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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We’re encouraging local citizens to be part of Vote 100, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, by doing a “little deed for local democracy”.
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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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Ahead of the Big Sleep Out at the John Smith’s Stadium tonight, we asked our housing team to answer some of the common questions we get asked about homelessness in Kirklees. What is the difference between someone who is homeless and a rough sleeper? Someone is homeless when they don’t have a permanent home that is safe, secure or adequate. They
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We became a Fairtrade Borough in 2011, and our Kirklees Fairtrade network has been committed to raising awareness of Fairtrade
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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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A new opportunity to help people become more active launches this Spring in the Valleys, and we’re now looking for people to get involved in making it happen. We would like a range of organisations to come together under the banner of Try It Like It, Do it to provide or promote existing activities and programmes aimed at getting people
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Bagshaw Museum is hosting two cultural presentations designed to look at important periods of past history and art in the coming weeks.
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