Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
High Five is an organisation based in the Warley Ward of Halifax although they draw members from a much wider area .
They provide activities for people over 50 or anyone who feels they would benefit from what they do. Their aim is to provide enjoyment and improved health.
All existing classes are in the daytime. They are a very friendly group and just love to welcome new participants.
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Posted in Halifax, Pellon, Warley, Wainstalls and Mount Tabor area
Tagged exercise, gentle exercise, social, Tai Chi
Date – 10th April 2013 6pm to 9pm
Venue – The Shay stadium
4 person team-play
Attend either as a team or individuals and we’ll place you in a team for the evening.
BAR OPEN
WINNING TEAM – PRIZES!!!
Please confirm attendance to – Malcolm Kielty
mail@malcolmkielty.co.uk
01422 206106 mob 07946510900
Date – 10th April 2013 ; 1pm to 5pm
Venue – The Shay stadium
Cost – £10 per person
Maximum 8 people, so first come first served!
To book contact Malcolm Kielty: email mail@malcolmkielty.co.uk,phone 01422 206106 or mobile 07946510900
Calderdale Carers Project run a course called Looking After Me – it’s designed specifically for carers and offers all kinds of useful and important information and advice. The course has been running for several years now and continues to gain popularity – it really is a unique opportunity for carers, who are often stressed and/or isolated, to get together and learn together how to look after themselves and get everything they are entitled to as a carer.
For more information, click on the poster below, or phone Wendy on 01422 369101 or email enquiries@calderdale-carers.co.uk
http://www.calderdale-carers.co.uk/
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Posted in Calderdale-wide, Halifax
Tagged carer, carers, health, mental health, social, support
High Five is two years old and alive and kicking in the Warley / Pellon area .
They now offer seven activity sessions for over 50s and anyone else who feels they might benefit from what they do.
Building on the success of their Monday Tai Chi class, the group is on course to open a second Tai Chi class for beginners after Easter on Tuesday mornings. There’s also Singing for fun, Gentle exercise classes, a kurling group and an art class. Their new Scottish Dancing class is popular and full of fun as well as a little dancing. Classes are £3 per class and the first session is FREE.
For more information email pellonhighfive@gmail.com.
The group will hold their AGM this Saturday to celebrate two fabulous first years.
A Tai Chi demonstration at a High Five event last year
What is Tai Chi? To find out more, visit class tutor Marsha Clarke’s website here.
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Posted in Halifax, Pellon, Warley, Wainstalls and Mount Tabor area
Tagged exercise, gentle exercise, morning, Tai Chi
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
Woodland management at Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve - a volunteer day carrying out woodland work, cutting back and thinning in the Tar Hill Plantation at the top end of Beechwood Park.
Date: Tuesday 5th March
Times: 10am-3pm
Meet at: the entrance barrier adjacent to Whitehill allotments on Whitehill Road, HX2 9HD at 10am
Park with consideration to local residents on either Whitehill Road or Whitehill Drive…
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Posted in Halifax, Illingworth, Bradshaw and Holmfield, Ovenden and Lee Mount
Tagged outdoors, volunteering
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
Get active outdoors with Health Improvement Service Activities in your area.
Other Local Sessions:
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Posted in Halifax, Pellon, Warley, Wainstalls and Mount Tabor area, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd
Tagged exercise, gardening, health, mental health, outdoors
Indian Dance Classes
every Thursday, 6-7 pm
YMCA
13 Crossley St, Halifax, HX1 1UG
For more details please contact 07737 759783
Our dance workshops are a fantastic opportunity to appreciate and enjoy the graceful and rhythmic movements from traditional ancient dances and also understand more about Indian culture.
You will work creatively and learn to tell stories using facial expressions and hand gestures. We offer a range of movement ideas from classical to folk using original Indian music.
Suitable for adults and children alike, no experience is needed but wear comfortable clothing for dancing.
Please contact us on 01422 365103 or 01422 209906 or email: info@annapurnadance.com for more information on dates and timings and to make a booking.
A FREE course from Noah’s Ark Centre, Ovenden, produced in association with Credit Action.
This free four-week course will enable you to manage your money, learn how to budget, increase income/reduce spending, save and borrow sensibly, and deal with debt. Following the course, there’ll be a session on the new benefit rules from Pennine Housing, information about bank accounts from Credit Union, and you will be able to access the internet to let you compare energy deals and/or check your benefit entitlement.
To register your interest please contact the Noah’s Ark Centre on 01422 366911 or email office@noahsarkcentre.org.uk to find out more.
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Posted in Calderdale-wide, Halifax, Illingworth, Bradshaw and Holmfield, Ovenden and Lee Mount
Tagged course, debt, housing, saving money, support
Come and try it:
NEW AGE KURLING
At Shay Stadium Supporters Bar
Wednesday 27th February 6pm – 9pm
Play * Bar open * Light Buffet
GOOD FUN and a FREE EVENING!
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This event is organised by the Young at Heart Club
The Young at Heart Club meet every Thursday afternoon, 2 – 4 at The Shay – kurling, darts, dominoes, board games, refreshments and good company, plus a range of different special events and days out. All people over 50 are welcome.
Click here to download their programme for 2013
Secretary – Ann Skinner 01422 364755
Ever wanted to volunteer in museums but didn’t know how? Or would like to be involved with the museum service but don’t really have time to regularly commit? Then the Supporters of Calderdale Museums could be for you. Following a successful bid to the Arts Council, Calderdale Museums is about to re-launch its volunteer programme with an inaugural talk at Bankfield Museum.
The talk will cover projects undertaken by Museum volunteers in the past and the plans for the future, highlighted by new exhibitions in the Marble Gallery and Rotunda, the latter containing artefacts picked from the collections by volunteers themselves. The exhibition runs from Saturday 2 February – 3 March 2013. For details on the event, please contact richard.mcclenaghan@calderdale.gov.uk or telephone Bankfield Museum, 01422 352334
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Posted in Boothtown and Claremount, Calderdale-wide, Halifax
Tagged local history, volunteering
A message from Boothtown Local History Group:
Why not come along to our group, we are researching the history of Haley Hill, Akroydon, Boothtown, Old Boothtown and Claremount.
Each of us has a particular area of the community to research but there are areas we cannot cover as yet. We find information on the internet, books from our local library or from the reference department at Central library.
Our initial aim is to put on an exhibition initially at Akroyd library but possibly, in the future, it could become a permanent feature in Bankfield Museum. There will be old maps with information at certain points on the map. We are hoping to speak to residents of Boothtown who remember it as it was early in the 1900s, and we should be able to record these memories at the Celebration Day which is being held at the ‘Pod’ on Grantham Road playing fields.
We hold our meetings in Akroyd Library which is attached to Bankfield Museum and they are every other Wednesday morning starting at 10.30 and usually finish between 12 and 12.30. The next meeting will be on the 13th February. We had a guest speaker who told us about, and showed pictures of, the stone quarries in the area, and he may be coming to talk about the coal mines in the Crow Point area.
There is a bus stop at Chester Road for anyone coming from Halifax and a stop nearly opposite the fish shop just below Chester Road for anyone coming from Claremount. The entrance to the library is approximately 75 yards below Chester Road on the other side of the road. There is disabled access for anyone who may need it.
If you are interested you will be made very welcome.
For more information, contact akroyd.library@calderdale.gov.uk or phone the library on 01422 352277.
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January 31, 2013 in Calderdale-wide, Halifax
Tagged advice, Asian women, health, housing, mental health, saving money, support, women
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
At Queen’s Road Neighbourhood Centre, Queen’s Road Halifax HX1 4NE on Monday 4 February.
10am for refreshments and networking; meeting starts 10.30 – 12.30
Includes the following workshops:
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
Warley Institute Craft Circle meets monthly, with the first meeting on Monday 11 February 2-4 pm.
A friendly and fun crafting social group for Warley residents to learn and share skills and make crafts for Warley Community Association events.
The cost is £5 per meeting, which includes tutorials, materials, and food & drink refreshments. Numbers are limited to 12.
For further details, please contact: 01422 839458
High Five’s Scottish Dancing class got off to a great start this January, but there’s still room for more if you fancy giving it a go. No experience neccessary – it can be as energetic as you want to make it and you don’t need a partner. You do need a pair of soft shoes and a sense of humour…and if you’re not sure if you’ll like it, why not come and grab a cuppa and watch the fun!
Thursdays, 1.30pm – 3pm
Highgate Methodist Church, Stretchgate Lane, Pellon.
For more information email pellonhighfive@gmail.com
Some of the participants at the new dancing class
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
At Mixenden Parents’ Resource Centre
All sessions will run from 1 – 3 pm on Tuesdays
Week 1 – Tuesday 19 February - What causes you stress?
Week 2 – Tuesday 26 February -
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On Saturday 2 February.
Featuring The Black Sea Cossacks Dance Band and cabaret with the spectacular Orlyk Dancers. A Grand Buffet and prize raffle to follow.
Proceeds towards ongoing repairs and refurbishments at the Ukrainian Club.
Event times: 7pm
Admission: £15, concessions £8
Venue: Halifax Ukrainian Club
Reblogged from Halifax North & East Blog:
FREE Healthy Cooking Classes for adults with a learning disability organised by Luv2meetU, Incredible Edible and FiveFood. Funded by Health Lottery!
To book call Liz 07825 781695
We may limit number of sessions per person to 3 if popular
INCREDIBLE EDIBLE, Todmorden Central Methodist Church, Union Street, Todmorden, OL14 5AW
Fully accessible
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Posted in Halifax, Illingworth, Bradshaw and Holmfield, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd
Tagged classes, cooking, disability, food, health, healthy eating, learning disability
