Please see below information relating to communities in rural Kirklees that may be of interest. Please pass on, share and promote any information you think your communities and connections would be interested in.
Holme Valley & Meltham Youth Offer
Attached – the updated timetable of youth activities for Summer term 2026 across the valley.
PCAN Special Educational Needs & Disability Event (details attached)
Free event for parents of children with additional needs:
Wednesday 27th May 11-3 pm at Coopers Yard, Holmfirth
Saving Honley’s Magdale Dam
Honley Village Community Trust is crowdfunding on Kirklees Council’s Growing Great Places platform to raise money towards the repair of Magdale Dam.
To find out more and support the fundraising campaign visit:
Saving Honley’s Magdale Dam – Spacehive
Police Contact Points
Opportunity to meet officers from the Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team and raise any issues or concerns:
- Wednesday 6th May 5-6 pm at Lidl, Holmfirth, HD9 3TB
- Wednesday 27th May 5-6 at Morrisons Supermarket, Meltham, HD9 5QR
Events and meetings | West Yorkshire Police
Kirklees Summer Camp for children in years 4-7 (poster attached)
Assisted places for summer camp are £10.
You are eligible for an assisted place if you receive the following benefits:
- Free School Meals
- Universal Credit
- Employment Support Allowance (income-related),
- Income Support
- or you are using a foodbank.
www.kirkleessummerplaycamp.com
Stories in Motion Exhibition – Free Guided Tours, Culture Labs and Kirklees Cultural Strategy
27 April – 1 May 2026- Bath House Gallery, University of Huddersfield
Stories in Motion is a powerful exhibition of short films made by Kirklees filmmakers and communities, exploring themes of health, heritage, learning and place.
We’re inviting groups to join us for a free guided tour, offering the chance to step into these stories and reflect on the cultural identities that shape everyday life across the district. Book a slot for yourself or your group here. Or get in touch.
Alongside the tour, we’ll introduce Culture Labs – a creative and collaborative approach to co‑-designing local cultural action and the Conversations about Culture Film & Toolkit.
Get Involved:
Book a tour on Eventbrite:
To learn more about the exhibition, toolkit or Culture Labs, please contact:
📩 culturesof@hud.ac.uk
Explore the exhibition online:
🔗 https://bit.ly/47x7Mdk
Operation Snap
Op Snap, and the Safer Roads Media Submissions portal, is a response to increasing submissions of footage relating to driving offences that members of the public have witnessed.
Until now, these reports have been submitted to the police in a variety of ways and so a streamlined process has now been developed to deal with them. This will hopefully make it easier for all involved.
This portal can only be used for driving offences, it is not for submitting footage of Road Traffic Collisions or public order offences and is not for reporting crime.
West Yorkshire Safer Roads – Op Snap | West Yorkshire Police
Be Water Aware
The Be Water Aware campaign will run from Monday 27 April to Sunday 3 May 2026.
We urge everyone to enjoy time in, on, and around water safely. Tragically, lives are lost every year in coastal and inland waters, but many of these deaths are preventable.
The Be Water Aware campaign is part of a coordinated effort to support the UK Drowning Prevention Strategy, which aims to achieve a 50% reduction in accidental drownings between 2016 and 2026.
Practical advice, such as what to do if you see someone in trouble in the water.
Resources can be used throughout the year to support water safety messaging in communities.
If you see someone in trouble, make the right call – call 999!
- PHONE 999 for help
- Tell them to FLOAT on their back
- THROW rescue equipment to keep them afloat until emergency services arrive
Water Safety | West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Funding Opportunities
Please see attached a range of funding opportunities that may be of interest.
If you would like to promote community and voluntary activities or opportunities in the Rural area, please contact:
Luc (luc.bride@kirklees.gov.uk), Julie (julie.mcdowell@kirklees.gov.uk) or Aaron (Aaron.taylor@kirklees.gov.uk)
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