The Awards Ceremony last Thursday covered so many organisations and individuals who do phenomenal work in our community. Take a look below at our interactive awards brochure. We want to make sure that they get the recognition they deserve, read more about the finalists and winners here, you’re sure to be inspired!
A huge well done to everyone who were finalists and winners at the Calderdale Community Spirit Awards last night… Lifetime Achievement – Chris Harris, DL Outstanding Individual – Lorna Butterick Young Community Champion – Alfie Roberts Great & Green – Joint winners Joan Tillotson/ The Paddock & Litterfree SB Best Fundraising Campaign – Brodstock Arts…
Fundraiser Neil Davidson raises over £10,000 for CPR Fund Donor Neil Davidson has raised a further £10,600 to go into his CPR Fund held at the Community Foundation for Calderdale. Friends and family joined the comedy fundraiser held at The Arches to celebrate Neil’s 60th birthday. Neil had a cardiac arrest in July 2017 and…
CFFC Supporter and volunteer Mandy Taylor has been featured in The Daily Express in an article encouraging others to volunteer. The feature is timely as the #BeMoreMandy campaign launched today. Volunteering has such a big impact, you get a fuzzy feeling, you are making a difference to someone elses’ life, and also playing an important…
Wishing you all a happy Diwali!Spread the light of hope, love and kindness, From all the team at CFFC
The Community Foundation for Calderdale and its headline sponsors BCA Leisure have announced the finalists for the Community Spirit Awards which will take place on Thursday 25th November 2021 at The Venue Barkisland to celebrate all the amazing work volunteers, charities and community groups do to make Calderdale a better place to live. The Community…
Todmorden Book Festival The launch of the Todmorden Book Festival was held in person this year and people enjoyed meeting face to face. Everyone was very safe and adhering to safety rules and sharing how pleased they were that it was back as an in person event compared to being online last year. Town Mayor…
Some good news! We have just found out that we have passed our Quality Accreditation again. Well done to the team and to all of the other Community Foundations who passed too! ✔️Governance ✔️Finance ✔️Philanthropy ✔️Grant making ✔️Community participation To read more, visit bit.ly/3FjdZdk
Over the Summer school holidays over 6,000 children and young people in Calderdale enjoyed a huge range of activities and healthy meals thanks to the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Programme. Calderdale Council partnered with The Community Foundation for Calderdale to deliver this Government-funded programme and it has been so successful they are offering grants…
Most people are aware of the honours people can receive in the UK (e.g. BEM, MBE, OBE, CBE etc) but the Queen’s Awards aren’t as familiar. Annually Her Majesty the Queen recognises business excellence and volunteer excellence through the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (QAE) and the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) respectively. Prior to…
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