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Voluntary and community


Promoting Wellbeing for Asylum Seekers
St Augustine's Centre is a specialist charity dedicated to supporting people seeking asylum and refuge in Calderdale.

Active Calderdale
Feb 7, 20242 min read


Community Led Approach - FAQs
Here we have compiled a list of frequently asked questions in the hope that they will provide you with further information around the Commun

Active Calderdale
Feb 2, 20242 min read


Active Threads: Creating Inclusive Communities
Active Calderdale envisions a community where everyone has the capability, motivation, and opportunity to lead an active lifestyle.

Active Calderdale
Jan 23, 20243 min read


Active Calderdale Hits the Airwaves
Active Calderdale recently had a prime slot on the airwaves, with Community Project Managers Anthony Whittaker and Emma Carter providing lis

Active Calderdale
Jan 16, 20242 min read


Active Cornholme - Update
Following the successful Community-led Workshop in July, a number of new initiatives have started up and are in progress in the villages of

Active Calderdale
Nov 16, 20233 min read


Community Led Approach - Update
Over the last six months, we have taken a new Community Led Approach to working with local people and organisations across Calderdale.

Active Calderdale
Nov 13, 20233 min read


Community Streets
With the recent passing of another World Car-free Day, it seems the perfect time to reflect on some of the measures implemented across Calde

Active Calderdale
Oct 30, 20233 min read


Enhancing Parks for Community Well-Being
Our parks and green spaces are key assets within our communities where residents and visitors have free access to nature and space to be phy

Active Calderdale
Oct 22, 20233 min read


Active Ark - Anna's Story
Recently we featured local charity Noah's Ark and their collaboration with Active Calderdale, adding physical activity as another string to

Active Calderdale
Sep 18, 20232 min read


Mixenden CLA Workshop
Last month, Active Calderdale Community Project Manager Sofie Armitage, delivered her first workshop in Mixenden as part of the community le

Active Calderdale
Aug 13, 20232 min read


The launch of the new Community Led Approach
Active Calderdale has recently developed a new Community Led Approach which is currently being rolled out and introduced across Calderdale.

Active Calderdale
Aug 1, 20233 min read


Active Training with Active Rainbow
Active Calderdale has recently supported local organisation Active Rainbow, to deliver a series of workshops in the Lower Calder Valley.

Active Calderdale
Aug 1, 20232 min read


Fostering Community Connections through Physical Activity in Rastrick
Over the last 12 months, Active Calderdale has been working hard to build a network of like-minded community organisations with a desire to

Active Calderdale
Jun 29, 20232 min read


St Augustine's - Refuge & Recovery
St Augustine’s Centre is an independent charity which has been operating for over 50 years in the Park Ward area of Halifax.

Active Calderdale
Jun 26, 20234 min read


Active Culture @ Invictus Wellbeing
In recent months Active Calderdale has been working closely with the children’s mental health charity Invictus Wellbeing at their base in Ha

Active Calderdale
May 29, 20233 min read


Active Resilience on Noah's Ark
Noah’s Ark was established in 2000 to serve the locality of Ovenden, expanding over recent years to cover the whole of Calderdale.

Active Calderdale
May 21, 20234 min read


Isle of Arran - A Recovery Adventure
Our mission at Active Calderdale is to work with communities to make physical activity an embedded part of day-to-day life.

Active Calderdale
Apr 23, 20232 min read


Staying Well - Funding an Active Future
The Active Calderdale strategy seeks to create conditions in ten system areas that support local residents to feel like they can be, want to

Active Calderdale
Mar 27, 20233 min read


Opening School Facilities in Calderdale
As part of the Department for Education’s Opening School Facilities programme, Active Calderdale will be supporting schools in our area to b

Active Calderdale
Feb 28, 20232 min read


Activating the Community
This was no more evident than in the recently completed Rastrick Around The World Community Challenge.

Active Calderdale
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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