At the Wakefield Dementia - ‘Road to Change’ event in the Ridings Centre. The event was very well attended with stalls from many groups who work with & support those living with dementia. Thank you to Katty from Dementia UK for their invitation and for organising today.
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Community working together can achieve …. Pride in Horbury Bridge with Friends of Horbury's Parks and Wakefield Council’s Street Scene have funded and installed new bench on the green in Horbury Bridge.
At Pulse Hire Stadium watching Horbury Town FC ‘v’ Louth Town FC - kick off at 3pm.
Horbury's People Museum has an updated display. Why not bob into Horbury Library and take a look!
After a request from residents, a bench has been placed on the A642 close to the footpath leading to Daw Lane.
STORY TIME AT YOUR AMAZING LOCAL LIBRARY 📕Horbury Library📕 Thursday - 10:15 to 10:45am Friday - 2:15 to 2:45pm 📕Ossett Library 📕 Monday - 2:00 to 2:30pm -Sensory Wednesday - 10:30 to 11:00am Friday - 10:30 to 11:00am Check library for actual times in case of change.
Spent the morning at Wakefield Street Kitchen with Maureen & Mick - sorting 100s of creates, sorting into different categories. We must have handled 1000s of items from can of pop to coffee, toys to diy stuff & everything in between! All items to be given to local food banks & community groups.
A spot of cabbage, carrot, sprout and spring onion moving this morning. Helping Wakefield Street Kitchen move a massive vegetable donation onto other organisations that they support. Working with fellow Councillor Maureen Cummings and supporting Anna and her amazing team at WSK
We started the day with an Advice Session in Horbury Library. A relatively quiet start to the day, except we bumped in this dodgy looking bloke in a red coat!
At the Horbury Civic Society Annual Awards evening. We gave out an award to Wakefield Council's StreetScene for their great work in our parks We announced the winner of the Dining Club's Restaurant of the Year A much deserved award to Sami and his team at Cinnamon Lounge in Horbury Bridge
A wonderful event at the Christmas Tree on Horbury Road in South Ossett Despite the rain, the atmosphere was warm & a great time was had by all as we sang Carols around the tree Thank you to Santa for popping along & putting smiles on children's faces, our two local Rotary Clubs & UNITE the Union
The missing footpath sign has finally been replaced. You can now 'see where you're going' down Addingford now😂
Another community event in Horbury Library. Wreath making under the watchful eye of Santa!
Deb & Gwen popped down to the Pride in Horbury Bridge Wreath Makers Cave this morning. They were hard at work making Christmas decorations for their famous bridge!
Christmas Lights, Santa, Donkeys, Christmas Trees, Entertainment and a traditional Methodist Church Fayre - it must be Christmas in Horbury! Thank you to Santa our funders & all the volunteers who helped we 3 stage our Christmas light switch on. And a massive thank you to everyone who attended.
Christmas comes to Horbury
You may have noticed that the Tree Sculptures have new locations in Carr Lodge Park. These wonderful pieces of unique artwork will soon be joined by 5 ............. well you'll have to wait and see😂
We called in to Horbury Library this morning to see the finishing touches being completed on our new Community Room. We three obtained the funding to build this new room which can be used by many local groups. Visit the library for more information about using this new space
Busy morning & the day has just started! Called into our 3 Food Banks & made donations from UNITE the Union. The donations are to help them with costs over the festive season. Calling at Resource Food Bank, St George's Community Centre and Wakefield Street Kitchen in their new Ossett home.
We now have four living Christmas Trees planted and ready for community decoration. 🎄Bridge Road in Horbury Bridge 🎄Horbury Road in South Ossett 🎄Southfield Close 🎄Daw Lane in Horbury Junction We are still looking for a home for two more trees in 2025 - any suggestions in South Ossett?
14 years of the Tories broke Britain's buses. But this Labour Government is determined to fix them. This new funding will keep fares down, protect local routes and deliver more reliable services.
Let's Shop Local - support your High Street - especially Horbury & Ossett in West Yorkshire. You know it makes sense❗️
We were asked by residents of Horbury Junction, if they could have a Christmas Tree. Well it has been planted and is looking great. We have planted four Christmas Trees across the Ward and are now looking for new sites for 2025 - any ideas?
At Queen's Drive Fisheries to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer Action. Good food, good company and a good cause!
The sign post team have been out 'n' about this morning. Thank you Glen, Mark, Liz and Graham. We have around another 20 or so to install over the next few weeks.