Growing Works nurtures healthy lives outdoors, working within the community to support families and individuals by making positive changes in their lives. By connecting people with their environment and providing supportive activities we can help to improve health and wellbeing and enable our participants to build relationships and access support. We provide outdoor, social opportunities in therapeutic gardening, healthy cooking and eating, nature crafts and bushcraft. Services include Bud, open for all sessions for 18 years plus and Sprout, whole family fun sessions with SEND/SEMH or Young Shoots for teenagers with SEND/SEMH to build skills and independence.
Location: Cleckheaton & Heckmondwike
Friends of Scholes Recreation Ground
To maintain and improve Scholes Recreation Ground with the help of local residents.
Cleckheaton in Bloom
Cleckheaton in Bloom is a voluntary group that was set up in July 2021. It was established in order to help make Cleckheaton a more attractive place for residents, shoppers, visitors, retailers, businesses and to draw new retailers, businesses, families and shoppers to the town. The aims of the group are to enhance and improve the visual appeal of the town of Cleckheaton by encouraging the growth of plants, flowers, herbs and vegetables in different areas across the town throughout the year. In enhancing the town of Cleckheaton through planting containers and areas across the town we aim to encourage and promote civic pride and a community spirit in the town.
Friends of West End Park
Restoration and maintenance of West End Park as a community asset to encourage fitness, bio-diversity and mental health
Friends of Spen Beck/Mann Dam
Caring for the environment - litter picking, path care, removing NNIS, tree-planting, wild flower planting Making the area safe for the community and safe for wildlife Preservation and recording of wildlife Working with Kirklees Council, local councillors and our MP and the people of the community
Keep Hecky Tidy
We are a group of volunteers who are aiming to improve the environment in and around Heckmondwike. We encourage residents to take pride in the town and where they live.
Spen Valley Civic Society
Spen Valley Civic Society's aims are to help improve the built and natural environment of the Spen Valley, and to help residents and visitors appreciate our heritage and historic sites/buildings.