A new community games area is to be built in Boothtown, after the area received over £50,000 of funding towards community projects. Calderdale Council is working with a local community group, Boothtown Partnership, to develop a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA). The Council and Boothtown Partnership held a voting day in Boothtown in February 2012… read more … about Games boost for Boothtown>>
Calderdale Council has received a £2 million boost thanks to the opening of Broad Street Plaza. The £35 million privately funded development is on the site of the former Broad Street car park, which was previously owned by the Council. Payment of the £2m to the Council was linked to completion of the first phase… read more … about £2m boost for Halifax town centre>>
Calderdale Council needs your help to fully develop new allotment plots. Planning permission has been granted for a new allotment site with around 24 plots at Cemetery Fields off Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge. The Council has allocated some initial funding for the allotment plots, but more will be needed to fully use the site…. read more … about Helpers needed for new allotment>>
Calderdale Council’s museums service is proud to present the works of one of Britains best-loved and most successful illustrators. Quentin Blake’s As Large as Life exhibition is now open at Bankfield Museum, Halifax, and features a collection of recent works by the artist. Blake, who was awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list,… read more … about Quentin Blake- As Large as Life in Calderdale>>
Calderdale Council is looking for volunteers to join the Supporters of Calderdale Museums team. So if you’ve ever wanted to volunteer in museums but didnt know how, or you’d like to be involved with the museum service but don’t have time to regularly commit, then this volunteer programme could be for you. Following a successful… read more … about Volunteering in Calderdale Museums>>
Picnics in Brighouse are set to be even more enjoyable this spring thanks to a funding boost to improve the area at Wellholme Park. The SITA trust, an organisation that supports community projects across the UK, has awarded the Brighouse site £10,000 to make improvements to the picnic area at the Thornhill Beck side of… read more … about Boost for Brighouse picnics>>
The latest edition of ‘Do Something!’, Calderdale Council’s activities guide, is out now, and packed full of family entertainment ideas, guaranteed to help beat the winter blues. The January to Easter issue of Do Something! is a comprehensive guide to whats going on in Calderdale over the coming months, providing information for parents and children… read more … about Guide is ticket to family activities>>
Calderdale is set to be one of the first places in the country to introduce a new sporting initiative. Calderdale Sports Development, Halifax Rugby Union Club and the Rugby Football Union are introducing a new Calderdale mixed ability rugby union team, bringing players with and without disabilities together to make ‘contact’ rugby more accessible. The… read more … about New sports opportunity for Calderdale>>
This morning the details of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2014 were revealed in the imposing setting of the residence of the British ambassador to France, just off the Champs-Elysées where the UK had its first winner of the race in 2012: Bradley Wiggins. The 101st edition of Le Tour will start… read more … about Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2014: Yorkshire to London, a ‘royal’ programme>>
