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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 …
Healthy Minds support groups
Healthy Minds, an independent charity in Calderdale, runs an expanding series of fortnightly mental health support groups throughout the district for people who are experiencing/ or would like to share their experiences of mental health. The support groups are an opportunity for people to get …
Get active, Get involved 2013
As part of Get active, Get involved 2013 the Trust’s physical activity development team have organised a special week of activities, running from Monday 10 June- Friday 14 June to boost local people’s fitness levels, improve their wellbeing and invite them to have fun. Activities …
Singing for health
The singing for fun group is run by Shaw Lane Community Sports Association in partnership with Worsbrough Common Community Association – as part of their initiative to develop community-led activities that address physical and mental health inequalities in local areas in Barnsley. The singing group is …
Equine therapy
The Equine therapy project is a 16 week programme with Wakefield Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA), a charity that provides therapeutic activities with horses for people with disabilities. The project will take place within Wakefield older people’s service as part of their recovery pathway. …
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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Annapurna Indian Dance
Spices, songs and stories aims to give local people in Calderdale the opportunity to get involved in workshops that utilise dance, storytelling and songs to positively improve health and wellbeing. The workshops are developed and delivered by Annapurna Indian Dance, an organisation that aims to …
Happy places
Happy Places is a community group, for people using older people’s mental health services in Wakefield that was developed to encourage them to relate and share their life stories, utilising local community history. The groups are run within the community by Rosanna Ward and John …
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site
Fieldhead sculpture arrives on site People who use services provided by the Trust have been working on an ambitious project to create a unique sculptural mosaic for the Fieldhead site in Wakefield. The project has included service users from a range of wellbeing, learning disability …
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Opening photos
Caring Garden opens at Fieldhead A garden that can be enjoyed by everyone at the Fieldhead site in Wakefield is now open. Work on the Caring Garden began in March 2011 with a fruit tree planting session involving members of the steering group and the …