Netherton Pre-school
We are a charitable, local pre-school which provides early years provision for 2 to 5 year old children. We rely heavily on fundraising and donations to keep this essential amenity open for all the children within our local and surrounding area. It provides the children with a secure enviroment to enjoy play. We'd like to provide additional resources to our children and incorporate a stair lift within the premises. This would enable us to offer children with a disability to access early years education in a mainstream environment.
Address to send tokens to:
Jeanette Battye
Netherton Pre-school
Chapel Street
Netherton
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD4 7ES
Click on the link below for a gallery of some of the groups who have entered Wish 2012
New North Road Baptist Luncheon Club
Around 24 elderly people come for a meal. Last year, we received a grant that allowed the group to hire a bus to go the coast. We would like to go on another outing but we would need another grant. Unfortunately, the money that is taken for meals does not allow for anything else.
Address to send tokens to:
Mrs Rose Gledhill
63 New Street
Paddock
Huddersfield
HD1 4SW
Newsome Panthers JRLFC
Formed in 1995, Newsome Panthers' main aim was to involve local children in the game of Rugby League. It has grown from an initial group of 12 players in its first season to over 200 players (male and female) currently involved with both of its junior and open age clubs. The children and young people who are engaged in the club come from a wide variety of backgrounds and we pride ourselves in being inclusive to all. The playing fields at Hall Bower sit in the middle of an area with some of the highest levels of deprivation in Kirklees. Run entirely by approximately 50 volunteers, the club has achieved many successes in its relatively short history. Over 30 players have signed professional contracts, three of which currently play in Super League (two for Huddersfield Giants). Over 150 have played for Kirklees Service Area from which several have represented both Yorkshire and England. In the older age groups both current and former players have represented Scotland, Ireland, England and Serbia in Student Games. The Club also encourages and promotes players, parents and club officials through associated courses such as refereeing, first aid, touchline management and coaching through the nationally approved UK Levels system.
Address to send tokens to:
Carolyn Barlow
120 Burton Acres Lane
Kirkburton
HUddersfield
HD8 0QR
www.pitchero.com/clubs/newsomepanthersarlfc/
Newsome Pre-school Playgroup
We are a registered pre-school playgroup charity that provides care and education for all children aged 2 to 5 years of age, in a warm and welcoming environment. We are a long serving community group that has a highly qualified, committed staff team. The setting offers high quality care and education which is reflected in our Ofsted report. The setting is also affiliated with the local Sure Start Children's Center. We'd like some outdoor play equipment for the children.
Address to send tokens to:
Carolyn Barlow
Newsome Pre-school Playgroup
St John's Church Hall
Newsome
Huddersfield
HD4 6JJ
Newsome Ward Community Forum
Our group allows representatives of voluntary organisations, community workers and residents to come together, share information and explore ways to support each other. It encourages the development of community based activity, and empowers people to pursue shared passions and fill identified gaps. We have bi-monthly meetings where we explore things of interest to our members and share information about local activities, and then help with the promotion of local activities. Outside of meetings, we are busy with community based activity: we helped establish Newsome Timebanking and Growing Newsome. We work in partnership to help develop a Community Wildlife site and orchard. We support the enhancements of the local church yard and put on an annual children's Christmas party, and play opportunities for children throughout the year. Funding to cover running costs is very difficult to find, so we would use it to help sustain core activity, including annual insurance, work to church grounds, our children's Christmas Party and play activity for children and young people.
Address to send tokens to:
Julie Stewart-Turner
Newsome Ward Community Forum
39 Stoney Cross Street
Taylor Hill
Huddersfield
HD4 6EY
Nields JI&N School
We are a primary & nursery school of approx 200 children age 3 - 11 drawn mainly from Slaithwaite & Marsden. We'd like to create a sensory garden for children to use as part of the curriculum and as a quite retreat at lunchtime and playtime. We are currently developing our grounds to improve the children's environment and increase our opportunities for outdoor learning.
Address to send tokens to:
Mrs Wendy Mulligan
Nields JI&N School
Nields Rd
Slaithwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5HT
Northkirklees Elderly Club
We meet once a week for an afternoon of bingo, entertainment, tea and meeting other people. For most of our members it is the only time they talk to someone. We'd use the money for a day out and a meal.
Address to send tokens to:
Barbara Mitchell
Methodist Church Hall
Mortimer Street
Cleckheaton
BD19 5AR
One Good Turn
We are essentially on facebook and we have four pages that are dedicated to helping our community. We give away free items to persons by way of swapping and recycling but we also fund raise to buy families items they badly need and cannot afford. We take referrals from KNH, Womens refuge and Surestart to help our community when they need help the most. We also sign post and do outreach work at our weekly coffee morning by inviting other services to our meeting to help our members i.e. kirklees debt agency, KNH outreach and Uniform exchange.
Address to send tokens to:
Sophia Crawshaw
2 Hollin Nook
Marsh
Huddersfield
HD3 4AS
Pam's People
We encourage anyone who is over 50 years old, to come and get involved in low-level activities to raise awareness of body and mind exercises. This class is ideal for anyone who would like to improve their stamina in a safe, friendly, social environment with a refreshing cuppa as a reward. We need to purchase our own props and equipment. At present we are using items on loan from Kirklees Culture and Leisure Services for movement and games in chairs.
Address to send tokens to:
Pamela Ciceri
20 Quarry Hill
Waterloo
Huddersfield
HD5 8RQ
RADYCAL
RADYCAL (Rawthorpe and Dalton, Youth and Children, Activities and Leisure) are a group of professional frontline workers who have come together to form a group who aim to address disadvantaged young people in and around the Rawthorpe and Dalton area. We try to help young people aged between 5 years and 19 years by offering leisure time activities. We research, organise and co-ordinate activities that will directly benefit young people. We work together to bring out the best in them and ensure they have fun in a safe and secure environment. Through engaging in our activities, we feel young people and children will be gainfully occupied and begin to build constructive relationships with supportive adults during the holiday periods, when otherwise they may become distracted into crime and disorder.
Address to send tokens to:
Cat Willetts
Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Nether Hall Avenue
Rawthorpe
Huddersfield
HD5 9PG
Rastrick Cricket Club
Rastrick Cricket Club targets a wide age group - we provide somewhere for 6 to 60 year olds to play cricket. Rastrick has its own women's team too. Our main aim is to provide a place in the community that is open to everyone. To get people, young and old, involved in sport. Most of all it provides somewhere for people to enjoy themselves. Rastrick C.C. would have many uses for the money including: ground maintenance/renovation, all weather training facilities, coaching player development and kit.
Address to send tokens to:
Simon Farlow
Rastrick CC
Clough Lane
Rastrick
Brighouse
West Yorkshire
HD6 3QL
Tel: 01484 713186
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/rastrickcricketandathleticclub/
Rastrick Juniors Football Club
We are a local community football club that has been running for over 20 years, providing structured football for over 300 5 to 18 year old players and their families. Totally self funded and now a registered charity, we enable children to develop and learn lots of social skills like team working, tolerance, enthusiasm, courtesy and engagement, as well as football from volunteer FA qualified coaches. We are a super family club but receive no direct funding of any sort and therefore fundraise for all our own running/pitch/kit/equipment costs. Wish money would be gratefully received whether it be for a new kit for the under 9s, white paint to mark the pitch lines, petrol for the lawnmowers, or for referees fees.
Address to send tokens to:
C/o Jeremy Meadowcroft
14 Bramston Gardens
Rastrick
Brighouse
HD6 3AG
http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/rastrickjuniorfc/Home
Rawthorpe Amateur Boxing Club
We engage with the community through sport and work with 5 - 79 year olds to improve their health, fitness and personal development. The club teaches its members how to respect themselves and others. We work with people from all walks of life - men, women, girls, boys, young offenders, referrals from Outlook (a drug rehabilitation unit), children from broken homes and one parent families, middle and upper class families from many and diverse ethnic backgrounds. We all work together to make our community a better and safer place. I would like to buy a portable gym with a boxing ring, gloves, skipping ropes etc so I can travel around our community to engage and promote our good work.
Address to send tokens to:
Mark Reynolds
Rawthorpe Amateur Boxing Club
1 Worcester Grove
Newsome
Huddersfield
HD4 6QP
http://www.rawthorpeabc.co.uk/
Rawthorpe Community Centre
We are a local group in Rawthorpe with a community centre for use by the community. We provide a lunch club for the elderly on a Wednesday, bingo for the community on a Friday evening and the centre is used by youth clubs 3 times a week. We also hire the centre out for parties and events. We would like cash for equipment and maybe a trip.
Address to send tokens to:
S Tremaine
129 Brownroyd Avenue
Rawthorpe
Huddersfield
HD5 9QA
Rotary Club of Huddersfield
The Rotary Club is a club of both men and women who do all sorts of works to help people, either physically or by cash donations. We help schools, individuals and small charities. We raise money by using many different functions as well as personal donatons. We have no specific target but aid many different people and societies.
Address to send tokens to:
E B Carter
Hon Secretary Huddersfield Rotary Club
2 Lydgate Road
Shepley
Huddersfield
HD8 8DZ
Rowley Lane JI&N School PTA
We are a group of parents and teachers from the school who raise funds to improve the school environment and facilities for the benefit of all the children in the school. We'd like to improve the equipment and facilities at the school and to fund the purchase of additional reading material.
Address to send tokens to:
Lindsey Crossland
Rowley Land ,I&N School PTA
Rowley lane
Lepton
Huddersfield
HD80JD
RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield and District Branch
The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield and District Branch exists to promote kindness and prevent cruelty to animals in the local area. Working throughout Kirklees and Calderdale, the Branch rehabilitates and finds new homes for the many abused, neglected and abandoned animals that come into our care. We are funded entirely by the generosity of local community. The Branch does not receive any funding from the Government, local Councils, the RSPCA National Society or the Lottery.
Address to send tokens to:
Lauren Moore
RSPCA Animal Home
Wade Street
Halifax
HX1 1SN
www.rspca-halifaxandhuddersfield.org.uk
Ruddi's Retreat
Ruddi's Retreat send families affected by Cancer and other life limiting illness away for a much needed break to our beautiful caravan in Filey. We tirelessly fundraise in order to buy our next van as unfortunately we are constantly full and have to turn some families away.
Address to send tokens to:
Ali Jones
29 The Lodge
Linthwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5TG
Scissett Youth Band
We are a youth brass band for players up to 18 years old. We promote music through social activities and enjoy playing in concerts and contests around West Yorkshire. The band rehearses on a Thursday evening at Shelley Methodist Church Hall and new members are always welcome to pop along from 7:30pm to find out more about us. By playing in a youth band, young people are able to extend their enjoyment of learning a brass instrument in a supportive and fun environment. We have an annual residential at Ingleborough Hall for a weekend each September, where players mix games and activities with rehearsals and learning new pieces. The band is run by volunteer parents, is open to any young person regardless of their background, and does not charge any fees all costs are met through fundraising activities and donations. All monies will go to providing uniforms and instruments for our young players.
Address to send tokens to:
Ian Yems
Scissett Youth Band
Shelley Methodist Church
Far Bank
Shelley
HD8 8LA
Self Management of Pain Group (SMP)
We are a core group of about seven people (that can extend to include partners) for day trips and Christmas meals. The core group all suffer with long term chronic pain caused by different issues. We all met on an NHS funded course two and a half years ago that taught us all how to manage and live with our pain better. We meet socially every month, usually in a pub, have dinner and decide where to go for days out and discuss any other items of interest to the group. Three of us are members of Locala (a private provider to the NHS) and we are to have a webpage soon on their website.
We get on extremely well together and help each other with various things and are in contact on a regular basis.
Address to send tokens to:
David Wait
43 Meadow Park
Kirkheaton
Huddersfield
HD5 0HX
Shepley Bowling Club
The Bowling Club has several adult teams and two junior teams who play in various local leagues. This is the juniors second year in competitive leagues and they are going from strength to strength, several having already been selected for the Yorkshire teams. We have provided the juniors with bowls, polo shirts and hooded sweatshirts which they have used and worn with pride. We also present them with trophies and awards at the end of the season - which is always an increasing cost due to more prizes awarded! The Club itself takes on projects to improve the Club and grounds, having recently installed a new power supply and refurbished floodlights. Now we are looking at improving a grassed area which is used for car parking by installing drainage and a tarmac surface. The Bowling Club services a wide range of people, from the very young who start in our junior teams at the age of 8 years, right up to the oldest members who play in the veterans teams. It is due to the generosity of our members, local community groups and the council that we can invest in not only the Club's future but for generations to follow.
Address to send tokens to:
Andrea Oldham (Secretary)
10 Parkwood Close
Shelley
Huddersfield
HD8 8JP
Shepley First School
Our school tries hard to foster community links and open up our facilities to the wider community. We recently invited the village into our gardens. We'd like to continue with the development of our outside eco area, woodland trails, paths, raised beds and gardening clubs.
Address to send tokens to:
Val Hollingworth
Shepley First School
Firth Street
Shepley
Huddersfield
HD8 8DD
Skelmanthorpe Brass Band Community Training Band
The Skelmanthorpe Brass Band Community's mission is to bring people together to play brass band music. The Training Band and beginner groups provide an opportunity for children, young people and adults from ages 5 to 85 to learn to play brass and percussion instruments and to perform at local community events. We would like to use the money to provide further tuition and music and towards examination fees for the children and adults in our beginner groups and training band.
Address to send tokens to:
Robert Jaggar
2 Commercial Road
SkelmanthorpeHuddersfield
Huddersfield
HD8 9AA
Slaithwaite Brass Band
Slaithwaite Band has been in existence since 1896 and is primarily a group of amateur musicians who share a common purpose in the enjoyment of music. It plays an important part of both the local and Yorkshire heritage. The band is open to all members of the community. The age range of its members is currently 14 years to 70 years. It encourages and welcomes the youth in the local area to become involved in not only a life-time hobby, but one which can lead on to a professional vocation. As well as learning music, younger members also learn other life time skills such as team work, personal development, responsibility and self confidence amongst others. The band supports local community organisations by performing concerts for them i.e. Lions, good companions and the local care home. It regularly supports national events held within the local community, such as Remembrance Sunday and the Diamond Jubilee. It performs in the local parish church at both concerts and services. In addition to the fees it receives for its performances the band relies on members subscriptions to keep its heritage alive and deliver a cultural service to the community.
Address to send tokens to:
Andrew Booth
Slaithwaite Brass Band Club
Castle Lane
Inghead
Slaithwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5DS
Slaithwaite Community Association
Slaithwaite Community Association is made up of volunteers who as a committee 'caretake' Slaithwaite community centre. We deal with health and safety, insurance, room hire bookings and the day-to-day running and general upkeep of the centre. We are a charity and our main aim is to provide good facilities for our user groups at reasonable rates. Our Mission statement is to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Slaithwaite and the neighbourhood...without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. (Constitution 1985). We aim to promote and support family life and community life in Slaithwaite. We as a committee are totally committed to making the centre work for the community, not just for the young peoples' organsiations who are an integral part of what the Community Association was founded for, but for all parts of the community.
Address to send tokens to:
Ali Robson
Slaithwaite Community Association
Slaithwaite Community Centre
Bankgate
Slaithwaite
West Yorkshire
HD7 5DL
www.slaithwaitecommunitycentre.btck.co.uk
Slaithwaite Cricket & Bowling Club
We provide a broad range of activities both during the summer and winter. During the winter, local youngsters come in to the clubhouse early evenings to play snooker and pool, where their parents know that they will be safe. We have teams in local leagues for pool, snooker, darts, dominoes and a quiz. During the summer we offer cricket coaching to over a hundred local boys and girls and field teams at under 9, under 11, under 13, under 15 and under 17 level as well as two open age teams. We also have several bowling teams and two open age football teams. We hope to offer bowling opportunities for children in the near future.
Address to send tokens to:
Deborah Payne
Slaithwaite Cricket & Bowling Club
Racton St
Slaithwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5DQ
Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra
For over 120 years Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra has been providing opportunities for members of the community to join in with something life enhancing and engaging. SPO has given a huge number of concerts in this time, enjoyed by thousands of people. It has also had several thousand amateur musicians come through its ranks in this time and has employed hundreds of professional artists of very high standing. We actively encourage participation by children and young people in our activities wherever possible. Each season we build on the success we have achieved over this time and in particular under our Music Director Benjamin Ellin, whose domestic and international credentials have been hailed by our members, audience, patrons and press alike. We would like to use any money from Wish to buy some new music and stands.
Address to send tokens to:
Chris Woodhead
4 Moorvale
Marsden
HD7 6AG
Slaithwaite Playgroup and Toddlers (SPlaT!)
SPlaT! runs ten pre-school and five toddler sessions each week in term-time, to provide a stimulating and fun place for children to learn through play. We achieved Good in all areas in our recent Ofsted inspection (Nov 2011) and we hold Quality Assurance status from the Pre-school Learning Alliance. We are the only remaining toddler group in our wider local area of the Colne Valley. We would like to improve our facilities and equipment. In Toddlers we would especially like to refurbish our baby area.
Address to send tokens to:
Caroline Hall
SPlaT!
Slaithwaite Community Centre
Bankgate
Slaithwaite
Huddersfield
HD7 5DL
www.slaithwaiteplaygroupandtoddlers.co.uk
slinglibrary.com
Holding your baby close to your body helps with breastfeeding, postnatal depression, bonding, colic, and reflux. Babies carried close in slings and carriers cry up to 50% less than babies placed in seats and bouncers. We are committed to helping parents find the right sling for them. Getting the right fit for both baby and parent can mean the difference between a baby protesting about being carried or loving it. The right sling can mean a mother is free to play with her toddler or make lunch or go shopping without having to worry about space on the bus or ending up carrying the baby while pushing an empty pram, while the baby gets the closeness it needs too. With the right sling you can carry your baby from newborn to preschooler without an aching back. Come along to our twice monthly meets to get a fitted for a sling before spending money on one that might not work for you. We would spend the money on training volunteers in correct infant positioning and buying new slings for people to try out in bigger sizes
Address to send tokens to:
Yolanda Kenyon
slinglibrary.com
7 Victoria street
Deighton
Huddersfield
HD2 1JB
Soldier Sailor Airman Families Association
SSAFA is a long established charity, founded over 125 years ago, to help serving and ex members of the forces together with their families and dependants who have fallen on hard times. We are able to help with housing, financial and physical needs. We are able to offer assistance with those suffering from PTSD or related problems. We would like to provide more publicity to enable us to contact more of the very vulnerable people in the community.
Address to send tokens to:
M A Kirk
SSAFA 13/14 Kingshead Buildings
Cloth Hall St
Huddersfield
HD1 2EF
Spring Valley Community Centre
Spring Valley Community Centre is a self help organisation based at a Sheltered Housing community. The group is totally voluntary and not-for-profit in nature and has the aim to keep all the residents healthy and active by ensuring activities and trips are arranged - this ensures inclusion of the individual and reduces the drain on local authority services in the longer term.
Address to send tokens to:
Mrs M Hadfield
Spring Valley Community Centre
Spring Vally Close
Littletown
Liversedge
West Yorkshire
WF15 6QH
St Cuthbert's Brownies
We are a brownie unit in Birkby. We meet every Wednesday and at the moment have 20 girls. We like to be as active as we can as we feel the girls don't get out as much as they should. All three leaders have run this unit for over 15 years each and would love to be able to take the girls away again as it was so benifical when we went two years ago.
Address to send tokens to:
Amanda Barnby
10 Butterwood close
Beaumont Park
Huddersfield
HD4 7BJ
St John's Playgroup
St John's Playgroup is a pre-school based in Golcar with outstanding ranking from OFSTED. We serve children between the age of two years and up to four years and 11 months, in the direct proximity of neighbouring villages. The management team have been in place for over 20 years, consistently providing a safe, stimulating environment for the children to reach their own individual potential. The setting caters for children regardless of needs, ability and disability. When faced with a child's needs that are unfamiliar or challenging, staff are rightly trained, research is done and relevant help from outdoor agencies and parent would be sought. We intend to spend the money on our outdoor provision. We think it is important for children to explore and respect the outdoor environment. Wed like the following: bamboo wigwams, shade/shelter/canopy, umbrellas, garden tools, wheel barrow, plastic tubes, pans and tins for sound and a water butt.
Address to send tokens to:
Diane Hirst
St John's Playgroup
Fieldhead
Leymoor Road
Golcar
Huddersfield
HD7 4QQ
St Johns Mother & Toddler Group
We are a small toddler group which meets every Thursday morning between the hours of 9.00 and 11.15. We aim to give parents and children a couple of hours of fun in a relaxing atmosphere. Mums, Dads and Grandparents can come along and meet like-minded people. We have children from birth to school age attending. Childminders are also welcome. We need new equipment and to keep the group going.
Address to send tokens to:
Karen Keogh
St Johns Church School
Fieldhead, Off Leymoor Road
Golcar
Huddersfield
HD7 4QQ
www.Stjohnsji.kgfl.digitalbrain.com/
St Joseph's Sharks ARLFC
St Joseph's ARLFC currently run an Open Age team in the Pennine League, an Under 17's team, Girls teams at Under 12's, Under 14's and Under 16's and an Under 10's and Under 8's team. We are based in Fartown and try to recruit new players from the surrounding area with help from the Huddersfield Giants Community Team. The club is run entirely by volunteers who do everything from coaching, managing teams and fundraising to publicity and financial management. We are hoping to expand the number of teams playing under the St Joseph's name in the future and are trying to raise the funds and recruit new volunteers to assist us in achieving our aims. The club is proud of its association with the Fartown ground and is working to ensure local children can continue to play rugby league at this historic ground in a safe and supportive environment.
Address to send tokens to:
Julie Swift
Club Secretary
St Joseph's Sharks ARLFC
C/O 45 Birchington Avenue
Birchencliffe
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD3 3RD
www.pitchero.com/clubs/stjosephs/
St Philip's Community Centre, Birchencliffe Volunteers from St Philip's Community Centre want to transform the wasteland behind the centre into an environmentally friendly garden and play area which will benefit the whole community. Their plans include landscaping and the creation of a garden plot with some raised beds for disabled gardeners. A willow tunnel will be planted to create a shaded attraction for young children to play in and around. Every day and every evening local people of all ages, from the very young to the young at heart, gather at the centre for a wide range of activities. Groups using the Centre include Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs & Scouts; The Cliffites Dramatic Society, Lindley Out of School Club, Rugby Tots, University of the Third Age and the Kiddiecats Nursery. There are also Weightwatchers classes, tea dances and classes in Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Tai Kwan Do & Kick Boxing. Reverend Mary Railton-Crowder from St Philips said “Our volunteers are very excited at the prospect of turning this piece of wasteland into a valuable community resource. We are delighted to be part of the Examiner’s Wish Campaign – any funding we receive for our project will benefit the whole community.” Address to send tokens to:
Mr Ken Shaw
St Philip's Community Centre
Briarlyn Road
Birchencliffe
Huddersfield
HD3 3NP
St Thomas CofE Primary School
St Thomas CofE Primary School targets children from 3-11 years old. The school is in a highly deprived area with 40-45% of its pupils being on free school meals and 20% SEN children. It has a highly diverse population with 51% of the children being of non-white british heritage. The school itself is a vital part of the community and we pride ourselves in providing after school clubs and holiday play schemes for the pupils. The money would be vital in paying for local organisations to provide extra curricular activities, which many families would not normally be able to afford attendance fees for. We are also developing our outdoor learning environment and are currently in the process of creating an outdoor classroom for use in the holidays. The money would help to purchase outdoor furniture and stationery to use. Particularly during the holidays when the main school is closed and access to equipment is minimal. All these things will aid in our children having a fuller, more enriched learning experience whilst being educated here.
Address to send tokens to:
Danielle Hughes
St Thomas CofE Primary School
Sherwood Avenue
Bradley
Huddersfield
HD2 1RQ
