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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


Evaluating Impact at Cromwell Bottom
Evaluating the impact of active projects within Calderdale plays a vital role in the whole systems approach employed by Active Calderdale.

Active Calderdale
Oct 5, 20235 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


VSI Alliance - Active Workplaces
It’s not quite been all sweatbands, treadmills and lycra in the workplace at VSI Alliance…but the team are certainly embracing the concept o

Active Calderdale
Sep 13, 20232 min read


StreetGames - Accessible Sport for All
Access to sport and physical activity is not equal. This inequality of opportunity is clearly reflected in stubbornly lower levels of partic

Active Calderdale
Sep 11, 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


Kelly's Three Peak Adventure
The Basement Recovery Project provide a packed weekly timetable of activities for those recovering from addiction.

Active Calderdale
Aug 6, 20233 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


Active Schools Series - Parkinson Lane Primary
Parkinson Lane Primary School is a large three-form entry school in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Active Calderdale
Jul 12, 20235 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


Active Calderdale Newsletter
On the eve of our first ever Active Calderdale newsletter mailshot, Richard Croker, Programme Lead at Active Calderdale shares his passion f

Active Calderdale
May 14, 20232 min read


Partner Stories - St Winifred's
Two of our key working principles here at Active Calderdale are that projects should be co-designed and collaborative whenever possible. It

Active Calderdale
May 10, 20232 min read


Active Schools Update - Spring 2023
Well done to all schools who showed how they support pupil fitness and care for the climate by signing up to the Sustrans annual Big Walk an

Active Calderdale
May 3, 20232 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


Active Schools Series - Ash Green Primary
Each month we’ll shine a spotlight on one of our Active Schools and highlight all that they do to support not only staff and pupils but also

Active Calderdale
Apr 3, 20233 min read
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