Kirklees Summer Play Camp: July and August

24th April 2021

Summer Camp is back!

After having a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kirklees Summer Play Camp is excited to welcome back children from all across Yorkshire for a summer of fun and excitement.

Kirklees Summer Play Camp has been running for over 40 years, giving thousands of children the opportunity to make memories, meet new friends and try new activities.

Who can attend?

Children aged 9 – 12 can come to one of the 6 camps throughout July and August. Each camp is 4 days and 3 nights which is spent in tents with their friends.

What can you expect?

As in previous years the camps will include a variety of games and activities, including the final night disco and campfire, waterslide and games in the woods.

Camp leaders Jane and Duncan said ‘We were devastated that we had to cancel summer camp last year. We know that our children and families missed it so much and so did we. This year will be amazing – seeing old friends, making new ones and rediscovering all our games and activities, including a climbing wall on each camp. So, don’t miss out, book now and we will see you in the summer!’

Pricing and Arrangements

The children are collected and returned to one of 3 central pick up points in Huddersfield, Dewsbury and the Woolley Edge services on the M1. The cost of a full price place is £61.04 with reductions when siblings are booked together and, because of successful fundraising, the cost of an assisted place has been reduced to £20.50 for this year. The fees cover pick up from a central point, all food and activities. 

For more information about assisted places, contact kirkleescamp@btinternet.com. All dietary requirements are catered for and there is a tuck shop available for children to buy sweets and glow sticks for the disco.

The camp is run by a team of experienced volunteers who ensure that the children are safe and able to have fun. Kirklees Summer Playcamp also offers young people the opportunity to complete their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award residential through its Aspiring Leaders program, visit the website for more information.

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Your Voice in Kirklees: Spring Newsletter 2021

2nd April 2021

Who are Your Voice in Kirklees?

Your Voice in Kirklees publishes quarterly newsletters created by volunteers from Kirklees branches of Carers Count, Clear, Hoot, Richmond Fellowship, S2R, Touchstone and the Women’s Centre.

How to contribute or be involved in the next edition

Download the Newsletter!

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Supporting residents financial capability skills – LifeSkills created with Barclays

26th March 2021

What is LifeSkills?

LifeSkills created with Barclays is a free, financial capability and employability programme that offers educators modules, tips and advice to support residents and communities improve their financial skills.

Recent research has shown that 39% of adults don’t feel confident managing their money. If you need support with your finances, why not explore LifeSkills*.

Where to start – Personal Budgeting

Planning your personal budget is a good place to start developing your skills. This course aims to help identify your income, expenditure and how to create a budget.

This session takes between 25 and 35 minutes to complete and even includes a virtual training session. What’s more, you will:

1. Map out ‘do now’, ‘do soon’ and ‘do later’ actions in a diary template to help identify your next steps
2. Reflect on which payments to prioritise, ranging from rent, mortgage and utility bills through to personal loans and leisure, testing your learning through quizzes
3. Explore case studies and identify the challenges people encounter when budgeting

To access this free resource, along with a range of modules related to money management which include Taking control of your income, Understanding banks and money management and How to save more money, sign up as an educator today.

For more information on LifeSkills created with Barclays visit – https://barclayslifeskills.com/

*Key statistics on UK financial wellbeing, numeracy and – FinCap

Unaware of BRASS?

BRASS is an exciting new financial wellbeing programme designed by us at Dalton Together.

BRASS has been designed to help maximise what money you do have, how you can earn the most you can, how to spend and borrow money in the most efficient ways, and reduce the risks and impacts that changes to financial circumstances can have on us.

As BRASS is designed to highlight financial information for residents; LifeSkills with Barclays is useful as they provide free resources to help with Budgeting, thus helping you make the most of your earnings by understanding pay, benefits and other income.

Easter Holiday activities for families and young people

24th March 2021

Be outside or online for a wide variety of different activities that appeal to both children and families this Easter!

Easter Egg Trails

HTFAC Easter Camps: 5 – 11 and 12 – 16 year old’s

If you would like to attend the HTFAC Easter camps please register your Childs interest by completing the following form.

Form to register interest – Easter Camps (jotform.com)

Online Fitness Sessions

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Sports, Fitness and Dance: 7 – 12 year old’s

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Gardening and Outdoor fun: Adults and Young People

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Greenfields tackling food poverty and financial insecurity

19th March 2021

Greenfields is excited to announce that the Community Food Share is now up and running.

There are two sites where emergency food can be accessed, Moldgreen United Reform Church, 24/7 access and Greenfields Family Centre, Monday to Friday 07.30 – 17.30.

The food is for people who are genuinely in need and has been provided by the Foodbank located at Greenfields, which is stocked through generous donations from members of the community and Morrisons.

If successful they will be rolling out the scheme in other locations in the Ward. Please only take what you need so that Greenfields 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 and businesses.

Greenfields really appreciate people taking the time to donate. Thank you for caring and sharing, Greenfields 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.

If you are struggling to achieve this basic right please contact them by messaging Greenfields Dalton on Facebook or Email: greenfieldsfamilycentre@outlook.com

They have 7 day food parcel (store cupboard essentials) and hygiene packs available. This is not Charity it’s your right.

Dalton Together – Cook Your Own project

26th February 2021

Families are enjoying cooking low-cost delicious meals. It’s thanks to the National Lottery Community Funding & Third Sector Leaders that Dalton Together are able to help families in our area.

Debbie Creaser the community champion at Morrisons Waterloo has also contributed. Helping supply slow cookers and all the ingredients to families involved.

What are Families saying?

Below is some feedback received from families helped through the Cook Your Own, one pot meals project!

Families have said “the recipes are easy to follow when you’re on the go all the time” and “the recipes helped when I was struggling for healthy ideas for myself and my children”.

Get cooking on a budget yourself?

If you would like to follow along with the Cook Your Own project or find some new recipes.

Visit https://daltontogether.co.uk/events/one-pot-meals/ for more information.

Recipe 2 – Which is a creamy chicken stew will be released week beginning 1st March, get cooking.

Week 1 – Butternut Squash and Bean Stew family photos

Here is a collection of tasty pictures sent in by families on the Cook Your Own Project who have followed the recipe released in week 1.

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The Growing Great Places community crowdfunding programme

23rd February 2021

The Growing Great Places community crowdfunding programme is back this Spring. Have you got a great idea to help your community recover, reconnect and thrive? Growing Great Places can help you to get your idea off the ground. Successful projects could receive a pledge of up to £5,000 from Kirklees Council.

Do you have an idea that will help people’s health and wellbeing in your local place?

Want to reconnect people to grow friendships and tackle loneliness?

Setting up new activities to support young people?

If you’ve got a great idea for helping your community build back better, Growing Great Places can help you generate support from residents, businesses and Kirklees Council to make it happen.

How can I get involved?

Spacehive and Kirklees Council are running free drop-in sessions where you can get advice about crowdfunding. They can answer your questions and share advice about running a successful campaign. These events are perfect for groups anywhere in Kirklees who are aiming to start a project this summer.

When are these events?

The events are held on the 3rd, 17th and 31st March. Come along to get all the support and advice about running a successful crowdfunding campaign. You need to get your project ready in time to be crowdfunded by the 21st April deadline to be involved.

Register to take part in the online drop-ins via Zoom

·       Wednesday 3rd March, 2pm

·       Wednesday 17th March, 10am

·       Wednesday 31st March, 12 noon

Growing Great Places is all about making sure that more people can have a stake in what happens in our local places. Visit the Growing Great Places web pages on Spacehive to find out more and see examples of local projects that have already been successful.

If you would like to create your own project, donate to existing projects or attend an event you can do this below.

The Introduction of Census 2021

15th February 2021

What is the Census?

The census is coming. By taking part, you can help inform decisions on services that shape your community, such as healthcare, education and transport.

The census is a unique survey that happens every 10 years. It gives us a snapshot of all the people and households in England and Wales – the most detailed information we have about our society.

It’s important that you fill in your census questionnaire. Without the information you share, it’d be more difficult to understand your community’s needs and to plan and fund public services.

In one way or another, your information touches the lives of every single person living in England and Wales, whether it’s through using census information to plan new schools, doctors’ surgeries or bike lanes.

Because these things matter to us all, everyone needs to complete the census. Do not worry, government officials dealing with applications you’ve made or payments or services you receive cannot see it.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) runs the census in England and Wales and is independent from government. Your details are protected by law and information published is always anonymous.  

Census Day is Sunday 21 March 2021. You can fill yours in online as soon as you get your access code in the post. If your household circumstances change on Census Day, you can let the ONS know.

Where can I find support?

The ONS aim to make things as easy as possible for everyone, but if you need help taking part in the census, there’s a wide range of support services available.

You can request support for yourself, or someone else, including:

• guidance and help in many languages and formats
• a paper version of the questionnaire, if you prefer
• accessible census guidance, for example, in braille

There is a help area on the census website. It covers everything from who to include on the questionnaire to how to answer each question.

If you cannot find what you need there, there’s a dedicated contact centre where census staff will be on hand to give help over the phone, in a web chat or on social media.

If you need help or have any questions, visit www.census.gov.uk

Community Ideas Funding Available

2nd February 2021

Dalton Together’s Community Partner Pact

Dalton Together can provide funding and support to local groups and individuals who have good ideas that:

• Make great things happen in our community
• Encourage people to get involved and help out
• Bring people together

Tell us your idea…what could you do? Could you:

• Run an online community craft club?
• Host an virtual cooking course?
• Teach older, isolated people how to use technology to help them stay connected?

How can I apply?

To find out how we can financially support your idea visit – https://daltontogether.co.uk/community-partner-pact/

Need some inspiration?

Craig Taylor-Green from @fromHUDwithMUD on Facebook applied to Dalton Together to fund his idea ‘The Radish Race 2021’. Here is what he had to say about his experience of applying for funding and why he wanted set up this community project.

“In response to the most recent lockdown announcement, I wanted to do something to help the community to remain positive, hopeful and connected. 

As I’m currently on a food growing journey with my community purposed back garden project, it seemed natural to centre the idea around the incredible joy that comes from growing something.

With Dalton Together’s encouragement and financial support, the idea turned into reality and Radish Race 2021 was born which basically involves growing radish using a provided grow kit and completing a radish themed activity pack.

Dalton Together is there to support all members of the ward and the processes in place seem to be person focused, minimizing barriers and providing people with a sense of hope that they are not alone.

Radish Race 2021 is almost two weeks in and the engagement so far has been amazing. Hopefully these photos tell a story.”

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Ready Meals from Huddersfield Mission

2nd February 2021

Huddersfield Mission have adapted how they work in an attempt to continue to serve the community as best they can.

They are aware that many people are struggling to make ends meet due to the current situation and with this in mind they have decided to further reduce the price of their ready meal provision.

They encourage those that can afford to pay to take advantage of this extremely low cost deal. In exceptional circumstances they would also like to offer the same provision at NO COST to people that meet the below criteria:

1. Those that are financially vulnerable and unable to afford the low cost deal

2. Those that are self-isolating or shielding and are unable to meet their nutritional needs by other means.

They hope that this provision will support people to meet their nutritional needs in these challenging times and also assist the community to limit the spread of Coronavirus.