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!
This World Book Day, March 2nd, the BBC presenters Ben Shires and Konnie Huq will be broadcasting live from Batley Library as part of the BBC Teach Live Lessons initiative. In a live lesson specially aimed at children 7-11 years old, they will be talking to authors including Michael Rosen, and Kevin and Katie Tsang…
By Tahera of Junior Parkrun. Wilton Park Junior Parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 2k on Sundays 9am at Wilton Park. We rely on the local community to volunteer for just under an hour to put on a safe, fun and welcoming event. Launched in late July 2022, at the time of writing, it’s been…
If you’ve ever read a Pratchett novel, then you will know that the man loved a footnote[1]. So much so that, in 2007, on getting his diagnosis for Posterior Cortical Atrophy (a rare form of Alzheimer’s) he decided to finally get around to writing his autobiography and told his personal assistant, Rob Wilkins, that he…
