Coffee and Words is a group where residents from different walks of life meet to converse over a brew and biscuits at Holmfirth Library. The group chooses words to engage with or bring something along that connects people to words. This could be anything from books, magazines, recipes, letters or just anything with words.
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Read about Donna’s journey to new beginnings with the help of Community Plus.
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‘I need a reason to get up each day’. SH found themselves in trouble after they lost their job, separated with their partner and kids and were being threatened with eviction from their home. SH reached out to Kirklees and expressed how they were feeling lonely and anxious after being harassed by the landlord. SH opened up about how they
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Community Plus, is a service that works with people to help make positive changes in their lives, to improve health, wellbeing and promote independence. There are four teams of Community Coordinators that work across Kirklees, helping people and communities identify their own strengths, needs and solutions through building valued and trusting relationships. How many people have they supported? Since launching
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