Original Article by Emma Clayton (Telegraph & Argus) – https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20131581.mind-bradford-offers-support-people-suffering-loneliness/ Tony Merifield became a befriender six years ago after working part-time in a supermarket. “I used to get a lot of people coming through the till by themselves,” he said. “By talking to them I realised just how many lonely people there were, and still […]

As part of the government’s town fund, Shipley has secured up to £25 million in funding; intended to “deliver improvements to the town centre, and provide jobs and training opportunities, as well as wider cultural and social benefits for the town”. In association with the scheme, residents are being invited to give their input on […]

Bradford Council and Bradford District Craven CCG have appointed two local consortiums to support its vital Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Support and Improvement Programme. Following the conclusion of a procurement process in late 2021 the successful bidders are two local consortiums, ‘Here4BDCC’ and ‘Network Central’. The contract will operate for three years from April […]

Shipley has been selected by the Government as one of 101 places across England eligible for up to £25m investment through the Towns Fund.  The Towns Fund constitutes a transformational programme of activity and investment in town and high street regeneration; promoting the distinctive offer of each place. The Towns Fund will not only economically […]

A new collaboration between Step 2, JAMES and HALE will offer a flexible approach to developing a formula for supporting Bradford schools with their Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSE) delivery. The programme has been commissioned by Bradford Council and runs until March 2023. Between the partners there is over 30 years’ experience of work […]

Thursday 18th March is National Social Prescribing Day – our team will be taking over out twitter account – find us @HALEProject and follow the hashtag #socialprescribingWYH to see all of our celebrations throughout the day. For now here are some of our team talking to your about social prescribing over the last year and […]

It was an AGM like non before, all done via zoom with an online annual report, not how we expected at the beginning of last year. Nonetheless it was a really good opportunity to reflect on our work from April 2019 through to March 2020. A huge thank you to all the volunteers, staff and […]

GP practices across Bradford have written to their patients to keep them informed of what they have been doing during the pandemic and how they plan to work for the next few months. All letters are listed here in alphabetical order Cowgill Surgery Haigh Hall Surgery North Street Surgery Shipley Surgery Sunnybank Surgery The Willows […]