25 April 2024

Denby Dale/ Kirkburton & Holme Valley District and Mayoral Elections On Thursday 2nd of May elections for Kirklees Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority are taking place. Please remember that ...

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13 February 2024

To recognize the importance of community groups in driving local engagement, the HD8 Network offers complimentary Bronze membership to Community Groups and charities, thanks to the support of Business members ...

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7 February 2024

Each month HD8 Network members Gordon & Frank, who are located in Denby Dale, offer a touch of fine-dining in their coffee shop, with their Bistro Nights. March & April ...

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6 February 2024

Proud Silver Community HD8 Network members Birdsedge First School have seen some exciting growth over the last couple of years. They will forever want to be the ‘small school with ...

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5 February 2024

Spending money locally offers a range of benefits, not only for individuals but also for communities as a whole. Here are several reasons why supporting local businesses can be advantageous: ...

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2 February 2024

Do you use Denby Dale Window Cleaners? Well, they would like to grow the number of Google Reviews from happy customers. Daniel admits to not being great at technology and ...

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27 November 2023

The Bridge Community Hub are building on the success of last year’s well received Eco Elves campaign, where many members of the community last year said that they would like ...

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24 October 2023

Denby Dale Cricket Club have a spacious, well maintained activity room that’s available to hire. We also have a seperate kitchen that can be used. The cricket club is right ...

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20 October 2023

In support of the Bridge Community Hub’s Woman’s Wellness Wednesday we are asking you to help celebrate local inspirational, empowering woman. Who is the Bridge community and HD8 Network area ...

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19 October 2023

Well we can certainly say we have had a season change. Whilst we can argue whether that was a summer, we can surely agree that Winter is coming, is not ...

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17 October 2023

You are invited to participate in our upcoming Women’s Wellness Event aimed at mothers and daughters in the Bridge Community – covering Kirkburton and Denby Dale Parish. The event will ...

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1 July 2023

Whilst developing HP Reading Tuition, Helma has been thinking about what local parents and children need. How can she be of real service to the community? One thing that struck ...

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27 June 2023

HP Reading Tuition is a relatively new Gold #Member and so we have offered Helma the opportunity to introduce HP Reading Tuition, touching on her background and why she’s set ...

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12 May 2023

Birdsedge First Wrap Around Provision. We LOVE the Outdoors here at Birdsedge First School and really value having a rich Outdoor Curriculum for all children. This is something we extend ...

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21 November 2022

Hello there, I am Mrs Waddington, the Head Teacher here at Birdsedge First School. We have been members of the HD8 Network for nearly a year, and so I thought ...

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5 July 2022

Did you know that Bronze Membership for Community Groups and Charities is Free? Baby group to Book club, official Football clubs to informal Rounders weekly meet ups, registered Charities to ...

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11 May 2022

Here is an overview of how Village Art, Skelmanthorpe, came about and the progress it has made over the year, explained by Village Art’s curator Mike Roberts. In 2019 Denby ...

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10 March 2022

Birdsedge First School are loving watching their toddler ‘Tree Tots’ sessions grow from strength to strength. Every Wednesday morning 9:30am – 10:30am, during term time, the school opens their Outdoor ...

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27 January 2022

Denby Dale Walkers are Welcome have devised 10 new Train Walks based on Denby Dale station on our local, beautifully scenic Penistone Line. The walks involve catching the train to ...

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6 January 2022

Network Meeting for leaders of community groups in the Denby Dale & Kirburton Ward. We will be talking about what support your community group would prefer, latest funding opportunities, best ...

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