Kirklees Library Adventures has now launched across Kirklees! Children, or Library Adventurers, can take part at any library in Kirklees. Your quest is to journey through your Library Adventures pack with six fantastic themes to explore. The Adventurer pack is full of fun crafts, reading suggestions, facts, and creative activities. You can collect stickers, bookmarks,…
In 2023 the Friends of Batley Library installed a bird feeder on the window of the children’s library. We did this so that children could watch the birds and we could encourage local wildlife to flourish. What we didn’t realise was quite how many of our feathered visitors were on the British Ornithology Trust’s red…
THE APNA BAZAAR night market IS COMING TO BATLEY!! Saturday 25th May 2024, 4pm till 10pm, Batley Town Hall Market Place Join us for a fun evening of unique shopping, great food, and family friendly entertainment. Here’s what you can expect on the evening… • Live entertainment bought to you by Dhol Players Band Baja•…
Batley Community Centre are looking for a volunteer to help run Lunch Club every Thursday from 10:30am to 1pm. Contact 07726 771936 for more information.
Batley Christmas Lights Switch on will be on Friday December 1st. The festivities start at 4pm and last until 7:30pm. There’ll be a Christmas Market, fairground rides and even an appearance from Santa! Lights Switch on will be at 7pm followed by a firework display.
Purpose of Life is a UK-based non-profit charity that was established in 2014. We provide aid within the UK and throughout the world. We strive to promote community cohesion and treat everyone equally irrespective of race, religion, colour, etc. Purpose of Life believes no one has superiority over another, except through piety and good actions….
Dipika Kaushal is Chief Executive of Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust – a charity founded 60 years ago to support children where ill health, low income or disadvantage prevented them from accessing and benefiting from mainstream provision. For the past 20 years Northorpe Hall’s focus has been mental health and emotional well-being, providing an…
Birstall Knit and Natter group are taking action on the energy crisis! The group has been given a grant to buy wool which they will then use for the “Warm Blanket Project”, knitting blankets and other items for elderly and vulnerable people in the local community. The knitting group has existed for over 10 years…
A Guest blog by the HappyMOMents Team. HappyMOMents is a voluntary community group set up by a group of localwomen, most of them moms and professionals, who were frustrated by thelack of social and educational opportunities for themselves, their babies andtoddlers locally. Since the demise of local children’s centres and Surestart,there has been very little…
We are delighted to announce that Together in Batley has won a Tesco Community grant of £1500! Voted for by Tesco Extra Batley Customers, the grant will allow us to produce more physical copies of Together in Batley. Thank you to everyone who voted for us, and thank you to Tesco Extra Batley!
