Verd de gris
BEGIN 2 CHANGE – Creative Well-being and Empowerment for women
Verd de Gris announce their next 14-week well-being course for women in Calderdale.
This course has been designed to be responsive to YOUR needs, YOUR situation. With group sessions and 1-2-1 support to help rebuild confidence and make important changes in your life.
Find out more on the Verd de Gris Facebook page
“This project is everything to me. It has changed my life!” Sophia
“I’m not nervous anymore. I don’t have panic attacks. I’m like a new person. Now I’m saying YES to new opportunities” ShaminThis is open to women of any age or background in CalderdaleNO CREATIVE EXPERIENCE NECESSARYNO PRESSURE – JUST GENTLE ENCOURAGEMENTCome join us embark on an amazing uplifting journey! To book a place please contact SHARON:Mobile: 07907 822323Email: sharon@verddegris.orgKeep up to date with other events as they happen by following Verd de gris arts on Facebook, on Twitter and InstagramTwitter @verddegrisInstagram @verddegris
Where: The Old Courthouse, Blackwall, Halifax, HX1 2DL
When: Every Monday 10:30am – 12:30pm except holidays
Starting: Monday 17th April
Verd De Gris : Empowering Women to bring about Social Change March 3rd
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Verd De Gris invites you for a day where women from diverse backgrounds from across West Yorkshire become One Voice for Social Change.
Further information including agenda for the day and highlights
Join us at The Gaygill Rooms at The Piece Hall
Friday 3rd March 2023
9.30 am – 14.30 pm
Drawing on the life experiences of women from communities across Calderdale, special guests include Holly Lynch MP & Alison Lowe OBE West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor.
Crucially, we want to look at what we can do together to address some of the key factors that impact on health, opportunity, aspiration and social justice. The event will draw on the life experiences of women from diverse communities across Calderdale, using their voices to raise awareness of keys issues, and importantly, discuss ways in which lived experience can be used to inform and help shape policy and decision making at a local regional and national level.
We want to make sure that the voices of women and girls are included in regional and national discussions around health, poverty and social cohesion. We want to make our communities stronger. And by creating this safe space for visitors to learn and connect around tough local issues, we aim to provide a unique opportunities for people to get involved in helping to shape and influence change.
This event has been made possible thanks to support from West Yorkshire Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund and the Community Foundation for Calderdale.
If you would like more information please contact Sharon:
tel: 07907 822323
web: www.verddegris.org
Places are limited. Booking via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/516816390737
Keep up to date with other events as they happen by following our Facebook page Verd de gris arts and on Twitter and Instagram
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HALIFAX STARS – A celebration of the proud tradition of boxing clubs in Calderdale
“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire …”
Big George, Halifax Star Boxing Club
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verd de gris arts have been awarded funding through Historic England’s Everyday Heritage Grants – to create an innovative intergenerational project with the aim of celebrating the working class culture of boxing clubs around Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Halifax Stars will record the stories of older fighters, and the gyms that used to be a prominent feature of the area – as well as celebrating the importance of boxing coaching with young working class people today – the instilling of self-discipline and self-care, respect and pride in community.
The project will be cross cultural, reflecting the communal nature of boxing culture here in Halifax, but will, importantly, share this culture with a wider audience – to increase understanding of boxing’s remarkable working class legacy in the area, and champion the work that is done through the clubs to help some of the poorest and most marginalised young people in our communities.
If you would like more information please contact:
Jeff Turner
T: 07926 978651
W: www.verddegris.org
Being Well Together – A health project for Calderdale
verd de gris arts are asking for your help in putting together a series of short films around the region’s experiences with Annual Health Checks for those who live with or are affected by severe mental illness.
If you have lived in experience of that, they’d love to hear from you!
If you or someone you know may be interested or if you would like more information please contact:
Jeff on 07926 978651
Email: jeff.vdg@btinternet.com
You may earn some money for sharing your experiences.
Verd De Gris present the Calderdale Community Cookbook
We have just finished a community cookbook, celebrating local food culture across the borough.
All of the recipes come from local people, from Park, Elland, Todmorden, Brighouse, Ovenden and Mixenden.
We also celebrate the local shopkeepers + market traders who sell fresh fruit + veg in Calderdale and remain a part of local communities – butchers, bakers, fishmongers and greengrocers. This includes celebrating the wonderful international food stores along Queens Rd …
We also touch on the often difficult relationship some local people have with food / diet etc.
You can view the cookbook here :
Square Chapel event with Verd de gris
Verd de gris would like to invite you to a special event featuring a Roma choir from Cardiff, dance and schools performance and will provide a unique opportunity to learn more about and celebrate Calderdale’s Roma community.
Wednesday 22 June 2016 – 1pm to 3pm
At Square Chapel Centre, Square Road, Halifax, HX1 1QD
This event is FREE but pre booking is essential – Email jeff.vdg@btinternet.com for information.
Dementia Awareness Week – Soul Journey with Verd de gris
To coincide with Dementia Awareness Week verd de gris in conjunction with Calderdale Libraries will be screening their beautiful film ‘Soul Journey’ at venues across the borough all week, including Halifax Central, King Cross, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden Libraries.
The film explores some of the myths that build up around dementia and weaves together spoken word, moving images and an original score to capture some of the beauty and dignity of the people taking part – and to celebrate the extraordinary richness of the landscape that means so much to them.
If you want to take part in the creative sessions contact jeff.vdg@btinternet.com for more information.
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