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Newsome Ward Community Forum are happy to help as a Community Champion for Kirklees Council, to encourage everyone to have the vaccine.
We really believe that it saves lives, and is the best way for us to get back to a healthy happy lifestyle, where we can come together and be active.
To keep up with accurate information about Covid-19 and vaccines, go to the Kirklees Council website:
Kirklees Council are working alongside citizens and local organisations to make sure that together we can all support our neighbours and communities. Our co-ordinated Community Response is aimed at supporting those who are most vulnerable and in need of support, and who cannot currently get this help directly from friends, relatives or neighbours.
You can use our online form let us know about the things you (or someone who you are concerned about) need help with. You can also tell us how you (or your organisation) can support others.
Or call our Covid-19 Community Response freephone helpline: 0800 4561114
The helpline is currently open from 8am to 6pm weekdays.
A local number for our Covid-19 Community Response helpline, 01484 226919 is also available, and we will happily call you back.
Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 6th May 2021 for voting in the Local elections and West Yorkshire Mayoral election. You will receive two ballot papers. Check out this useful independent website from Democracy Club for all the info about your local candidates and where to vote:
Don’t worry if you’ve lost your polling card – so long as you’re registered to vote, you can just go along to your local polling station. Here’s some info from Kirklees Council about how to vote safely:
If you’re voting by post, make sure to return your vote in good time. If you haven’t received your postal voting pack by the weekend before the election, you can contact the elections team.
Growing Newsome usually have our annual Huddersfield Potato Day and Seed Swap on the first Saturday in March. This year we’ve come up with an alternative to help you get growing your own potatoes – and other things.
You can order seed potatoes, onion sets and vegetable seeds from us online, then collect from Newsome village. If you’re shielding or self-isolating and live locally, we’ll do our best to deliver to you at home.
Our seeds have already been really popular, and we’re keeping our website up to date so that you know what we have available at the moment.
Find out more and request some seeds at:
Helping communities to recover, reconnect and thrive through crowdfunding
Online drop-ins: 3rd, 17th and 31st March via Zoom
Get advice about running a successful crowdfunding campaign
The Growing Great Places community crowdfunding programme is back this Spring. Got a great idea to help your community recover, reconnect and thrive? Growing Great Places can help you to get your idea off the ground. Successful projects could receive a pledge of up to £5,000 from Kirklees Council.
Got an idea that will help people’s health and wellbeing in your local place? Want to reconnect people to grow friendships and tackle loneliness? Setting up new activities to support young people? If you’ve got a great idea for helping your community build back better, Growing Great Places can help you generate support from residents, businesses and Kirklees Council to make it happen.
Continue reading “Growing Great Places online drop-in events, March 2021”
We’ve all seen over the past year how brilliant the people in our local places are. Working with and alongside each other is the best way to make the places where we live, work and play better. So we hope you’ll want to be part of these workshops about how we can help more people feel confident in their own ability to change things in our local places – to have influence as active citizens.
Continue reading “How can more people come together to make local places better?”Here’s an online nativity featuring children from Newsome Juniors, Hillside Primary and South Crosland Juniors, with a song by Berry Brow Infants. Thank you to Rev Julie Anderson for sharing.
Look out for Santa in your area.
Please maintain social distancing, or wear a face covering if it’s not possible to stay 2m apart.
Organised by Newsome Ward Community Forum.
If you’re looking for an ethical Christmas gift that supports your local community, Growing Newsome have some gift boxes of homegrown preserves available to buy. You can choose the contents from a selection of jams and jellies, all freshly made this Summer and Autumn from fruit and vegetables grown in the Newsome area or nearby. Find out more on the Growing Newsome website:
The River Holme Connections 2021 calendar is available now.
Please email info@riverholmeconnections.org or call 01484 661756 to reserve one for a suggested donation of £7.
The calendar has been put together by Mick Forster Jones, an incredibly talented local photographer.
Berry Brow Carnival Committee have two challenges for you:
How to enter the competition
Send a photo of your entry to berrybrowcarnival@gmail.com
Don’t forget to include you name, address and phone number
Closing date: 5pm on 18th December
