Archive for the “Kirklees” category
Shall we dance
Shall we dance is a ballroom and Latin dance project aimed at getting adults and older people to live a more fulfilled active lifestyle through dance. The project encourages people to come together and learn dances such as the waltz, quickstep and jive. To ensure …
Locomotion Dance Company
Locomotion is a newly created dance company that provides opportunities for people who love to dance and want the chance to perform. Creative and skills based sessions lead towards making dance performances to take to other groups and beyond. The dance company has been developed from …
Pathways to health and history
Service users from Pathways have worked alongside a number of organisations to create local walks which include ground works and the making and installing of interpretation boards. Working with the Museum and Library Services in Huddersfield Pathways Day Services, a Trust partner, provided the opportunity …
Football trip to Prague
A service user football team from the Trust travelled to Prague to compete in the EASI Cup, Europe’s premier mental health football tournament. The European Association for Sport and Social Integration (EASI) Cup takes place each year and is a pan-European mental health specific football …
The Arts Train Exhibition
The Arts Train project is led by Home Valley Sharing Memories, a group of elderly people in their 70s, 80s and 90s. The group worked with service users with mental health problems to prepare and stage a month long exhibition of their work at the …
Green for Go
The Green for Go project, run by Groundwork Trust, provides environmental volunteering opportunities for adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems, long-term conditions and those experiencing social isolation. People involved are given the opportunity to take part in a range of gardening and environmental tasks …
Gardening for health
Gardening for health, led by Home Valley Gardening Network, aims to create enjoyable outdoor allotment activities that help people to lead happy and healthy lives. The sessions take place each week at two different sites in Kirklees – Wooldale and New Mill and support those …
LD Football Fun Days
What’s it about? Fun packed, accessible, mixed ability quarterly football/ball based activities for adults with learning disabilities from across Barnsley, Calderdale, Wakefield and Kirklees. Booking is essential. Who’s this for? Adults who use the Trust learning disability services, their carers and external organisations. When and …
Improving wellbeing at Enfield Down
Starting in April 2013, this project will allow staff at Enfield Down in Huddersfield to increase the number of wellbeing activities available for service users currently resident at the rehabilitation unit. This will include introducing regular walking groups, tai chi classes and monthly sporting events at venues in the local community such as golf, ten …
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The Walking Project
This project provided the opportunity for service users to become more active, physically fit and reflect how this can improve their mental wellbeing by offering 12 weekly walking/Nordic walking sessions culminating in a residential walking challenge which included education around safety and map reading. Supporting service …