Author: Friend to Friend

Friend To Friend is a charity operating in several villages of the Holme Valley of West Yorkshire. We aim to help the older generation of the community to enjoy a less isolated, less lonely, healthier and more active old age. We do so by organising social events, project groups and shared meals along with transport to and from the activities.

SPIKES HERCULEAN CHALLENGES – HELP HIM RAISE £10K FOR FRIEND TO FRIEND

12 Challenges throughout 2014 – 19 days, 61 miles of running, 715 miles on a bike, 63 miles in a kayak, 62 miles of trekking, 55,000 ft of climbing (that’s nearly 2 times Everest) and 290 obstacles.

Not for the faint hearted but for a great cause.

Please give your support. Sponsor Forms at Spirul office or visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/AnthonyPhillips12

Friend to Friend’s Charity Ceilidh, 7.00pm Saturday 27th April 2013 at Wooldale Village Hall, Tickets £10.00

Our Friend to Friend Fundraising Team have organised  Friend to Friend’s Charity Ceilidh, 7.00pm, Saturday 27th April 2013 at Wooldale Village Hall, Robert Lane, Wooldale HD9 1XZ. Tickets are £10.00 supper included, bring your own drink.  All funds raised go direct to Friend to Friend to help older people enjoy a healthier, more active, less lonely older age.  Tickets available from the Friend to Friend Office – email rachel.friendtofriend@virginmedia.com or phone 01484 687773.  Sorry at this time we are only able to accept cash payments or cheques, please make cheques payable to Friend to Friend Ltd, and send along with your name and address to the Friend to Friend Office, Unit 8, Bridge Mills, Holmfirth HD9 3TW.  We look forward to seeing you on the night. Thank you.

Charity Promises Auction – £2,458.00 raised

What a fantastic night was had by all at Friend to Friend’s very first Charity Promises Auction on 21st November at Brambles in Holmfirth.

A massive £2,458.00 was raised on the night.  Thank you to everyone who donated ‘Lots’ to bid on, those of you who bid and last and not least to our wonderful Fundraising Committee for all their incredible hard work in making this night such a success.  Read more about this event in our November Newsletter and in the Huddersfield Examiner on 27.11.12

The Diamond Years – Friend to Friend Holmfirth wins Heritage Lottery fund support of £7,700 for an exciting new project

Friend to Friend Holmfirth Group is awarded a grant of £7,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for an exciting new venture.  Led by volunteers from the Homfirth Project Group the Diamond Years aims to communicate what life was like in the Holme Valley in 1952, the year of the coronation.  The project plans to celebrate and gather information about the Coronation Year by recording memories of people’s everyday lives and their special memories of the Coronation celebrations through oral and photographic history.  Working with local historians, artists, Holmfirth library and students from local schools and Kirklees College a display of the work produced will be exhibited within the Jubilee year.