10 September 2025

Huddersfield has become one of the first towns in the UK to benefit from The Beacon – a nationwide initiative helping communities prepare for the rapid changes brought by Artificial ...

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21 August 2025

Huddersfield station will be closed for improvement works between Saturday 30 August – Sunday 28 September 2025 Huddersfield station will be closed for 30 days while major works take place ...

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14 May 2025

In today’s fast-moving digital world, standing out locally takes more than a basic listing—it takes connection, visibility, and meaningful support. That’s where Work Rest or Play comes in. Formerly the ...

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27 January 2025

On Friday 31 January The Flow Studio are moving to a new location for their Pilates sessions. Sharron, the lovely lady behind The Flow Studio said “I’ve found a great ...

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13 January 2025

At Work, Rest or Play Ltd, we’re passionate about shining a spotlight on the incredible people, places, and events that make our communities unique. But we can’t do it without ...

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3 December 2024

A local volunteer group has found a water mill hidden in the woods they look after and will be showing the results to the public on Saturday 14th December. The ...

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26 September 2024

Do you have some spare time to volunteer, but not found an area you’d like to support? Then look no further…………and become a First School Governor! Birdsedge First School have ...

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2 February 2024

The Huddersfield Giants Women In Business Networking Event is a perfect time to come together, make some meaningful connections with other professional women, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, and is ...

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21 June 2022

Your views – Businesses have the opportunity to inform Government’s 10-year plan to improve mental health.   Positively managing mental health underpins good employee engagement and benefits everyone – employees, employers ...

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6 January 2022

Network Meeting for leaders of community groups in the Denby Dale & Kirburton Ward. We will be talking about what support your community group would prefer, latest funding opportunities, best ...

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29 November 2021

Hot off the press! Introducing Product Pages on Directory Listings! Do you have products or services that you are promoting this Christmas? Get your business seen by thousands of customers ...

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29 November 2021

We’re extending our Black Friday offer so you can take advantage of our festivities Get your business seen by thousands of customers actively looking to buy local this Christmas. Put ...

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26 November 2021

Enjoy benefits of Silver & Gold membership this festive season! Take advantage of our Christmas Members Campaigns and appear on our #VirtualHighStreet for just £50, which includes Bronze Membership for ...

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19 July 2021

Do you know that Bronze membership is just £30* for the year?  (*For Community Groups and other non-profit organisations, it is actually free!) Which includes a basic listing, with links ...

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14 July 2021

As the summer holidays are fast approaching, the HD8 Network would like to remind you about the events calendar on the HD8 Network website which is free for anyone to ...

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11 November 2019

“On behalf of the event organisers, I would like to say a BIG thank you for taking part in this year’s Light up the Woods (LUTW) event. Without you, we ...

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26 June 2018

This year to mark our 5th anniversary we are holding a celebration at the Dunkirk Inn on 18th July from 7pm. We have been receiving donations for raffle prizes – ...

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22 June 2018

As we are celebrating our 5th anniversary this year, the HD8 Network ask for your top 5. Whether this is 5 reasons why you love work, rest or play in ...

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14 March 2018

OMG it was amazing! Wow wow wow! We fell in love with the Venue last year but couldn’t find mutually agreeable dates.  However ….. Our first meeting at The Venue ...

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22 October 2017

Our next networking event will be on Tuesday 14th November. Joining us at the Coffee Loft in Scissett, Krishna Patel, of Dilishque Curry Paste, Your Indian Pantry in a Pot, ...

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