Friends of Highfield Community Orchard
In 2010, after a campaign and petition, local people planted the first fruit trees on a small disused school playground owned by Kirklees Council, located at the bottom of Mountjoy Road, HD1 5PX. It is now identified as Community Green Space in the Kirklees Local Plan. The Friends of Highfields Community Orchard maintains the orchard as a space for nature and community use, and organises events to encourage local people to use it and to harvest the fruit and nuts that grow there. In 2021, the group was awarded a Green Social Prescribing Grant, in partnership with Greenhead Family Doctors, to improve the space and make it more welcoming to those whose health may be improved by activities in t
Membership Details
Member Status:
Full
Year formed:
2010
Date joined
3/8/17
Group Status
Constituted Organisation
Location
https://w3w.co/budget.value.index
Accessibility
Yes
Natural Kirklees Public Liability Insurance Policy Number
RSAP7130378200/92
Find out more
https://www.facebook.com/groups/106845889356559
Areas of Interest
Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife and Biodiversity
Group Location
Huddersfield North (Ashbrow, Greenhead and Lindley)
Organisation Contact Details
Group Email
Chair
Tom Taylor
Secretary
Simon Raines
Treasurer
Ian Earnshaw