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Public meeting on Wednesday 29 May, 7pm at Illingworth Moor Methodist Church.

To discuss preserving the historic gaol and stocks and working towards them becoming a community asset.

Facebook: Illingworth Gaol and Stocks Preservation Group
Email: illingworthjail@outlook.com
Phone: 01422 249070

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Also, the next North Halifax Planning Group meeting is on Thursday 23 May at Illingworth Community Fire Station.

Doors open 6.30pm, meeting starts at 7pm

Open to anyone who lives or works in or near Illingworth, Mixenden, and Ovenden.

Climb the 403 steps of the internal spiral staircase and take in the fantastic views from this fabulously ornate, 77 metres (253 feet) high Victorian chimney.

Monday 27 May, 11 am – 4 pm (last ascent 3.30 pm)

Admission: Adults £2, Child and Passport to Leisure Holders £1.50. Family ticket £6.

Private ascents available for up to one hour with a maximum of 4 people £70 plus VAT. Please contact P. Oddy on 0845 245 6000 for further information or to book a private visit. 

Come and meet up-and-coming author Fletcher Moss and find out about his debut novel ‘Poison Boy’.

On Wednesday 29 May, 6pm – 7.30pm at King Cross Library

Poison Boy beat over 1000 other entries to win The Times / Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition and is published in April 2013. Fletcher’s books will be on sale throughout the evening.

For age 9 years +

Presented by Discover in partnership with the Kirklees and Calderdale Children’s Book Group. For more information contact Ben Lawrence on 01422 392620.

Pennine Housing have a new phone number for all your housing enquiries:

0300 555 5557

And, there are many things you can do online:

1. Pay your rent 
2. Report a non-urgent repair
3. Report neighbour nuisance
4. Find a home

This Half Term join Peter Pan in Neverland at Eureka!

On Saturday 25 May to Sunday 2 June, explore Neverland with fun and games that bring J. M. Barrie’s story to life.

Free with standard admission or your Eureka! Annual Pass.

Whatever the weather this May half term, the National Media Museum invites you to come and experience a fun-packed and free array of family festivities!

Every day from 25 May to 2 June, the Museum will be continuing to celebrate 100 years of Bollywood in style with FREE activities for all the family.From Lego to puppets, dance to adventures, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this half term!

To find out more, please visit the Museum website

Do you fancy getting involved in this year’s Festival? 

One of the things that makes Halifax Festival such a success is the volunteers and this year is no exception with lots of ways to get involved. The Festival is looking for volunteers to help with everything from marketing and distribution to stewarding and serving refreshments.

Every event in the Halifax Festival is run in some way by volunteers; volunteer stewards are at each event and venue to collect tickets on the door, usher audience into seats, give directions, act as an information point about the Festival, look after artists and performers and generally be the happy smiling face of the Festival.

Even before the Festival, the brochure, flyers, posters and banners are distributed throughout Halifax and Yorkshire and the Festival always needs volunteers to help get these out into their local area. There are also opportunities to get involved on the e-marketing side.

So whatever your interest, Halifax Festival would love to hear from you if you would like to get involved and make it another great success.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Lauren Day, Halifax Festival Assistant, email: lauren@squarechapel.co.uk or tel: 01422 353073.

Falls Awareness Week (17 June to 21 June 2013) is an annual event which aims to highlight things you can do to reduce your risk of falling and the local services available to help you to do this.

This year’s Falls Awareness Week will focus on healthy feet. Keeping feet healthy is fundamental to maintaining mobility and independence.

Further information is available from the Calderdale Falls Prevention Team 

The SOBS (Sick of Being Skint) Road Show is going to be at Mixenden Parents Resource Centre on Wednesday 22 May and Thursday 23 May, 1-30pm – 3.30pm

SOBS is a Together Housing project aimed at improving financial confidence in people under the age of 24. They offer practical money advice and budgeting workshops (e.g. cooking on a budget; furnishing a flat).

Why not drop in and meet the team? There will also be a selection of food try.

Do you have a child with severe learning needs, challenging behaviours or Autism?

The Insider’s Guide is a FREE course that parents have really valued, helping them build their long-term strength and find ways to get the best out of the people who work with their children.

The course has also helped parents review their own personal journey so far and gain new skills and confidence to look ahead and look after their own needs.

The course starts on Wednesday 5 June, for five sessions, with time for a break and a cuppa. The first four sessions will run from 10am to 1.30pm. The longer final session is on 3 July from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

This course is most useful to parents who have children with learning difficulties, challenging behaviours and/or Autism.

Calderdale Parents and Carers are able to pay any additional childcare or travel expenses if this enables parents to attend who would otherwise find it difficult. 

Click here for more information on course content

To book your place, please contact Karen Bull on 01422 343090 or email Karen.bull@parents-and-carers.org.uk