbox every Friday. Join the mailing list by emailing team@calderdalelowervalley.com
You can also contact us on 01422 252 029
Project Colt offering Warm Space facilities Monday – Saturday
Project Colt/Colt Enterprise are now a registered Warm Space.
If you are finding it difficult to warm your home, you are more than welcome to come to us.
We have free wifi, Barista made hot drinks and a lovely and cosy ready corner.
You can find us Monday to Saturday from 8:00am – 17:30pm
Come along and see what else there is available for you!
Project Colt : Bridgefield Mills, Elland Bridge, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 0SG
Calderdale Lower Valley Friday Flyer 20 January 2023 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Free Diploma in Childcare or Health & Social Care in your Local Community!
- Support for all dealing with domestic abuse from Calderdale Staying Safe
- Calderdale Cares Careers recruitment fairs Jan 25th and Feb 4
- VSI Alliance: Voluntary Sector Open Day
Have a great weekend!
If you’re on our mailing list the Friday Flyer will arrive direct to your inbox every Friday. Join the mailing list by emailing team@calderdalelowervalley.com
You can also contact us on 01422 252 029
Free Diploma in Childcare or Health & Social Care in your Local Community!
Gain a degree in your local community without having to travel to College!
Course runs one day a week, within 16 sessions.
All coursework is completed in class.
Classes run 9:30 am to 2:30 pm – during school hours!
Course starts: Wednesday 25th January – ends 14th June.
Elland Children’s Centre
Boxhall Road
Elland HX5 0BB
There is a similar course in the North and East Halifax area, running at Creations Community Children’s Centre : Free Diploma Course – Creations Children’s Centre
For more information and to apply:
Contact Elland Children’s Centre on 01422 266197 or 01422 251090
Calderdale Lower Valley Friday Flyer 13 January 2023 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Cartwheel Community Centre Annual General Meeting Sunday 15th January
- New opportunities to move and connect in Elland with Curious Motion
- Knitting group at Project Colt in Elland every Friday morning
- Police information Request for potential firearm discharge on New Year’s Eve
Have a great weekend!
If you’re on our mailing list the Friday Flyer will arrive direct to your inbox every Friday. Join the mailing list by emailing team@calderdalelowervalley.com
You can also contact us on 01422 252 029
New opportunities to move and connect in Elland with Curious Motion
January can be a challenging time of year for our mental health and overall wellbeing. Curious Motion classes and workshops are back this week, including two new sessions – all designed to help you feel more connected to yourself, others, and your local community, release stress and worries, and utilise movement to refresh and restore your body and mind. Our first Sounding Board gathering is also happening on Saturday – a unique opportunity to be part of reducing loneliness in Calderdale (and there’ll be free cake!). I’d love to see you there.
More details and booking info in the latest Curious Motion Newsletter
Stories in Motion
NEW after-school sessions for children
After-school movement and storytelling workshops for children of all ages in partnership with Elland Library. Parents and carers can enjoy free refreshments too.
Thursday 12th Jan – 9th Feb – 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Elland Library, Coronation Street. HX5 0DF
Rhythm & Brews
NEW monthly workshops for all adults
Join us for some relaxing and uplifting movement activities with Matt. Suitable for all adults, this session involves an hour of movement (seated and/ or standing), followed by a brew and refreshments.
Friday 13th January – 12pm – 1.30pm
Upper Hall (first floor), Southgate Church, Elland. HX5 0JL
Sounding Board
Be part of reducing loneliness in Calderdale
Are you interested in supporting more connection and a deeper sense of belonging across Elland, Rastrick and the lower valley? Join us for this informal gathering where we’ll enjoy time to explore what this means for you and your local community. There’ll be free cake and brews too!
Saturday 14th January – 10am – 11am
Project Colt, Elland Bridge, HX5 0SG
Brews & Grooves
For all people over 55
Informal and accessible sessions for older people that focus on sharing joy and connection with others through contemporary dance and ballet-inspired movement, supporting participants to feel confident in their physicality and explore their creativity together.
Tuesday 10th Jan – 7th Feb
10am – 10.45am: dancing
10.45am – 11.30am: brews & a chat
Southgate Church, Elland. HX5 0JL
Dance for Wellbeing
Evening sessions for all adults
An accessible movement and stretch class for adults of all ages. Explore a range of sequences and activities to a variety of music, cultivating a shared sense of fun, relaxation and achievement. We finish each session with time to stretch out and relax, then enjoy a brew together.
Thursday 12th Jan – 9th Feb
6pm – 7.30pm
The Space @ Field Lane, Rastrick, HD6 3JT
More details and booking info in the latest Curious Motion Newsletter
Knitting group at Project Colt in Elland every Friday morning
We are looking for ladies (or gentlemen!!) to join our knitting circle to knit some teddies for Zarach.
Zarach is a charity that provides and delivers beds and basics to children in Poverty.
This helps families in crisis rise up from surviving to thriving.
Eat. Sleep. Learn.
So if you would like to be part of our knitting team, in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere please contact
helen@projectcolt.org.uk or call our office on 01422 377176 or you are more than welcome to just turn up, on Fridays 11am-1pm at Project Colt, Elland Bridge, Elland, HX5 0SG
Police information Request for potential firearm discharge on New Year’s Eve
A scene is currently in place in James Street, Elland in relation to a potential firearm discharge on New Year’s Eve.
On January 1, police received a report of a parked car having been damaged in James Street in a collision involving another vehicle which had left the scene at about 9.45pm on December 31.
Today, officers have received further information suggesting a potential firearm discharge had occurred during this incident.
A scene is currently in place to undergo specialist searches and forensic examination and enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed any part of the incident or who has any information that could assist the investigation is asked to contact Calderdale District CID via 101 quoting log 304 of January 7 or online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat
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