Community links
Information from local community groups
New ‘Give As You Can’ café
Resurrected Bites are launching another Give As You Can café on Wednesday from 26th June at St Wilfrid’s Church on Duchy Road between 10am and 2pm. This is a 10 minute walk from the Royal Hall in the town centre. This is in addition to their Community Grocery scheme where you can access good quality food for as little as £5. Find out more about both at https://resurrectedbites.co.uk/
New café for people with English as a second language
If English is your second language and you would like a safe, friendly space to practice, then this Conversation Cafe is for you! Free tea and coffee. Every Thursday, 10am - 12noon at The Village, 282 Skipton Road, Harrogate (entrance on Quarry Lane) https://hadca.org.uk/events/conversation-cafe-village-harrogate
FREE events at Harrogate Library
Harrogate Library host a number of FREE activities for parents and children including under 5’s Storytime and a Lego Club. A timetable of all their activities are attached to this email or you can visit: www.northyorks.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/libraries/local-libraries/harrogate-library They will also be launching their popular FREE Summer Reading Challenge on Saturday 6 July and this year’s theme is ‘Marvellous Makers’.
They will also be recruiting young volunteers aged 14 to 24 years to become reading champions and encourage young people aged 4 to 12 years to keep reading over the summer holidays. Keep an eye on the website for more information.
Inspire Youth
There are young people’s activities throughout the year to join: https://www.inspireyouth.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/weekly-timetable-April-July-2024-Harrogate-district.pdf They will also have a list of low cost summer activities which will be advertised on their website in the next couple of weeks www.inspireyouth.uk/whats-on
This Is Me Festival, Ripon Rugby Club – Sunday 30 June
https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsMeFestivalYorkshire/
A little bit further afield but this is an award winning fully accessible and inclusive event for children and young people with complex health needs, disability and autism organised by Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre. Entry to the Festival is free but you need to order your wristbands by 3pm on the 28th June. Please email ncrc@northyorks.gov.uk
Harrogate Children’s Festival
Harrogate International Festivals are hosting a weekend-long Children’s Festival featuring all kinds of exciting activities designed to spark joy and fire imaginations: https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/fun-for-all-the-family-at-harrogate-childrens-festival
Feva Festival, Knaresborough
There are all sorts of FREE and paid for activities aimed at children throughout the two weeks of this arts festival in Knaresborough including street performers in the Market Square: https://feva.info/events
Parent Carer Group
For parents/carers of autistic young people aged 0-25, including those awaiting assessment
Now second Thursday of every month, 6-7pm at Time Together, Starbeck
For more information email LouiseTerzza@time-together.org
Free Priority Services Register (PSR)
Extra support and advice in the event of a power cut, water leak or planned works
Power cuts or water shortages can cause a worry, particularly if you, or someone you care for, needs power or water for medical reasons, are elderly, sick or disabled or have trouble communicating. You may have young children to look after at home.
You can find out who your supplier is and apply at www.thepsr.co.uk
Our HELP team have a number of FREEPOST PSR application forms for Northern Powergrid they can send out for you or someone you care for or they can help over the phone too. Get in touch on 01423 813090 help@hadca.org.uk
Yorkshire Children’s Charity Grants
Help for young people aged 19 years and under
- Grants for Wheelchairs
- Grants for Specialist Equipment for individuals and organisations, including sensory rooms and outdoor spaces.
- Helping Hand grants of to £200 per child for essentials and things to make life better and create memories. The needs of each child will be looked at so there is not a set list of what will be funded. A representative from the child’s school or agency/charity working with the child can recommend for funding.
https://yorkshirechildrenscharity.org/charity/charity-how-we-can-help/
Don’t forget:
Resurrected Bites Community Groceries
A weekly shop from as little as £3
The community groceries are run through a subscription scheme and are for people who are in financial hardship. It costs just a fraction of a normal supermarket shop and it saves thousands of tonnes of food from going to landfill every week. You can join for £5 then have access to a weekly shop for just a few pounds (a 4+ family can get their shop for £6). They run at New Park School and Gracious Street Methodist Church in Knaresborough twice weekly https://resurrectedbites.co.uk/#groceries
Support with your fuel bills and energy saving
Struggling with increased utility bills?
HELP can refer families to Warm & Well North Yorkshire or the Green Doctor for support with energy bills, energy debt and energy efficiency as well as advice on keeping warm in the home. Contact the charity on 01423 813090 between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday.
If you’re struggling with any of the above or don’t know where to turn for other support and advice in the local area, please contact Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP) on 01423 813090 or email help@hadca.org.uk
HELP
A referring organisation for the Trussell Trusts Foodbanks (at Mowbray Church in Harrogate, Life Destiny Church in Starbeck and Holy Trinity Church in Knaresborough). If any of you are in crisis requiring food, please get in touch with the school office and we will refer you. There is also the NY Local Assistance Fund to access supermarket and energy vouchers www.northyorks.gov.uk/local-assistance-fund – no referral needed, people can just call them direct – 01904 550030.
They can also refer families to Warm & Well NY or the Green Doctor for support with energy bills, energy debt and energy efficiency as well as advice on keeping warm in the home. You can give them a call on 01423 813090 between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday.
Essential Needs
The community furniture store behind the Leeds Road shops for those needing household items www.essentialneeds.org.uk
Harrogate Clothes Bank
Provides free, good quality pre-loved clothes from their base on Hornbeam Park - see below
Harrogate & Knaresborough Toy Library
Toys and resources to borrow from St Mary’s Church in Knaresborough www.hktl.org
Warm Spaces
This year there are a number of ‘Warm Spaces’ people can access if they’re struggling to heat their homes. Community venues, churches and local libraries are friendly, safe and inclusive places, offering not just warmth but a place to enjoy the company of others, and maybe a hot drink. Venues across the Harrogate district are being added to HADCA Where To Turn Community Information Directory, searchable under the theme ‘Warm Space’ https://hadca.org.uk/wheretoturn
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