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St. Patrick’s Day 2024
This year, the Huddersfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade Celebration took place in the historic Open Market, providing shelter from the weather and lots of space for performances and stalls.
The parade celebrates and pays tribute to Huddersfield’s centuries-long connection with Ireland and Irish heritage.
Check out the video of the event here
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
RADAR Programme Launch Event
Kirklees Local TV (KLTV) and the Department for Transport (DfT) proudly introduced the Recruit, Acclimatise, Develop and Retain (R.A.D.A.R.) programme on January 22, 2024. This ground-breaking programme, which is City & Guilds assured, aims to usher in a new era of talent acquisition and development for the Civil Service.
Read the report here
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield HSHAZ Consortia Christmas Celebration
An event was held to celebrate the various accomplishments of the Huddersfield High Street Heritage Action Zone team and their partners. Speakers from organisations that worked with HHSHAZ over the last year told how impactful and enriching the Heritage Action Zone scheme has been for Huddersfield, and how important it is for it to continue and grow.
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield Christmas Light Switch-On
St. George’s Square hosted this year’s Christmas lights switch-on event, with food stalls, crafts vendors, and live performances from various artists, the crowd was entertained well into the evening.
Watch our coverage of the event here: https://youtu.be/C19PtQ3gTac
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield’s First Apna Bazaar
Huddersfield Open Market hosted the town’s first Apna Bazaar, a South Asian evening market with food, drink and live performances. The smell of the traditional food wafted through the air as vendors sold Asian clothing, jewellery, haberdashery, childrens’ toys, and much more.
The event will be returning on the 29th of September, be sure to check it out!
Watch our video covering the event here: youtu.be/067z3XBmZ_U
Prince Re:Imagined
Prince, known for his incredible musicianship and flamboyant stage presence, influenced generations of musicians, singers and fans.
The Lawrence Batley Theatre teamed up with local artist Hardeep Singh Sahota to launch a new Arts Council England funded project called ‘Prince Reimagined’, a live performace featuring various artists reimagining iconic songs into different genres from around the world.
His songbook is one of the most enigmatic and prolific created by any artist; while his celebration of diversity, sexuality and identity has struck a chord with people across the world.
Watch our video about the event here: youtu.be/51hUt9r50bI
Also watch the performance in its entirety here: youtu.be/LxCFup30QCs
The Bread and Butter Thing
The Bread and Butter Thing is a food club that “makes life more affordable for people on low incomes, builds stronger communities, and reduces food waste”.
The project opened a new collection centre in the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Crosland Moor, and KLTV visited to film the volunteer training process.
Learn more on their website: www.BreadandButterThing.org
Watch the video here: youtu.be/BGP_C7gIXJA
Huddersfield Carnival 2023
Huddersfield Carnival made its highly-anticipated return to Greenhead Park on the 8th of July, 2023.
Attendees were swept away by a celebration of Caribbean culture, with vibrant music, captivating dance performances, delectable cuisine, and a jubilant atmosphere throughout!
Even better, the Official Huddersfield Carnival Procession returned to the streets of Huddersfield in an explosion of music, colour and dance.
HERD – Kirklees Year of Music 2023
HERD was a musical and sculptural odyssey of epic proportions. Devised by composer Orlando Gough and produced by leading arts production company, Artichoke, HERD took place in various locations around Kirklees during July 2023 as part of Kirklees Year of Music.
23 larger-than-life sheep, unlike any you’ve ever seen or heard, appeared in surprising places across the beautiful Kirklees countryside. Wired for sound, these musical sheep sculptures sang original compositions into the landscape, moving from the rural boundaries of Kirklees as they were herded towards town and city for the finale event.
Parffinalia 75 Windrush Exhibition
Kirklees Local TV, in partnership with Kirklees Council, the council’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employee network, and local community organisations, hosted ‘Paraffinalia’, an exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of Windrush in Huddersfield town centre.
‘Paraffinalia’ illustrated the history, aspirations, and contributions of the UK’s local and national Windrush generations.
The exhibition incorporated a wide range of artistic mediums, such as art, displays, literature, textiles, and multimedia installations, in one single space.
Visitors were treated to an immersive experience as they strolled through the carefully curated displays, with ten distinct zones representing different aspects of the Windrush story.
Deighton Carnival 2023
The Deighton Carnival returned for the 22nd time this year, with artists from as far afield as Wales and London. Dancers and Carnival troupes brought the party mood under the midday sun.
This event has been eagerly anticipated every year as it provides a huge area for the Ashbrow ward to show its creativity and community spirit, with stage performances from various acts throughout the day and fairground rides for both kids and adults.
Watch our hour-long film covering the event here: youtu.be/yCzlvbUDpdg
ADIRA Black Mental Health Conference 2023
In April 2023, ADIRA, an award-winning survivor-led mental health & well-being organisation, hosted its annual conference at St Mary’s Church in Sheffield.
‘Mental Health, Abuse and Culture in the Black Community’ aimed to bring together experts by experience, organisations, professionals and local community groups to have uncomfortable conversations and to raise awareness in the black community of the issues around mental health, culture and abuse. The conference also aimed to educate and inform people from outside the Black community regarding these issues.
Photos by Noah Buchannan
Crime Fiction with Penny Batchelor and Nell Pattison | Huddersfield Literature Festival 2023
As part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival’s commitment to #keepfestivalhybrid, KLTV were commissioned to deliver several hybrid streams for attendees to watch online.
Penny Batchelor writes domestic noir thrillers with secrets, lies and lots of twists! Her debut novel My Perfect Sister was long-listed for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize 2020.
Nell Pattison is the author of three novels featuring British Sign Language interpreter Paige Northwood: The Silent House, Silent Night and The Silent Suspect.
The two came together for an interesting conversation about their work, inclusive writing and much more!
Watch the highlights of the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mY9ad4jcqg
Photos taken by Elliott Patrice
Ask an Agent & Editor | Huddersfield Literature Festival 2023
As part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival’s commitment to #keepfestivalhybrid, KLTV were commissioned to deliver several hybrid streams for attendees to watch online.
Aliya Gulamani is an award-winning Commissioning Editor at Unbound and Editorial Lead for Unbound Firsts – a new imprint for debut writers of colour.
Rachel Mann is an agent at Jo Unwin Literary Agency. After nine years commissioning and editing books for young people at several major publishers, she became global publishing director for the Roald Dahl Story Company.
Daisy Watt is a Commissioning Editor at Harper North, championing northern voices and gripping, original fiction across reading group, crime and thriller, historical and humour.
Adam Lowe is a writer, performer, publisher, and the UK’s LGBT+ History Month Poet Laureate.
The group came together to provide young and up-and-coming writers with the information needed to break into the industry. Explaining how they got to where they are to how they would go about dealing with submissions.
Watch the highlights of the event here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAxeyP0Cyfo
Photos taken by Elliott Patrice
Paterson Joseph Reads From His Debut Novel | Huddersfield Literature Festival 2023
As part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival’s commitment to #keepfestivalshybrid, KLTV were commissioned to deliver several hybrid streams for attendees to watch online.
Much-loved British actor and playwright Paterson Joseph talks about his celebrated career and his captivating debut novel, based on the true-life story of Charles Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship and became the first Black person to vote in Britain.
Watch highlights from the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df3j6x_6Nn8
Photos by Elliott Patrice
A Discussion with Author Jeffrey Boakye | Huddersfield Literature Festival 2023
As part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival’s commitment to #keepfestivalhybrid, KLTV were commissioned to deliver several hybrid streams for attendees to watch online.
Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster and educator with a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race, masculinity and popular culture. Originally from Brixton in London, Jeffrey taught English to 11- to 18-year-olds for 15 years.
He is the co-host on BBC R4’s Add to Playlist with Cerys Matthews, Senior Teaching Fellow at Manchester Institute of Education and an occasional journalist.
In I Heard What You Said, he reports what he has discovered about the underlying habits, presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the whole British educational system, experienced by black students and teachers.
Watch the highlights from the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2qoqKQLPjI
Photos by Elliott Patrice
Windrush: The Years After Red Carpet Premiere
Kirklees Local Television (KLTV) officially premiered their film Windrush: The Years After, A Community Legacy on Film, at the Brian Jackson House in Huddersfield on Friday 30 September.
KLTV invited over 100 delegates from across the Yorkshire region and the African-Caribbean community, including councilors, heads of service, and local community activists.
The event was a huge success, with many positive reactions to both the film and discussion panel afterwards. People engaged with the panelists, enjoyed the food and music, and shared in the history of the experiences depicted on screen.
Watch the video covering the event here: https://youtu.be/B7ZVEUam0yE
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Kirklees Diversity, Equality and Innovation Awards 2022
KLTV was invited to attend and speak at the 2022 Kirklees Diversity Equality and Innovation Conference and Awards, held this year at Kirklees College.
A Huddersfield business and inspirational people who have set up amazing projects in their communities were the winners at this year’s awards ceremony. The day also featured two discussion panels with local leaders, social entrepreneurs, business representatives and community activists.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/X7sRKxPEhno
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Conflict Resolutions 3rd Annual Youth Awareness Conference 2022
The issue of young people involved in crime and serious violence is not going away and is a major concern for many communities in Kirklees. The Conflict Resolutions Annual Youth Awareness Conference is part of a wider strategy that looks at addressing a wide spectrum of issues related to Youth Crime.
This conference is the 3rd held so far, and is hosted and organised by Howard Belafonte and his team: https://www.ls2y.co.uk/
View the full video of the event here: https://youtu.be/onCUZOqjp2c
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield Carnival: Keep the Vibe Alive
With Huddersfield Carnival being cancelled, the Carnival Management Committee decided the show must go on, and organised a stage show in Greenhead Park to help keep the carnival vibe alive!
Full video: https://youtu.be/eWPe32pwe9E
Huddersfield Carnival Management Committee: https://www.facebook.com/huddersfieldukcarnival/
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield Community Remembrance Event 2022
The Huddersfield Army Reserves Centre hosted a special Community Remembrance event this year, focusing on remembering and honouring the sacrifices made by Sikh and minority soldiers fighting in and alongside the British Armed Forces.
Full video: https://www.youtu.be/EwST5KfpCvI
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
North Huddersfield Trust School Awards Evening
North Huddersfield Trust School held an awards evening for their high achieving students, and KLTV filmed the special event to share with the students that couldn’t make it, and to memorialise the winners of the school’s various attainment awards.
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Sir Keir Starmer Visits Huddersfield
Sir Keir Starmer visited Huddersfield ahead of local elections in 2022, and KLTV was on the ground to document the event, video here: https://youtu.be/pTrsXkoF-w8
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Castle Hill Volunteer Litter Picking
Castle Hill, being a popular look-out point and destination for the people of Huddersfield, has developed a litter problem. Kirklees Council’s Castle Hill Ranger Julian Brown organises monthly volunteer litter picks to help tackle this issue with the community.
Find out more here: https://communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk/communityDirectory/eventDetails.aspx?eventId=27142
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022
KLTV filmed 2022’s shortened St. Patrick’s Day Parade at St. George’s Square, full video here: https://youtu.be/RBde1YCGLxk
Despite the event being smaller than in previous years, the square was still alive with music, dance, food and drink from all corners of the island of Ireland.
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
PACE Media Studies Course Taught by KLTV
KLTV taught a course entitled “Media Studies”, organised by the PACE Project (Participation in the Arts and Creative Economy), to teach new skills to those interested in all aspects of journalism & media production.
Photos by Nico Kulmann – nicophoto.org
Huddersfield: Steet Level
An intimate look at some of the boroughs of Huddersfield. Check out the full gallery at kirkleeslocaltv.com/the-den
Photos by Andrew Lowell
Kirklees Council Apprentice Presentation 2016
Young apprentices receiving their awards from the Mayor of Kirklees Cllr Jim Dodds BEM.
Black History Art 2016 by Andy Jefferson
Each canvas has a number in the corner. Simply email Andy at andyjinja@gmail.com for purchase details.
Huddersfield Food & Drink Festival 2016
Here are some of the photos from the festival. You can search and view the production on our video page.
Safer Communities
Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson presented 40 organisations with cheques from the 9th Round of the Safer Communities Fund and Kirklees Local TV was one of the lucky recipients.