The Great Get Together is taking place this weekend (16 – 18 June 2017).
It is a national celebration of Jo Cox’s belief that people have more in common than that which divides them.
The idea, inspired by Jo Cox – MP for Batley and Spen who was killed on 16 June last year), is to organise the biggest neighbourhood celebrations since the Jubilee street parties.
People are getting together with their neighbours to share food and celebrate ‘all that we hold in common’. From street parties and shared barbecues to picnics and bake offs there is lots going on across the country.
You could even just share a pot of tea and some biscuits with your neighbour! What matters is that people have fun and communities are brought closer together.
We’ve listed below a few open events that we know are taking place in Kirklees, but The Great Get Together website has the full list.
Spenborough Trust Schools, Heckmondwike Green
400 pupils singing on the Green
Batley Marketplace, Batley
More in Common event to mark time Jo Cox died
Thrive, Connect Housing, Dewsbury
Tea and cake
Playing field off Lady House Lane, Berry Brow, Newsome, Huddersfield
Berry Brow Carnival
The Greenwood Centre (Ravensthorpe Library), Dewsbury
Family fun day
Cliffe Woods, Clayton West
Picnic and treasure hunt organised by Made in Clayton West
Batley Marketplace, Batley
Batley Great Get Together and Iftar
Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
Music in the memorial garden with Friends of Tolson and Musica Kirklees
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Batley Bulldogs, Batley Rugby Club
Fun day and Game at 3pm
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Isaac was swimming with his 10-year-old brother Xander when the tides picked up and it became difficult for them to swim.
Their dad and granddad, Adam and Paul Nash, both jumped in to try and save the brothers but only Xander could be rescued, and Isaac’s body was never found.
After the Tragedy, the Nash family formed the Isaac Nash Trust in his honour and vowed to build a community skatepark in his memory.
Over £100,000 was raised within a year of his passing thanks to generous donations from the community and groups such as RNLI who donated £10,000.
However, the project was delayed for quite some time after some of the local villagers, who were backed by local Conservative councillors, objected to the plans, as they believed it would attract anti-social behaviour.
Eventually though the plans went through and on Saturday (21nd April) over 1,000 guests joined Isaac’s family in a huge community event at Burton Acres Recreation Ground.
In this video we take a look at the new park and what it means for the Nash family, and the community as a whole.
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The Weekly Wind-Up brings information and opinion to the people of Kirklees and the wider Yorkshire area.
On this episode of the Weekly Wind-Up, Dr Emma Kirke speaks to Maureen Winfield, an ambassador for Dementia UK.
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a range of progressive neurological disorders, that is, conditions affecting the brain. There are many different types of dementia, of which Alzheimer’s disease is the most common.
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