The Poetry School Is Coming To Calderdale
The Poetry School is coming to the Calder Valley for the first time with a brand new poetry course. The Poetry School is a national organisation which teaches adults the art of writing poetry through a huge range of courses, workshops, talks and events all round the country and online.
Ground-breaking New Drama About Ted Hughes
The late poet laureate Ted Hughes would have been 80 this month and to mark the occasion a ground-breaking new drama has been made about his Yorkshire childhood. Recorded entirely on location at his former house in Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge, it is based loosely on a true story.
Input Sought On Council Budget Priorities
Calderdale Council is asking people how they would like spending to be prioritised at public meetings across the borough next month. Everyone is welcome to their local Ward Forum, when people will be asked to identify which services they would like to keep, reduce or lose under new Government funding cuts.
Big Heap's ‘Black Gold’ Compost Giveaway
The 12th Big Heap compost giveaway will be taking place this Saturday 21st August. Come along to the Milner Royd Composting Facility in Sowerby Bridge from 10am to 3pm to collect your free bag of Calderdale’s ‘Black Gold’ compost (whilst stocks last).
HRH The Prince of Wales Coming To Calder Valley
On the 8th of September, HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the amazing Yorkshire town of Todmorden on the third day of His Royal Highness’s national Start tour. The tour, which takes the Prince, via Royal Train, to ten different locations throughout Britain, aims to celebrate sustainable community living.
Kirklees & Calderdale Face Homelessness Crisis
New figures reveal the full impact that cuts to housing benefit will have on people in Yorkshire and the Humber. Thousands of people in the region face debt and homelessness if the Government goes ahead with planned cuts, warns Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.
Crumb Launch Gourmet Cupcake Business
Crumb is a new cupcake company which has recently opened in the Calder Valley. Based in Hebden Bridge they are soon to open a bakery shop and cupcake course venue in Todmorden.
Interview With Graham Griffiths From Newlfe Recycled Paint
Newlife Paints Ltd is the only company in the UK that takes waste emulsion paint, destined primarily for landfill, and uses it as the basis for manufacturing a complete range of recycled paint.
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