Aiming to...
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Connect: PEOPLE
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Relieve: LONELINESS & ISOLATION
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Improve: QUALITY OF LIFE
...by providing...
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ACTIVITIES
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TRANSPORT &
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PLACES TO MEET
...to promote fulfilled lives!
Meet us in this video
WHO ARE WE?
Established in 2005 by members of the Denby Dale Methodist Church, the centre started work as a charity, to reduce isolation in the local area by running activities that bring people together.
OUR VISION
We believe that everyone should be able to connect with other people
OUR AIM
We aim to…
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Connect People
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Relieve Loneliness & Isolation, and
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Improve Quality of Life
…by offering…
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Activities
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Transport and
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Places to Meet
…to support fulfilled lives
OUR 7 VALUES
Kindness - We promote kindness
Understanding - We acknowledge we are all different and have a desire to learn about other people’s lifestyles, in a way that helps us to help them
Inclusion - We acknowledge our Equality principles, working (reasonably) towards inclusive services and operations
Respect - Working within our Equality and Safeguarding principles, we will be considerate of our people and their ideas, situations and lifestyles
Confidentiality - We will work to keep to our Safeguarding Information principles when dealing with people
Integrity - We have good moral principles of operating to achieve our Vision and Aim
Collaboration - We work with other like-minded organisations to benefit people, working within our Aim
OUR 27 OPEN PROJECTS
Our connecting people projects are all in line with our aim above and are COVID SECURE, include:
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES During COVID-19
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Dementia Wellbeing Group Emley OPEN
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Dementia Webchat Group Online OPEN
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Dementia Home Buddies Your Home OPEN
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Phone Buddies (Covid Service) HD8 OPEN
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Walking Buddies (Covid Service) HD8 OPEN
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Volunteering Poster All sites OPEN
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HD8 Community Anchor HD8+ OPEN
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Film Group Poster Kirkburton ETA May 17
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Tea Dance Poster Kirkburton CLOSED
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Cafe Connect Kirkburton OPEN soon
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Educational Work Placements All sites CLOSED
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Employment Work Placements All sites CLOSED
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT
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Community Transport Leaflet Kirklees wide OPEN
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Ring and Ride Transport Leaflet HD8 & HD9 CLOSED
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Shopper Bus HD8 & HD2 OPEN
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Shopping Service (Covid Service) Kirklees OPEN
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Food Fund (Covid Service) HD8 OPEN
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Volunteer Car Service Poster Rural Kirklees OPEN
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Kirklees Community Minibus Network OPEN
COMMUNITY PLACES
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Charity Shop 1 Denby Dale OPEN
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Charity Shop 2 Skelmanthorpe OPEN
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Drop in Centre/Training Room Denby Dale CLOSED
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Kirkburton Hub Kirkburton OPEN
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Special Awareness Events Poster Kirkburton CLOSED
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Community Pantry Skelmanthorpe OPEN
- Training Centre Poster Kirkburton OPEN
CORE SUPPORT SERVICE
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Third Sector Consultancy OPEN
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Community Transport Consultancy OPEN
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Community Anchor OPEN
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Volunteer Support OPEN
