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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 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.