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Timetables are available now for the New Year’s Day Free Volunteer Bus Service linking Berry Brow, Newsome, Huddersfield and HRI. The free service is run by the Green Party and this will be the 26th year it has been available to help people get around on New Year’s Day.
Here’s a list of church services for Christmas 2018, from South Huddersfield Churches Together (Newsome LEP)
Berry Brow Methodist Church and Community Centre
Messy Christmas, Saturday 8th December at 3pm.
Christmas Café Church with The Valley Flutes, Saturday 15th December at 4pm.
Carol Service, Sunday 23rd December at 10.30am.
Hall Bower Sunday School
Carol Service, Sunday 23rd December at 4pm.
Christingle, Monday 24th December at 4pm.
St John’s Church, Newsome
Carols and Communion, Monday 24th December at 7pm.
St Paul’s Church, Armitage Bridge
Christmas Craft Workshop, Saturday 8th December from 10am to 12.15pm
Carol Service, Wednesday 19th December at 7.30pm.
Nativity Service, Monday 24th December at 5.30pm.
Christmas Communion, Tuesday 25th December at 10am.
Holy Trinity Church, South Crosland
Christingle, Sunday 2nd December at 9.15am.
9 Lessons and Carols, Sunday 23rd December at 9.15am.
Nativity Service, Monday 24th December at 4pm.
Midnight Communion, Monday 24th December at 11.30pm.
Netherton Methodist Church
Christingle Sunday, 23rd December at 10.30am.
Christmas Day Service, Tuesday 25th December at 10.30am.
Join Newsome Scout Group and friends for the annual Newsome pantomime. There are performances on Friday 7th December 2018 at 7pm, and Saturday 8th December 2018 at 2pm and 7pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6JJ. Tickets are £4 for children and concessions, £5.50 for adults.
You can get your tickets from Newsome Scout Hall on Sundays from 2pm to 4pm, from any leader in the scout group, or by calling Carole Palmer on 01484 309188.
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. Find out more on the Growing Newsome website:
The Get Together lunches at Castle Community Hub are for older people in our community to come together, chat and enjoy lunch together. Join us for Christmas lunch on Friday 7th December 2018 from 12 noon.
Please call the hub on 07578 044 989 to let us know if you would like come come along (there are limited spaces so it’s important that we know you’re coming).
At Castle Community Hub, Headfield Road, Newsome (next to Hillside Primary School).
Tickets are available now for the Newsome Kiddies’ Christmas Party. It’s a fun afternoon for children aged 8 and younger, featuring a surprise guest.
✬ Entertainer ✬ Music ✬ Games ✬ Face painting ✬ Arts and Crafts ✬ Party tea ✬
Join in the fun on Saturday 15th December 2018 from 2.30pm to 5pm at Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South, Newsome, Huddersfield HD4 6JJ.
Admission £3 per child,includes all the activities, party tea and a gift. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets are on sale at:
Newsome Fisheries,195 Newsome Road South (near Newsome crossroads)
Monday to Wednesday from 11.30am to 1.45pm & 4pm to 6.30pm
Thursday & Friday from 11.30am to 1.45pm & 4pm to 7pm
Saturday from 11.30am to 1.15pm
For more information contact Julie on 07753 676679.
Come and join in these festive gift making sessions with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust at Stirley Community Farm, near Hall Bower, Huddersfield HD4 6RP in the run up to christmas. Learn how to make your own personalised gifts such as beeswax candles and orange pomanders! You’ll be sure to leave with christmas cheer and feeling festive.
Pay on the day – £2 per activity. Activity can take between 30 minutes and 1hour.
If you have any allergies, please note that beeswax, birdseed and dried fruit may be used at these events. Please inform the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on the door of any allergies.
Everyone is welcome at Active Social Care’s Christmas Fayre on Wednesday 12th December 2018 from 11am to 1pm.
Coffee and homemade baked goods for sale.
Woodwork and craft items for sale.
Raffle for a Christmas hamper.
At Newsome Day Centre, Wellington House, 384 Newsome Road, Huddersfield HD4 6LR.
For more information please call 01484 534400.
Kirklees College are holding a Christmas Fayre and family fun day on Saturday 8th December 2018 from 10am to 2.30pm at the Animal Care Centre in Taylor Hill.
Animal handling, Face painting, Quizzes, Craft stalls, Homemade cakes, Meet members of the Huddersfield and District Beekeeping Association.
Free admission.
At the Taylor Hill Centre, Close Hill Lane, Taylor Hill, Huddersfield HD4 6LE.
Everyone is welcome to join in the carol singing in Newsome village on Friday 14th December 2018 from 2pm – or listen out for the singers.
Meet at Edale Sheltered Housing complex on Edale Avenue. The singers will be doing a tour of the village, ending at Castle Grange, then followed by refreshments.
