The community centre hosts all sorts of activities that aid the health and wellbeing of local residents. We are hoping to establish a small community allotment but this is still at the planning stage. However in response to feedback from residents through a place standard engagement exercise in conjunction with Kirklees Council we have started to organise community litter picks, and have secured ward funding to acquire the necessary equipment. Our membership of Natural Kirklees is intended initially to give insurance cover to residents choosing to join those litter picks and help improve the village environment, but we hope it will also extend to our development of the allotment.
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Friends of Slaithwaite Millpond
Our ambition is to restore and preserve our local heritage, whilst potentially redefining hydropower in a modern setting. Perhaps more importantly, we wish to create a sustainable ecosystem that fits seamlessly into the wider context of the Colne Valley.
Penistone Line Partnership
(Our objectives are many – regarding platforms) create a welcoming space for rail users and a community gateway, showcasing nature walks and trails, local biodiversity, and green spaces. Ensure the platforms at stations in Kirklees are alive with planting and where possible create community garden spaces. Through Platforms for Change support Scout groups to learn about biodiversity and sustainability (we are partnering with River Holme Connections in 2025) Ensure we have spaces on the platforms to encourage insects and bees with planting and bug hotels etc. Work towards all Kirklees stations being adopted by community groups for wellbeing and create attractive safe spaces.
Transformers North CIC
Transformers North is a social enterprise with the purpose of engaging and empowering vulnerable adults by providing training and opportunities to acquire new skills and confidence. We offer the chance for people to participate in positive experiences by enhancing and creating amazing outdoor and indoor spaces for the benefit of communities and individuals, boosting participants confidence, self-esteem, mental and physical well-being and enhancing employability skills for those seeking employment.
Scissett Community Garden
The long-term project is to develop an orchard, woodland walk, allotments and formal garden for reflection, on a 1000sqm plot (owned by St Augustine’s Church but worked independently by volunteers) in the village centre. The garden is sited between Scissett Academy and St Augustine’s Church. We are currently nearing completion of the orchard, which we celebrated with a wassailing event in January, and are about to commence working on clearing the proposed allotment and garden sites. We aim to be as sustainable as possible, recycling materials on site and we use no pesticides, in order to encourage pollinators and maintain a diversity of wildlife.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and wild places in Yorkshire. Our vision is for a Yorkshire that is abundant in wildlife, with more people having a genuine and meaningful connection with nature. We were established as a charity in 1946, and are part of The Wildlife Trusts movement. We look after over 100 nature reserves right across Yorkshire, and are involved in hundreds of other conservation-related projects. Our work inspires people to understand the value of nature and to take action for it.
Brighouse High School Allotment
We have secured funding to develop green career aspirations for the young people within our care. Many students live in the Kirklees area. We aim to build an allotment, wildlife area and outdoor classroom for use in the school community.
Huddersfield & District Badger Group
We try to protect this delightful and harmless native mammal. We are a dedicated group of volunteers who have been protecting badgers and encouraging tolerance for many years within the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire. We check setts on a regular basis whatever the weather and when we find a sett that has been targeted by badger persecutors or diggers, we then put measures in place to protect the sett and future welfare of the badgers.We give talks and attend local shows to engage with the community and enable education, encourage tolerance, appreciation, and respect for badgers.
Moorlands Community Garden
(i) to support physical health, mental health and wellbeing; (ii) to foster a sense of community and combat loneliness by engaging team members in social interaction through gardening; (iii) to share knowledge and skills in garden design and planning, horticulture and the use of produce through sharing recipes and cooking; (iv) to create conditions for the production of food whilst also preserving habitats for wildlife; (v) to broaden and enhance knowledge of gardening through visits to gardens, agricultural and flower shows and presentations by invited speakers.
Briestfield History and Community Group
Improve a sense of community in Briestfield by engaging villages in various activities