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Kirklees Christmas Lights Switch On

Christmas is upon us; the darker nights have begun; the chime of festive music is starting and soon the streets of Kirklees will be lit with twinkling lights.

This year head to your local town and watch the wonderful streets light up. ‘Tis the season to sparkle after all!
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Your budget, your say

Our Council Plan for 2022/23 sets out our ambitions for the borough, but before we decide the Budget early next year, we want to make sure we’re matching what matters most to you.
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Kirklees Council encourages local people to “Enjoy Winter Safely” with new campaign

Kirklees Council has today launched a new campaign to encourage residents to “Enjoy Winter Safely”. The council’s campaign gives local people critical advice on staying safe as Covid infection rates
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Locality ‘Keep it Local’ Award celebrates our partnerships in local places

Posted on November 25, 2021 by benjholman

Kirklees Council are the winners of a national award from Locality for our innovative community engagement and working alongside our partners. We’ve been awarded the ‘Keep it Local’ Award at the national Locality Awards 2021. The award, which the Democracy team are dedicating to our inspiring community organisations in local places across Kirklees, is in recognition of how the council

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New funding to provide wide-ranging support for those facing financial hardship

Posted on November 25, 2021 by EliseKirklees

We will receive just over £3.7m of government funding to support the district’s most vulnerable residents. In the cabinet meeting on 16 November, decisions were made on how this funding will be used.

Health & wellbeing

Council supports campaign to end violence against women

Posted on November 25, 2021 by EliseKirklees

We’re supporting the White Ribbon campaign to make a stand against male violence towards women and girls.

Health & wellbeing

Kirklees shoppers to get COVID-19 and flu jabs in major vaccination drive this weekend

Posted on November 24, 2021 by EliseKirklees

Residents across Kirklees can get their COVID-19 vaccinations whilst shopping this weekend.

Health & wellbeing

Kirklees Council and West Yorkshire Police respond to clean up hundreds of dumped syringes

Posted on November 24, 2021 by EliseKirklees

The site where the needles were dumped before and after the GAT team cleared the area.

Our Greenspace Action Team (GAT) and West Yorkshire Police joined forces to make the public safe after hundreds of hypodermic syringes were dumped in woodland.

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We’re moving – housing website has a new home

Posted on November 24, 2021 by chelseykirklees

we've moved sign next to an illustration of a knh employee

If you are a Homes & Neighbourhoods tenant, you do not have to do anything, as all existing data is being carried across. Any current My Kirklees accounts will operate in the same way with the same login details.

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Kirklees Council’s Road Safety and Public Health teams celebrate as they come runners up

Posted on November 24, 2021 by EliseKirklees

Our Road Safety and Public Health teams are celebrating after becoming joint runners up at last week’s National Modeshift Stars Sustainable Travel Awards, held at the annual Modeshift Starts Convention at the Leicester Athena Conference Hall.