Annual Spring Clean in Hebden Royd
The annual Spring Clean event, organised by Hebden Royd Town Council, proved to be a real community get together for the Mytholmroyd Station Partnership; our twenty nine volunteers included six Mytholmroyd Flood wardens – could it be the word of ‘muffins’ had been the necessary inducement, I wonder?
Why ever, or for whatever reason it was a happy and fun Saturday morning for us; we covered a large area of Mytholmroyd, including the station area, the Good Shepherd’s embankment, our community centre, the village green and library area, St Michael’s cemetery. The bowling green was not neglected and neither was Dale View and surroundings.
Grateful thanks to all the volunteers, including our muffin-maker Sue Norton, for giving up the time to help keep Magnificent Mytholmroyd bright and sparkling – if only till Monday, when all the building works start again! To Hebden Royd Town Council’s own Emma, Olivia and Rebekah, thank you.
Ward Forum Dates
Calder Ward
Date: Tuesday 17th April at the Hope Baptist Church, Main Chapel, (please use Hope Street Entrance, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EW. Times: Refreshments from 6.15pm, meeting starts at 6.45pm.
Presentation on: Library Review, Police update - your priorities for your local area, Updates on Consultations & Open Forum - what matters to you?
Luddendenfoot Ward
Date: Thursday 19th April at St. Michael’s Church, Church Street, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DS.
Times: Refreshments from 6.15pm, meeting starts at 6.45pm.
Presentations on: Library Review, CMBC Site Unlocking Officer, Environment Agency Update & Tour de Yorkshire
There will also be a Police update - your priorities for your local area, Updates on Consultations & Open Forum - what matters to you?
Friends of Centre Vale Park – the transformation begins
Following the Friends of Centre Vale Parks successful bid, the lottery funded project for Centre Vale Park is now underway. The woodland paths and the coach house area are being transformed and local primary schools are coming to discover what’s happening and to learn more about the ecology and archaeology of the park.
In March Children from Todmorden C of E school and St Josephs have enjoyed visits to the park starting off looking at the coach house area where the new trail will start from and asking questions about the design of the trail and the building work to make the coach house accessible. They enjoyed some silent time to listen to the sounds of the park and remark on any new sounds that they heard since their last visit.
At their next visit they will bring bird feeders that they have made using pine cones, keep an eye out for the spring birds enjoying them.
Check on Crime Statistics in Your Area
Following a comment made at recent Neighbourhood Watch meeting, we can now share the link required to check crime figures in your area. The data is updated as regularly as possible but may be a couple of months behind. Opening the link here will bring up the screen where you can enter your postcode to see the figures in your area. It's also good to know that non-emergency crimes can now be reported online.
New Defibrillator installed in Hebden Bridge
Thanks to a £500 Calder Ward Forum grant and a donation from the family of Christopher O’Brien (a former Hebden Royd Town Council Mayor), Hebden Bridge Community Association have unveiled a new defibrillator at the Town Hall that can be used in an emergency 24 hours a day, all year round.
There are other defibrillators in Hebden Bridge but this is the first in the town to be accessible 24/7 and 365 days a year: it’s located on the front of the Town Hall.
To mark the event the Community Association partnered with local first aid trainer Amy Gault from Splat Training to run a free first aid awareness / training open day. This is one of many such events in the pipeline as part of the Association’s commitment to increasing the town’s resilience in a range of health and wellbeing areas under the Staying Well programme: such as the Association recently taking on the role of being lead for Dementia Friendly Hebden Bridge.
Please contact Graham Mynott at the Association if you want to know more.
Tours of Todmorden Town Hall
Free Taster Tours of Todmorden Town Hall run on the first Sunday of the month and start at 2pm on the bridge opposite the pediment at the top of Halifax Road. The next free Taster tour will be on Sunday 6 May at 2pm focusing on radical Todmorden. Todmorden connects to many radical stories including John Fielden MP, the Chartist meeting on the Basin Stone and Billy Holt. The FREE taster tour shares these stories with the tour led by the Todmorden Town Hall Volunteers.
The next ‘total’ tour of Todmorden Town Hall is on Sunday 15 July at 2pm. Visitors will be able to see the Grade I Listed Building’s impressive ballroom, the old Magistrate’s Court (now Todmorden Town Council Chamber) and the grand staircase. There will also be special access to the usually hidden caretaker’s flat and the former holding cell. Total Tours of Todmorden Town Hall are charged at £6.50 per person and include tea, coffee and biscuits. To book on a total tour please visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Todmordentownhall
If you’d like to find out more, or if you’re interested in becoming a Town Hall Volunteer, please contact Daniel Jessop, Volunteer and Events Co-ordinator: daniel.jessop@calderdale.gov.uk / 01706 548105 / 07912 891370.
NCS Calderdale Social Action
NCS is a 3 week government funded scheme for 16-17 year olds that aims to promote social cohesion, develop life skills and give back to the local community. During the third week, students must take part in a local community project, completing 30 hours of volunteering each. Groups are between 12-15 in size and are supervised by 2 members of staff. We have previously worked with organisations such as Over-gate, Calder Valley Flood Relief, Social Services, Treesponsibility, YMCA and many others. We are always looking for different organisations that need help where our teenagers can contribute and make a difference, such as help with awareness campaigns, renovating youth centres and community gardens, city clean ups, running sessions at hospices and other practical projects. The volunteering weeks fall between 9th July – 24th August. If your organisation is interested in working with NCS this summer, please get in touch on the following details: Lizzie Saunderson – lizziesaunderson@bradfordcityfc.co.uk or 07469234066.
New Well-being Club Coming to Todmorden
In June a new, pop-up ‘Feel Good Club’ is coming to Tod - designed to improve levels of well-being, emotional resilience and a sense of connection between Todmorden community members.
- Six weekly workshops, running from 9.30am - 2.30pm on Tuesday June 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th and July 3rd and 10th.
- Mornings will include skills training in conflict resolution, staying well, leadership and public speaking.
- Afternoons will be a chance for participants to develop dialogue skills and steer the action of the club towards solving issues personal to them or their community.
- Each session builds on the last, with self-reflection between sessions encouraged.
- In week 7 the club will celebrate its achievements with a post-course party – designed by participants!
This is a free course for any member of the Todmorden community and is to be run Tod College (soon to be Tod Learning Centre). No previous experience is required, and lunch and refreshments will be provided to all participants.
Booking is essential – please contact Beth on 07825789296 or elizabethgarratt@all1collective.org.uk.
The ‘Feel Good Club’ is part of the GETTING CONNECTED project. For more information please visit www.all1collective.org.uk/gettingconnected.
Daisy's Café - Dementia Friendly Todmorden
DFT will be holding their usual Daisy’s Café on Saturday May 5th at Todmorden Health Centre from 11am until 1.30pm. The café offers support, advice and information for people affected by dementia and their families and carers but it is also open to everyone. It serves soup and sandwiches, along with tea, coffee or juice for £2.50, or drinks and biscuits for £1.50.
If you would like help or advice the group can be contacted via their Facebook page, Dementia Friendly Todmorden (DFT).
TRANSITIONS - Developing the creative capacity of Calderdale
A 509 Arts – Landlines and Watermarks Legacy Programme.
Transitions is a series of workshops, discussions and presentations for arts organisations,
individual artists and people working with the communities of Calderdale. Funded by the Community Foundation for Calderdale, Transitions will take place across the Calder Valley in 2018 and is designed to explore issues relevant to anyone working in the cultural sector. It will build on 509 Arts’ Landlines and Watermarks programme that explored the impact of the devastating floods of 2015 (www.landlinesandwatermarks.org).
Many of the sessions will have invited speakers and all will have space for lively discussion, information sharing and informal networking over tea and biscuits. There will be regular opportunities to share thoughts, ideas and plans with others and at the end of the year there will be a bit of a shindig where we look back over 2018 and make plans for 2019. In addition to the regular programme, there will also be opportunities for one-to-one capacity building and business planning sessions for local creative businesses and sole traders. Details to be announced in the near future.
Transitions sessions are free to all local groups, organisations and individuals. To find out more contact Paula J Horton: 07810 541907 or email paula.horton@509arts.co.uk
Warden's Update
It's been a busy time for the Community Wardens who have been working across the Upper Valley. Here are just two of the many tasks they have undertaken this month.
Alex, Andre and Andy from the Safer, Cleaner, Greener team joined the Upper Valley Neighbourhood team in blitzing graffiti from Hebden Bridge. As the weather is getting nicer, the team want to ensure the area is looking it’s best ready for tourists that travel far and wide to visit this beautiful town and for its residents.
The Upper Valley Neighbourhood team visited Wainstalls recently with our Speed Indicator Device (SID). Whilst we were there, members of staff from the local School popped out and thanked us for acting on their concerns. The results we collated did prove that speeding was an issue in this particular area, so these will be passed on to the relevant partners to take action.
Neighbourhood Surveys
Members from the Upper Valley Partnership carried out a doorstep survey on Oakville Road and between Thistle Bottom and Woodland Villas on the A646 to consult with local people about issues which concerned them. We spoke to 35% of the households, 100% said they liked living in the area, over 97% felt safe and over 77% of those we spoke to had no concerns that they wanted to report.
the primary issues raised were to do with speeding, worries about burglaries and worries about flooding.
The consultation Team on this occasion included Fire Service Officers, Calderdale Officials and Community Wardens. In addition to asking you for your views, we also offered referrals to the Council’s Staying Well programme, the Fire Services’ Safe and Well programme as well as replacement recycling and waste containers where requested.
Individual problems included speeding, checks for which will be carried out initially by the Community Wardens, fly tipping reported , request for investigation of a previously flooding culvert, reports of faulty street lighting, request for replacement of anti-skid surfaces etc. which have been raised with the appropriate departments and partners.
Café Culture - Charting a Decade: The 1960s
Local Stories & Local Speakers - 1st Thursday each month at 2pm
CHARTING A DECADE: THE 1960s
A decade in 1 hour – come and listen to the music and hear about the events and personalities of the 1960s.
Talk by Malcolm Johnson
Thursday 10th May 2018 @ 2.30pm
Join us at The Waterfront Hall, Hebden Bridge Town Hall
Doors open 2pm for tea & cake
£5 (£3 concessions) - All Welcome - Pay on the door
For enquiries telephone Helen Meller on 01422 417373
Mytholmroyd Business Breakfast
If you are a business in Mytholmroyd you are invited to join us for breakfast, presentations and discussions at our next local networking event
TUESDAY –17TH APRIL 2018 Time: - 08:00am – 09:45am
Venue: - Mytholmroyd Community Centre Entrance off Caldene Ave into car park, HX7 5AF
THEME :- PREPARING FOR RESILIENCE, BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING – A LOCAL BUSINESS REFLECTS
Alan Raybould - Russell Dean: Bouncing back, business continuity planning and preparing for resilience
Sally Hinton – South Pennines LEADER Programme: Business Grants available
Come network and meet like-minded businesses in your local area
HELPING BUILD LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES
RSVP to: business@discovermytholmroyd.info by Friday 13th April 2018
Voluntary and Community Sector Support in Calderdale
From the beginning of April 2018 voluntary and community sector organisations in Calderdale can access a range of support services from a single point of contact. This is made possible through an alliance of six organisations, made up of the four providers and two commissioning bodies, working together and sharing skills to benefit voluntary and community sector groups working in Calderdale:
•Voluntary Action Calderdale
•Sector Support Calderdale (North Bank Forum)
•West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service
•Locality
•Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group
•Calderdale Council
Through this single point of contact voluntary and community sector groups working in Calderdale will have access to a range of support services and advice, including:
•Training
•Funding and financial advice
•Organisational development
•Communications
•Volunteering
•Governance
The Alliance is focused on the needs and requirements of the groups and organisations that make up the voluntary and community sector (VCSE) in Calderdale. The support services on offer will be further developed to respond to VCSE support needs with accessibility, practicality and sustainability at its heart.
Through the offer of a range of resources and support services, available through a single point of contact, its aim is to build skills and capability, and in doing so, empower voluntary and community groups in Calderdale to take charge of their continued development
Access to the single point of contact is:
By email: info@vsialliance.org.uk By telephone 01422 348777
Through our single base: Calderdale VSI Alliance, VAC Resource Centre, Hall Street, Halifax, HX1 5AY.
And Finally...
- Funding
Calderdale Voluntary & Community Sector Grants Schemes
The Council runs two grants schemes for community organisations based in Calderdale.
The Small Grants scheme gives out one-off grants of up to £3,000 for voluntary and community sector projects that help achieve the Council's ambition of making Calderdale a clean, safe, attractive and thriving area for people to live in, work in or visit.
The Festivals and Events Fund supports groups that are organising cultural events and festivals across Calderdale, with the aim to get more local people involved in the arts, and attract visitors to our towns and villages. A maximum award of £5,000 will be made to any individual Festival or Event.
There is also a specific pot of money within this fund for organisations that are proposing Festivals and Events following the 2015 Boxing Day floods. The aim is to celebrate all that’s great about Calderdale, sending out a clear message that it’s open for business. It is part of the Council’s continued work to help residents and businesses get back on their feet by boosting tourism, trade and morale
To be eligible to apply for any of these grants your organisation must:
• Be a voluntary, community or faith group
• Be properly constituted
• Have a bank account in the name of the organisation
• Be open and accessible to the community you serve
• Have a planned approach to safeguarding issues, if you are working with children, young people and vulnerable adults
The closing date for complete applications for both funds is Tuesday 1st May 2018. For further details visit the Grants pages on Festivals and Events and the Small Grants Scheme or email grants@calderdale.gov.uk
Ofcom Community Radio Fund - Deadline: 2nd May
The Community Radio Fund, managed by Ofcom with funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, offers two funding rounds each year. The funding is open to radio stations that are not-for-profit, run by local people for local people about local issues.
Each funding round will make approximately £200,000 available in grants. There is no set level of funding. Grants will be made as a single lump sum and are to cover a one-year period only.
The funding is intended for community radio licensees broadcasting under a community radio licence in the UK to cover costs including:
- Fundraising to support the station
- Management
- Administration
- Financial management and reporting
- Community outreach
- Volunteer organisation and support
Priority will be given to licensees that have not been awarded a grant in previous funding rounds and to newly-licensed stations.
The Awarding Panel considers promoting long-term sustainability a critical, core activity and thus priority will be given to applications that focus on posts that promote long-term financial security and may become self-sustaining. For more information.
Comic Relief Safe, Secure and Settled Fund - Deadline: 14th June
Comic Relief is inviting proposals from not-for-profit organisations to support projects that are using sport to improve the lives of children and young people (up to 25 years) who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation to gain skills to lead safe and positive lives.
Grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 are available to cover a period of between two and four years. The grant request should be appropriate to the size of the organisation that is applying. For more information.
Calor Gas Rural Community Fund - Deadline: 21st May
The rural energy provider set up the Rural Community Fund in 2017 as a way to give something back to the community, and once again it is offering rural off-grid communities in England, Scotland and Wales the chance to win funding for projects that will improve local life.
Calor is offering three levels of funding available to suit projects of different sizes:
•£5,000 grants will go to five projects.
•£2,500 grants will go to six projects.
•£1,000 grants will go to 10 projects.
The funding applied for must equate to 50% or more of the total project cost.
A wide range of projects will be considered including but not limited to community centres, village halls, sporting venues, youth clubs, scout groups, initiatives to support the elderly.
To be eligible, projects must meet the following criteria:
•It exists for the benefit of the wider community and not of the individual
•It has been in existence for a minimum of six months; and is a charity or a not-for-profit organisation
•The funding applied for is equal to 50% or more of the total project cost
•The funding is being used for renovations, redecorating, equipment, or new LPG heating systems
•It is capable of completion within 12 months of the date of the grant if successful
•It is in a rural off mains gas location in the UK and is for the benefit of an off-grid rural community
•It has a clear deliverable objective
•The systems are in place to ensure finances are well managed
•It operates on a non-discriminatory basis and is non-political
For more information.
Yorkshire Bank Bike Library Enterprise Scheme - Deadline: 25th May
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for community organisations in Yorkshire who want to set up a Bike Library in their community. For the first time in the 114-year history of the Tour de France, a Grand Départ host destination has committed to the ambitious aim of giving every child in its locality access to a bike for free. Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries are seeking to deliver a county wide cycling legacy for all generations and all abilities.
The concept of a Bike Library is simple – a site (e.g. leisure centre, community centre, library etc.) with a fleet of bikes which are available to borrow for free. These bikes can be used to partake in a range of activities to promote healthy living, social inclusion and to have fun! Activities might involve guided rides in the local community, a basic bike skills course or maintenance workshop, or simply the freedom to ride on a safe route with family and friends.
For more information.
The Fore Trust - Deadline: 30th April
The Fore Trust is offering up to £30,000 over one to three years, for strategic support to help early-stage charities, community interest companies, or charitable incorporated organisations to grow and expand in the UK. The Fore Trust provides successful applicants with business support, mentoring, strategic advice and governance support.
Registration opens 3rd April. For more information.
Women’s Vote Centenary Small Grants Scheme Invites Applications - The deadline for applications to Round 2 is 18 May 2018
The Government Equalities Office set up the £1.5 million Women’s Vote Centenary Grant scheme to mark the centenary of women gaining the right to vote in England. (The Representation of the People Act in 1918 extended the vote to women for the first time in the UK.)
The Fund has been divided into a large grant scheme and a small grant scheme.
The Small Grant scheme offers grants of between £300 and £2,000 for activities will:
• Increase people’s awareness of the women’s suffrage movement.
• Improve people’s understanding of democracy in the UK, particularly young people.
• Encourage and inspire participation in civic life.
To be eligible, activities for Round 2 should:
• Start by 31 August 2018, take place in England, be either one-off or for a limited time only, bring people together face to face and reflect and celebrate the diversity found in the community and bring people together who might not usually interact.
There is particular interest in activities that involve or benefit people who are underrepresented in civic life, including women, young people, Black and minority ethnic (BME) people, people living with disabilities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people and people from lower socio-economic groups.
For Round 2 priority will be given to applications from under-represented regionssuch as Yorkshire & Humber. For more information.
- Other News
Countryside News – Spring Edition Out Now!
The latest edition of Countryside News from Calderdale Council with a programme of walks and events which covers the period 1 April to 30 September 2018 is now available. The council were expecting to only have information online this time but thanks to support from Public Health, they have been able to produce a printed leaflet for Spring and Summer this year.
The printed leaflet can be found in local Tourist Information Centres, Sports Centres, Libraries and Ogden Water Visitor Centre. In the leaflet you will find a brief description of walks, events and practical days; to find out more details you will need to visit the Council's website and search for Countryside Events or you can go direct to the web and browse through the listings. If you do not have access to a computer at home, free access is available in local libraries or you can ring 01422 284415 to find out the information you need (answerphone available for out of hours calls but please leave your name and number so they can call you back). There are a wide range of walks, events and activities on offer again this spring and summer including bat walks, stream dipping, practical conservation days, moth trapping and a number of opportunities to improve your gardening skills at Manor Heath Park.
One You – Couch to 5K Re-launch
Public Health England Partnerships are re-launching their famous One You - Couch to 5K app in partnership with BBC Get Inspired. The One You - Couch to 5k app has been designed to get you off the couch and running in just nine weeks. There is now a choice of five trainers to support and motivate you every step of the way, telling you when to walk and when to run.
With spring on the way, now is a great opportunity for you to achieve the couch to 5k.
CALDER VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE'S BIG SPRING CONCERT 2018
TICKETS NOW ON SALE for SATURDAY 21ST APRIL 2018
TED HUGHES THEATRE, CALDER HIGH SCHOOL, MYTHOLMROYD @ 7:15PM
Tickets for our Big Spring Concert are now on sale!
We will be performing musical numbers, from shows such as La La Land, Hamilton, Mary Poppins and The Greatest Showman, songs from Cilla Black, Ellie Goulding, Birdy and Frank Sinatra to name a few and dances, sketches and instrumentals, definitely a show not to be missed!
We have 56 very talented children and young adults (aged 8-18 years) who have been rehearsing hard to put on a fabulous concert for you all, but ticket numbers are very limited and we expect this event to be a sell out.
Grab yours today by either dropping us an email or ringing me on 07971 428759.
Prices £7 for adults/seniors and £3 for children.
