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Volunteer's meeting - Calderdale's countryside under threat?

There will be a meeting of volunteers and interested parties to discuss the proposed budget cuts to Calderdale MBC Countryside Service at the Countryside Centre, Clegg Nook, above Mytholmroyd Library, Cragg Road HX7 5HR on Monday 30th January at 4:30pm

Partnership working to spruce up the canal

Calder Future volunteers are joining with British Waterways volunteers and others to help manage the canalside

Clean-up of local beauty spot

Some willing volunteers spent a morning dragging the rubbish out of the water at Wheatley viaduct - a popular spot for young anglers in the picturesque Wheatley Valley

Joint action with the waterways

Calder Future volunteers muck in with the waterways to clean up the Halifax Arm of the canal

The corporate gardeners hit town!

Calder Future was contacted by Royal Sun Alliance Insurance to provide them with opportunities for their national volunteering week - so we blitzed the Himalayan balsam in Hebden Bridge.

River Week 2011

River Week activities will be held during the month of June - clean up your section of the waterside, and be involved in the European Year of the Volunteer!

Calder Future 2011 Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is now available to view

Calder Future 2010 Newsletter

The newsletter from last year is still available to view in our archive

Improving the environment on a Wednesday afternoon

Sixth Form students from Calder High in Mytholmroyd are doing 'environmental enrichment' work with Calder Future one afternoon a week.

Volunteering for Football in Mixenden

We have been working with a group of young people in Mixenden, N. Halifax, to engage them in community activities - the payback is that, with our 'V' funding, we can help them enter into the local 5-a-side league!

Making a difference to Mytholmroyd

As part of our corporate volunteering programme, we had two sessions with the legal publishing firm, Sweet & Maxwell, on the River at Mytholmroyd in the summer of 2008.

Pocket park for Bailiff Bridge

Calder Future is working with the residents of Bailiff Bridge to create a new park to complement the recently built community centre

Volunteers make all the difference

Our improvement and clean-up projects are undertaken by volunteers – from the communities alongside the waterways, local companies, and others. Look at our Events Calendar for an opportunity near you this year, or contact us.