Take a look at the latest photographs from our refurbishment project.
Work in progress but as you can see it’s moving along nicely – can’t wait to be back.
4 May
2 May
Did you see Howlands Refurbishment news in the Dewsbury Press?
With thanks to the Dewsbury Press the Howlands refurbishment made the headlines as the paper reported on our £500,000 upgrade of our building on School Street in the centre of Dewsbury.
Read more about how we secured funding with the help of Good Fundraising and read what our Chairman Tom Ellis has to say here.
The grant will be spent on a major overhaul of the School Street Building that is expected to be complete early 2017. The building works are intended to fully modernise the Victorian building to a state that will be able to accommodate community groups and a variety of uses for all the community to benefit from.
“We feel that our refurbishment is a very positive statement in the regeneration of Dewsbury and we look forward to being at the hub of the resurgence of local community involvement.”
24 Apr
Howlands Refurbishment Develops
The Howlands refurbishment moves on and a momentous moment – the “Pancake Dog” has been lifted from its “perch” onto the scaffolding, ready to be cleaned up.
No one has been this close to it since it was put in position in Victorian times.Very much looking forward to the Pancake Dog taking pride of place on the fully refurbished building.
13 Apr
Howlands refurbishment gets moving
Howlands refurbishment gets moving and to our surprise we to to view these windows which have been covered up for many, many years.
Howlands refurbishment gets moving
This fabulous window was covered by cupboards then by the mezzanine. They are huge and far bigger than those at the front of the building.
Things have certainly started moving and as you can see from the picture on the right the ceiling is already coming down.
Keep coming back to the website to stay up to date with our progress.
12 Apr
Auction News – don’t miss your opportunity
During the big clearout of the building a number of items were sent to be auctioned.
If you would like to bid for our stacker chairs and tables these will be going through auction on the 19th April.
The remainder of the large variety of smaller items we sent will be booked into sales during May, date to be confirmed.
The last sales did very well for us in raising funds and we hope to achieve similar success during the remaining auctions.
Many thanks to John Mosby and C.W. Harrison and Son who have been so helpful to us, and please don’t forget to view the auction here at C.W. Harrison and Son
4 Apr
Yorkshire Building Society Helps Out at Howlands
Many thanks to the Yorkshire Building Society for allowing two of their employees to spend a day at Howlands under their Community Involvement scheme.
Faye and Leanne were really helpful in supporting our members in a variety of activities.
They were very positive in their interaction with the members and they were both a credit to their organisation. We were delighted to have them with us!
31 Mar
Howlands has left the Building
Howlands has left the building for planned refurbishment work to begin.
We’ll keep you informed of progress but don’t forget we’ve moved to Staincliffe Park Pavilion, for approximately 12 weeks.
Our new temporary telephone number is 07521 653710 and the address is Staincliffe Park Pavilion, Dewsbury Gate Road, Staincliffe, Batley WF13 4AX.We look forward to returning in three months time to a building that Dewsbury can be very proud of.
17 Mar
Important Information – we’re moving!
Howlands will be moving temporarily while the complete refurbishment of the building takes place.
The Friends of Staincliffe Park have been very generous in offering us the use of their premises, Staincliffe Park Pavilion, for approximately 12 weeks.
Howlands will close its doors on School Street on Friday the 24th March at 4pm and re-open activities at our new base on Monday the 3rd of April at 9.30am. For anyone wishing to call please note we now have a new temporary telephone number 07592 409507.
The address at Staincliffe Park Pavilion is Dewsbury Gate Road, Staincliffe, Batley WF13 4AX.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
PLEASE SEND ANY MAIL TO OUR USUAL ADDRESS AT SCHOOL STREET.
16 Mar
Fundraising Evening for Howlands
A recent evening out for the members and volunteers of Howlands raised £244.25.
Held at at Zucchini’s Restaurant, Batley it was nice to see so much support, not to mention eat some very nice food.
Many thanks to Christine Sykes for organising the event and to everyone who supported it.
A special thank you to the staff at Zucchini’s who looked after us so well.
6 Mar
The Pancake Dog Features in Howlands Refurbishment
The Pancake Dog might be jumping down from his perch for while the Howlands refurbishment goes ahead.
He is currently at the back of the building looking a little worn. He was taken from the vicarage in the 1880’s and it is alleged to jump down for his pancake when the bell is rung on Shrove Tuesday.
Didn’t look like the dog moved last week to me, but who knows!
Hopefully the dog will be cleaned up and placed at the front of the building where more people will be able to see him when we open our refurbished centre.