A food project to reduce social isolation in older people has paired a Batley Junior and Infants School with a local care home, with fantastic results. Food for Life brings schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food. Their latest programme Better Care aims to demonstrate that
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Waiting to hear about your child’s primary, junior or middle school place? You will find out on Mon 16 April and all you need to know about it is here
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We’re consulting about potential changes to adult social care and how we decide what care and support someone may need.
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Sunday 18 March 2018 is National Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Awareness Day, which aims to highlight the issues surrounding CSE and encourage everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse. Simply put, child sexual exploitation involves a young person under the age of 18 being manipulated, forced or coerced into taking part in a sexual act in exchange for something. It
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Tolson Museum and Oakwell Hall have some special plans for Mother’s Day on Sunday 11 March but you don’t have to be a mum to enjoy them!
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There is lots going on across Kirklees this half term, and there is very much a theme as it is also National Nest Box Week.
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People who have experience of using the Adults Social Care Gateway to Care are being asked to share their views in a group discussion. We are running some discussion groups with people who use Gateway to Care to find out what is important to them when they access the service. The session will involve being part of a group of up
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Our Cabinet members have agreed on changes to the Home to School Transport service and to some support services for disabled children, adults and older people.
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