Growing Newsome Seed Swap and Potato Day 2024

Everyone is welcome at Growing Newsome’s annual Seed Swap and Potato Day. This early Spring event features everything you need to get your food growing year off to a great start. Choose from over 25 different varieties of seed potato, plus lots of vegetable seeds. You can bring seeds to swap if you’d like.

You can also enjoy seed planting activities, food growing advice, stalls from community organisations, local food on sale, book stall, refreshments and a hot lunch served at 12 noon.

The event is on Saturday 2nd March 2024 from 10am to 1pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South HD4 6JJ.

Free admission.

Growing Newsome Seed Swap and Potato Day

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Tree planting in Newsome

Join in one of these open sessions for tree planting volunteers in the Newsome Ward. Feel free to stay as long as you like during the event times. Please wear sturdy footwear, dress for the weather and bring your own refreshments. 

These sessions are part of Kirklees Council’s woodland creation programme, under the White Rose Forest, which aims to contribute to long-term carbon storage, reverse biodiversity decline and provide high quality woodlands for our communities.

Taylor Hill – Wednesday 14th February, 10am to 12 noon
Taylor Hill – Saturday 17th February, 10am to 12 noon
Berry Brow – Wednesday 20th March, 10am to 12 noon
Berry Brow – Wednesday 27th March, 10am to 12 noon

Growing Great Places workshop, February 2024

Could your project be the next crowdfunding success?
Online workshop, 20th February at 10.30am, via Zoom
Get advice about running a successful crowdfunding campaign

Got a great idea for making your local place even better? Want to connect with others who can help make it happen and raise funds to get going? Growing Great Places, run by Kirklees Council in partnership with Spacehive, can help you to get started.

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Spooky Bat Trail and Pumpkin Picking

Pumpkin Picking season is back for another year at Stirley alongside a fun, family bat-themed trail through our gardens.

New for this year! We’re introducing timed slots including a quiet hour at the end of each day.

Saturday 28th to Tuesday 31st October at Stirley, off Hall Bower Lane, Berry Brow, Huddersfield HD4 6RP

Online Booking Essential! Times and further information is available on our website or scan the QR code to book. Child £8, Adult £3.

www.ywt.org.uk

Organised by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, the only charity entirely dedicated to conserving, protecting and enhancing Yorkshire’s Wildlife and wild places.

Arts Exhibition: The Wonders of the World

Annual exhibition from Hall Bower Art Club. Various Craft Stalls. Refreshments
(including our famous hot beef and onion teacakes). Selection of Home-made mouth-watering cakes.

Friday 20th & Saturday 21st October 2023, from 11am to 4pm, Hall Bower Sunday School, High Lane, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6RL

Official Opening on Friday 20th October 2023 at 11am by Rev David Kent.

Art Service Sunday 22nd October at 3pm, led by Re. Julie Anderson

Growing Newsome’s Autumn event 2023

Everyone is welcome at Growing Newsome’s annual Autumn event. There’s lots of local food available to try and buy, including preserves, honey, cheese, homemade cakes and a hot, two-course lunch served from 12 noon. Stalls and activities, with plenty of things for you to take away to grow at home, and the chance to have a first look at the Newsome Voices results.

Saturday 21st October 2023 from 10am to 1pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South HD4 6JJ. Refreshments are available all morning. Free admission.

Growing Newsome Autumn event

Local Democracy Week 2023

Making a difference in your community

Local Democracy Week is an annual celebration of the difference that citizens are making in local places across Kirklees. It’s a way of helping people to get involved in their community, learn about democracy and have a voice in the decisions that really matter for our everyday lives. There are activities and events throughout October, including opportunities to share your story and to say how you feel about getting involved in your community.

Local Democracy Week 2023

Take part in Newsome Voices

How do you feel about life in Newsome? The Newsome Centre and our local councillors want to find out what really matters to us all in Newsome. Please take part in Newsome Voices from 20th May to 20th June 2023 to share your experiences and ideas. It’s an opportunity to say what you hope Newsome will be like in the future and to be part of creating a plan for our area, based on what really matters to local people.

You can take part online or look out for the team of local volunteers, councillors and council staff who will be out and about at local events.

Newsome Voices

Newsome Scouts Beer Festival & 70th Anniversary

Celebrate 70 years of Scouting in Newsome with a look at old photos and memorabilia. Then enjoy a pint or two at our inaugural beer festival. 16 real ales, Thatcher’s cider and a glass of wine if you prefer. There’ll also be a pizza oven doing freshly cooked pizzas on the Friday and Saturday evening. It couldn’t get any better, oh yes it can with an Umpah Band on Friday night and the University Big Band on Saturday. If that’s not enough you can feel angelic as you sip your pint as you’ll be raising funds for an International Trip for young people in our area.

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th May 2023 at Newsome Scout HQ, Newsome Road South HD4 6JJ

We’ll also be showing Eurovision if you want to watch – but if not, the Scout Hall is big enough to avoid it.

Organised by Newsome 45th Scout Group.

Big Plant Swap 2023

Everyone is welcome at Growing Newsome’s annual Big Plant Swap. You can choose from lots of plants and seedlings, including vegetables, herbs, salads, fruit and wildlife-friendly flowers. Bring something along to swap if you’d like. There’s also seed planting and activities, stalls from local organisations, local produce on sale, refreshments including homemade cakes, and a two-course lunch served from 12 noon.

The event is on Saturday 20th May 2023 from 10am to 1pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South HD4 6JJ. Free admission.

Growing Newsome Big Plant Swap

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