The Denby Dale Centre

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

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OUR AIM

We aim to…

• Connect People

• Relieve Loneliness & Isolation, and

• Improve Quality of Life

 

…by offering…

• Activities

• Transport and

• Places to Meet

 

…to support fulfilled lives

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OUR 7 VALUES

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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

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OUR 27 OPEN PROJECTS
Our connecting people projects are all in line with our aim above and are COVID SECURE, include:

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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES                                                        During COVID-19

• Coffee Morning                   Poster        Kirkburton             CLOSED

• Cream Teas                          Poster        Kirkburton             CLOSED

• Dementia Wellbeing Group                  Emley                     OPEN

• Dementia Webchat Group                    Online                    OPEN

• Dementia Home Buddies                      Your Home           OPEN        

• Film Group                            Poster       Kirkburton            Coming Soon

• Tea Dance                             Poster       Kirkburton            CLOSED

• Cafe Connect                                          Kirkburton            OPEN

• Chatterbox (Covid Service)                    HD8                      OPEN

• Walkies (Covid Service)                          HD8                       OPEN

• Volunteering                        Poster        All sites                 OPEN

• Educational Work Placements              All sites                 OPEN

• Employment Work Placements            All sites                 OPEN

• HD8 Community Anchor                      HD8+                     OPEN

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COMMUNITY TRANSPORT                                                

• Community Transport        Leaflet       Kirklees wide        OPEN

• Ring and Ride Transport    Leaflet        HD8 & HD9          CLOSED

• Shopper Bus                                            HD8 & HD2           OPEN

• Shopping Service (Covid Service)         Kirklees                  OPEN

• Food Fund (Covid Service)                     HD8                        OPEN

• Cooked Food Delivery (Covid Service) HD8                        OPEN

• Click & Collect  (Covid Service)              HD8                        OPEN

• Prescription Collection (Covid Service) HD8                       OPEN   

• Volunteer Car Service         Poster        Rural Kirklees        OPEN

• Kirklees Community Minibus Network                               OPEN

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COMMUNITY PLACES TO MEET

• Charity Shop 1                                         Denby Dale           OPEN

• Charity Shop 2                                         Skelmanthorpe    OPEN

• Drop in Centre                                         Denby Dale          CLOSED

• Kirkburton Hub                                       Kirkburton            OPEN

• Special Awareness Events  Poster       Kirkburton            CLOSED

• Training Centre                     Poster       Kirkburton            OPEN

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CORE SUPPORT SERVICE

• Third Sector Consultancy                                                      OPEN

• Community Transport Consultancy                                     OPEN

• Community Anchor                                                                OPEN

• Volunteer Support                                                                  OPEN

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