Local Business Man Ben Supporting Our Local Community

20th March 2026

A huge thank you to Ben Morris owner of Ben’s Bargains and Lumos, for his continued support of Dalton Together and community initiatives.

He is pictured here alongside Penny Smith Manager of Greenfields Family Centre highlighting their shared commitment to making a positive impact for families in our local community.

It is great to see local businesses and community organisations coming together to support those who need it most.

Community Midwives and Knit and Natter Groups Support Local Baby Boutiques

3rd March 2026

Dalton Council Ward knit and natter groups have been busy throughout the winter months, creating a beautiful collection of hand-knitted items to support our local baby boutiques.

From cosy cardigans and tiny hats to snug booties, gloves and soft blankets, every piece has been lovingly made to help keep new babies warm and comfortable.

This wonderful community effort highlights the generosity, skill and kindness of our local residents.

Dalton Together is incredibly proud of everyone who has contributed their time and talent. This project highlights that “Together we can make good things happen”.

Special thanks go to our local councillors Munir Ahmed, Tyler Hawkins and Musarrat Khan for their generous support and encouragement of community initiatives such as this.

Moldgreen United Reformed Church – Knit and Natter Group

Dalton St Paul’s – Knit and Natter Group

Dalton and Kirkheaton – Knit and Natter Group

Community Food Sharing Cupboards

26th January 2026

Locations

There are currently 3 sites where food can be accessed – ‘share what you can, take what you need’

Location 1 – Greenfields Family Centre outside the portacabin, Monday to Friday 07.15 – 18.00.

Please email Greenfields at: greenfieldschildcare@outlook.com for information or queries.

Location 2 – Moldgreen United Reformed Church, 24/7 open access.

Please email Helen at: helensnashall21@gmail.com for information or queries.

Location 3 – Town Estate outside the nursery, 5 Town Ave, Huddersfield HD1 6PJ – 24/7 access.

Please email or call Aysha at: chnursery@ls2y.co.uk or 01484 537924 for information or queries.

Thank you!

The food is for people who are genuinely in need and has been stocked through generous donations from members of the community and Morrisons.

Please only take what you need so that we can help as many people as possible.

The foodbank would not be able to continue to operate without the amazing donations that are received from members of the local community, church’s and businesses.

We really appreciate people taking the time to donate. Thank you for caring and sharing, we could not achieve half of what they do without your support and the communities.

Everybody deserves to be able to feed themselves and their family.

Additional Support

If you are in urgent need of short-term crisis support with food or energy costs, please contact Kirklees Council’s Local Welfare Provision (LWP) scheme as your first step: https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/benefits/local-welfare-provision.aspx

If this support is not suitable for you, you can find further local help through the Welcome Centre, including access to a foodbank and other services: https://www.thewelcomecentre.org/

Unsung Heroes Awards

13th January 2026

Do you know someone who lives, works or volunteers in Dalton ward who makes a difference in their community? We’re celebrating the everyday champions who go the extra mile for others – and we need your nominations. An unsung hero could be someone who volunteers for a group in the community, someone who works hard to care for others or keep people safe, an employee who goes above and beyond for others, someone who is a good neighbour, someone who’s kindness you just feel deserves recognition. There’s no criteria apart from them having a connection to the Dalton ward. If you think they’re an unsung hero we do too!

Dalton Together and Unite Respect Connect, with funding support from our three ward councillors, want to celebrate some of the amazing things happening in our ward, particularly the things that often go unseen and unmentioned and we need your help to identify the amazing people doing amazing things.

Every unsung hero is special and we want to acknowledge that. This is not a competition to find the best hero but a chance to celebrate the breadth of great things happening in the area. Unsung heroes and a guest will be invited to a special celebration event on Friday 20th March 6.00pm where they’ll be food and entertainment and gifts for all nominees. In the event that we have more nominations than we have spaces names will go in to a draw but everyone will receive recognition of their nomination.

Nominate your Unsung Hero using the form below or e-mail info@uniterespectconnect.org.uk for more information and an entry form. Unsung heroes can be any age but if you are nominating someone under 18 please get their parent or carer’s permission and use their contact details rather than the nominee’s.

Nominations must be received by Sunday 1^st March.

Ideally, we’d like you to let them know they are being nominated and get permission to share their contact details but if you aren’t able to do this, we will get in touch with you instead.

Another Successful Christmas Magic Appeal in Dalton, Huddersfield (2025)

8th January 2026

Dalton Together and Moldgreen United Reformed Church would like to reach out to our partners, local businesses and residents to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported and helped to bring about another successful Christmas Magic Appeal in 2025 – “Together we make good things happen”

With the help of Sue Carter who co-ordinated this enormous operation and the financial support from our 3 local Dalton Council Ward Councillors; Munir Ahmed, Tyler Hawkins and Musarrat Khan, local businesses; Syngenta, FMG Huddersfield, Metro Cars Moldgreen, Mackness Co-op Funeralcare Moldgreen, Kirkheaton PCC… making it possible to deliver another Christmas Appeal for our community.

We also would like to like to mention the generosity of local residents who also kindly donated for families within our community.

Syngenta staff also held a toy appeal and donated some wonderful toys for the appeal.

Toys donated by Syngenta

Christmas Magic Volunteers

How many residents did we help?

We reached out to 103 families/households in the Dalton Council Ward with gifts for 380 adults/children.

What did our goodies bags contain for families?

Our goodie bags contained, chocolate items, non perishable food items, gifts and toys for every person in the home, a supermarket voucher, and gift vouchers for the teenagers.

Goodie bags packed and ready to go!

Volunteers involved in the Magic Appeal?

Again, we had great support from our community this included 40+ volunteers both on the setting up, packing day and working behind the scenes during the year to deliver another successful Christmas Magic Appeal to our local community.

Your time, effort, kindness and generosity made a real difference to the appeal.

Our volunteers shopped for key items, collected donated items, wrapped numerous gifts up, helped set up on the day and packed the goodie bags ready for collection.

Christmas Magic Feedback

Thank you for inviting us along to help and be a part of it, we both really enjoyed it – it was inspiring and heart-warming to see the community come together and the amount of donations and families supported is incredible.

Thank you for the photos and we wish you a healthy and peaceful 2026. We’ll definitely support again next year ❤️

Thank you our gifts are amazing.

We will definitely support you again next year, best Wishes for 2026.

Thank you these gifts will make a huge difference to our Christmas.

This will go a long way in helping out at Christmas.

Thank you for the gifts and everything you all do.

I had one very happy little boy on Christmas Day who loved his gifts from you.

I want to pass on the gratitude from the parents who received the Magic Appeal parcels, each one has shared what it means to them and how much it will help.

Thank you again for making this possible.

Thank you all for what you do.

Wishing you all a healthy and peaceful 2026 and a Happy New Year.

Donations for next year’s appeal!

Plans are already being discussed for 2026 and we will be collecting new items all year round for all ages.

Please contact info@daltontogether.co.uk or office@moldgreenurc.org.uk if you would like us to collect items.

Alternatively, if you would like to make a monetary donation to support the appeal this can be done through a BACS transfer directly. Please mark the reference as “Christmas Magic Appeal 2026” all donations are gratefully received.

Sort code: 60-83-01

Account number: 20417615

Account name: Dalton Together

Donation reference: “Christmas Magic Appeal 2026”

Dalton Together’s Away Day at Cummins Turbo Technologies

7th January 2026

On Thursday 16 October 2025, the Dalton Together team took part in a half-day planning away day hosted by Cummins Turbo Technologies. The session brought together partners from Kirklees Council & Ward Councillors, Local Services 2 You, Growing Works and Dalton Together, and was facilitated by Lucy Bristow and Michelle Oddy from Cummins.

Planning for the Future of Dalton Together

The purpose of the away day was to help Dalton Together reflect, refocus and plan for the future. Ahead of the session, a questionnaire was shared with partners and the community to gather feedback and help identify priorities. The response to the survey was fantastic, and it played a vital role in shaping the discussions on the day.

Using this feedback, the team worked with Cummins to:

• Review what Dalton Together is currently delivering
• Identify what is working well and what could be improved
• Decide which priorities to focus on moving forward
• Explore where Dalton Together would like to be in three years’ time
• Consider the skills and support needed to achieve future ambitions

An Interactive and Collaborative Session

The session was very interactive and encouraged open, collective discussion. Together, participants reviewed and reordered Dalton Together’s original aims, ensuring they reflected the voices of the community.

3 key themes from survey responses filled in by local people, marketed through socials and meetings were explored, leading into a “Start, Stop, Continue” activity. This allowed the group to:

• Identify what Dalton Together should continue doing for the community
• Discuss what activities it may be time to stop
• Explore new ideas and initiatives to start, based on the agreed focus areas

The day concluded with the development of a clear action plan. This included agreeing:

• What actions need to be taken
• Who will be responsible for each action
• Realistic timescales for delivery
• Who will oversee progress to completion

Our Three Priority Focus Areas

During the workshop, three key priority areas for Dalton Together were agreed:

• Speaking up for our community
  Building strong partnerships with those living, learning, working and volunteering locally
• Working together to make a bigger impact
  Better understanding and responding to community needs
• Seizing opportunities to build a thriving community
  Attracting new resources, funding and ideas

A Special Thank You

Lucy Bristow previously supported Dalton Together by helping develop our initial aims and objectives (the “message triangle”) back in 2019, making her involvement once again particularly valuable.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who completed the survey, and a special thanks to Cummins Turbo Technologies, Lucy, and Michelle for generously donating half a day of their time, hosting us once again. Your support has been invaluable in helping Dalton Together plan confidently for the future.

If anyone is interested in finding out more about Dalton Together or would like to speak to anyone from the organisation please email info@daltontogether.co.uk

Community Plus

21st October 2025

Community Plus works alongside people in Kirklees to build on what’s strong, not what’s wrong – helping residents connect, share their skills, and take the lead in shaping positive change.

Whether it’s supporting individuals to get involved locally, linking neighbours together, or helping uncover hidden talents, Community Plus is all about unlocking the power of community focusing on the gifts, relationships, and resources already present in our places.

We offer short-term, tailored support for people who may feel lonely, lack confidence or facing challenges that make it hard to join in community life.

Connecting people to local groups, activities, and services helps you to build your confidence and independence.

Whether it’s helping someone make new friends through local groups, find wellbeing support, or understand local services, our goal is to always help people make positive changes.

Community Plus | Kirklees Council – https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/community-plus/index.aspx

The Bread and Butter Thing

20th October 2025

The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT) operates out of the Dalton/Rawthorpe Library every Monday. This is available for all residents living within the Dalton Ward!

Volunteers Needed

We are wanting to encourage our local residents to be part of a pool of helpers so we can run this weekly food service (52 weeks of the year) .

If you know anyone who might be interested in getting involved and helping run this exciting food project please fill out our volunteer expression of interest form located here https://daltontogether.co.uk/volunteer-form/.

Please note that volunteers can also be members of Bread and Butter initiative.

Download Flyers

BreadAndButterFlyer.pdf

Christmas Magic Appeal – 2025

13th October 2025

Can you help us to bring a little “Christmas Magic” to households in need across the Dalton Ward by by donating:

• New unwrapped toys, games, books and gifts suitable for babies, children, teenagers and adults (males and females)
• Selection boxes
• Family boxes of chocolates and biscuits
• Crisps and nibbles E.g. Pringles (no nuts)

Please make sure that edible goods can last throughout December into January and any gifts come unwrapped and are new.

Donations for goods and toys to be delivered by 10^th December to Moldgreen United Reformed Church, 319 Old Wakefield Rd, Moldgreen, Huddersfield HD5 8AA (for the attention of Sue Carter).

Please email Sue s.carter922@btinternet.com for any queries or call 07834 590446.

Monetary Donations

Any monetary donations can be made through a BACS transfer directly to Dalton Together.

Sort code: 60-83-01

Account number: 20417615

Account name: Dalton Together

Donation Reference: “Christmas Magic Appeal 2025”

Referred Goodie Bag Collection Arrangements

There will be no planned delivery service again this year so it is important that you make arrangements for the referrer to collect their Goody Bags on Wednesday 17^th December between 1.00pm and 3.00pm from Moldgreen United Reformed Church, Thank You.

Thank You!

A big thank you goes out to Syngenta, Members of the United Reformed Church, Dalton Ward Councillors, FMG, Hills Office Furniture and private donators for supporting our Christmas Magic Appeal this year. We would also like to thank everyone who contributes towards our appeal through volunteering their time to help.

You can download our donation flyer HERE – ChristmasMagicAppealFlyer2025.pdf

Thank you for helping us deliver our Christmas Magic Appeal this year!

Warm Welcome Spaces in the Dalton Ward 2025

22nd April 2025

Please find below a useful resource outlining FREE warm welcome spaces across the Dalton Ward. Please contact any provision prior to travelling.