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Our Future Landscapes

A date for your diaries: Our Future Landscapes – Making the most of our moorland
Free public meeting and workshop – Saturday 2nd March 2019, 10am – 1pm, Mechanics Hall, Marsden.

For more details and to book your place: https://ourfuturelandscapes.eventbrite.co.uk

Come along to a morning meeting and workshop to explore how we can work together to make the most of the fantastic moorland environment in and around the upper Holme and Colne Valleys.

The National Trust, Moors for the Future, Yorkshire Water, White Rose Forest, The Environment Agency, Woodland Trust, Kirklees Council and a range of community organisations will be on hand to discuss landscape restoration and flood risk reduction work in the Wessenden Valley.

The meeting will also involve everyone in setting out an ambitious vision for the future. How can we improve our moorland environment to make it better for people and nature?

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Great British Spring Clean 22 March – 23 April 2019

Save the Date & Join the UK’s Biggest Ever Clean-Up Great British Spring Clean | Great Big School Clean 22 March – 23 April 2019 We want to inspire half a million people to join forces to clear single-use plastic litter from our streets, parks and beaches, recycling as much as possible. We’ll be counting on you to help make the Great […]

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Kirklees Volunteer Coordinators

Kirklees Council employs four Volunteer Coordinators each covering a specific area of Kirklees. They are here to support and advise groups and individuals who have an idea or interest in a local greenspace. Kirklees Rural, Andy Wickham, , 07773 386 550 Huddersfield, Ruth Dodds, , 07792 392 932 Batley + Spen, Patrick Crowley, , 07581 […]

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Insurance Scheme

NATURAL KIRKLEES INSURANCE SCHEME The Insurance scheme is now live, we have completed negotiations with the brokers and have agreed a suitable level of cover as detailed below; Activities Covered The policy will provide cover for conservation activities such as but not limited to; Litter picking Removal of larger items of rubbish from water courses using […]

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