Kirklees Council Press Releases
| Published: Mon February 6 2012 | ||
| Scrutiny backing for winter maintenance | ||
| Kirklees Council's winter planning and gritting teams have been given the approval of scrutiny councillors. | ||
| Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dragon - February 19 | ||
| Celebrate the Chinese year of the Dragon with fantastic storytelling and shadow puppetry from Telling Tales when they bring to life the ancient story of The Dragon's Pearl. | ||
| Shining lights lantern parade - February 23 | ||
| Families from Savile Town, Thornhill, Thornhill Lees and Overthorpe are invited to join in this community event on Thursday February 23 at 7pm. | ||
| William Jordan ? a retrospective exhibition | ||
| Visitors to Batley's town centre gallery this month will be treated to a show of masterful paintings by the late William Jordan (1922 ? 2011) ? with much of the work getting its first public airing for decades. | ||
| Castle Hill becomes a nature reserve | ||
| Castle Hill in Almondbury near Huddersfield has been declared a nature reserve at a recent meeting of the Kirklees Council Cabinet. | ||
| Half term art workshops at Cleckheaton Library - February 14 | ||
| Families are invited to work with professional artist Jo Blacker and create a beautiful collage for display in Cleckheaton Library. | ||
| Free construction courses for young Kirklees unemployed | ||
| Unemployed young people from Kirklees can apply for a free place on a popular construction course starting this spring and gain an industry recognised qualification. | ||
| New play area to open in Cleckheaton on February 16 | ||
| Children and families in the Cleckheaton area are invited to the launch of a newly refurbished play area on February 16 from 1pm ? 3pm. | ||
| Castle and Minster Save Energy and Save scheme | ||
| The Castle and Minster Save Energy and Save scheme is being launched. | ||
| FA Just Play! Ladies Football Sessions | ||
| New football sessions just for women kick off at Batley Sports and Tennis Centre on Wednesday 22 February with a new fun and informal way to play the game. | ||
| David Hill organ concert at Huddersfield Town Hall - February 13 | ||
| The next lunchtime organ concert will take place on Monday February 13 at 1pm at Huddersfield Town Hall with David Hill. | ||
| Published: Fri February 3 2012 | ||
| Diamond jubilee trees to be planted at Oakwell Hall Country Park | ||
| Trees donated by the Woodland Trust to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee are to be planted at Oakwell Hall Country Park ? including one grown from seed collected from one of the royal household estates. | ||
| Published: Wed February 1 2012 | ||
| Valleys Area Committee to meet on Februar 9 | ||
| The next meeting of the Valleys Area Committee will be held at Holmfirth Civic Hall on February 9 and the meeting will start at 7pm. | ||
| Help us to shape Local HealthWatch in Kirklees | ||
| As part of the changes to the NHS, there will be a new independent consumer champion ? Local HealthWatch - for patients and users of health and social care services. | ||
| Tolson Museum half term event - February 16 | ||
| Young visitors to Tolson Museum this half term will be able to take part in a special event featuring Tolson's historic bird room. | ||
| Fairer charges for home care on Cabinet agenda | ||
| Proposals are to be heard by Kirklees councillors aimed at bringing the district into line with other local councils in the way it charges people who buy their own community services through personal budgets. | ||
| Cabinet to consider day care transformation | ||
| Kirklees Council Cabinet members will be asked to consider transforming day care across the district to ensure there are more opportunities available for people with physical disabilities. | ||
| Published: Tue January 31 2012 | ||
| The Tolson and Ravensknowle photo album exhibition is now open | ||
| A display of photographs which chronicle the history of Tolson Museum and Ravensknowle Park are now on view. | ||
| Kirklees Creative Summit at Lawrence batley Theatre - February 21 | ||
| Celebrating the creative spirit in these challenging times will be a major theme at the Kirklees Creative Summit happening on Tuesday February 21, from 12 noon onwards at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield (the LBT). | ||
| Dewsbury Arts Group Spring Exhibition 2012 from February 4 to March 25 | ||
| Dewsbury Arts Group is mounting its 2012 Spring Exhibition of members' work in the newly-refurbished galleries at Dewsbury Museum. | ||
| Get exhibited at Batley Art Gallery | ||
| Batley Art Gallery is putting a call out to the local creative community to submit artwork for this year's Open Exhibition. | ||
| Kirklees Markets ?Get with Apprenticeships? | ||
| Visitors to markets in Huddersfield and Dewsbury are in for a surprise during the week beginning February 6. | ||
| Playing Safe tour | ||
| A new acting troupe made up of people working with community organisations, volunteers and carers are to put on a sequence of shows in South Kirklees. | ||
| Leeds City Region submits Green Bank bid to government | ||
| The Leeds City Region has submitted its formal bid to host the world's first green investment bank. | ||
| Street lighting pilot scheme to start | ||
| Kirklees Council is soon to start a pilot scheme to turn off 2000 street lights every night at midnight and turn them back on again at 5am. | ||
| Road safety scheme at Bradford Road in Littletown | ||
| Work is to start from February 6 on a new road safety scheme for Bradford Road at Littletown. | ||