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30 Mar
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A BIG THANK YOU!

Screen Shot 2021-03-30 at 14.50.56We would like to say a  BIG “Thank You” to all of you who helped us to raise a fantastic and huge £3566.00 for the Matchit campaign.

This means that through the kindness of One Community and their generous donors, the amount has turned into an amazing £ 7132.00

Words cannot describe how grateful we are.

We have been very fortunate to be part of this scheme, and because of that, we are able to keep our valuable community hub, Howlands, running.

Thank you!

2 Mar
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We’ve kept busy during lockdown!

Throughout the Lockdown Deborah and our volunteers have kept our members regularly supplied with Arts and Crafts materials.

These have been supporting the members’ interests and specialisms. Whereas some members have requested a new activity to try at home.

We have to thank both “Awards for All” and the “One Community Fund” for their generous help in supporting us in this work.

This picture was created by Nico Griffin, one of the members.

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19 Nov
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Fundraising Update and News

Fundraising for Howlands

Become a Co-op Member. Join Co-op for £1 and choose Howlands as the cause to support in your community.

You can now make double the impact in your community. When you shop with the Coop they are doubling what goes to local causes and community organisations so it’s just that little bit easier to give a helping hand. Every 2p for every £1 spent will come back to Howlands

Match It fund.

We recently applied to One Community Foundations, Match It Fund. We were fortunate enough to be awarded match funding. That means that every £1 raised on line between November 1st 2020 – January 31st 2021 up to £3000 will be doubled. If we all get creative with our fundraising we could turn this into £6000!

You can donate on line at gofundme. We are listed as Dewsbury and Distict League of Friendship

Home Fundraising ideas

Why not arrange a time with a friend or relative for a phone coffee morning. The money that you would have spent on coffee and cake you could donate. Grab yourself a cuppa and have a natter.

Movie night in. What about dressing up a little and put on a good film and grabbing a snack. You could put the money to one side and help keep Howlands going.

You could always use your creativity to make something that you could ask for a donation in return for your handiwork.

We are hoping to get round to see you all in the next few weeks so if you would like to make a cash donation we will happily accept it.

Thank you for taking time to read this.

Screen Shot 2020-11-10 at 10.49.32Our joint fundraising efforts will ensure that we can continue to provide the support we have been giving for nearly seventy years. It is really important that we make sure that we will get back together as soon as we can.

19 Nov
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Lets make sure we have a place to return when we beat this virus

Lets make sure we have a place to return when we beat this virus.

As you are aware Howlands has had to remain closed but we are working on different plans in readiness for when we can re open in the best interests of everyone’s safety. This means that we are still down with our fundraising efforts, especially as we would be entering our Christmas fair season.

We are looking at ways we can still do something but it won’t be the usual grand day when we welcome you all in and tempt you with our offerings. It may be having smaller groups to visit at certain times. Watch this space and we will let you know.

We really do need your ideas and help at this time. If you have anything you can donate for a stall or as a raffle prize, please get in touch. You can leave a message on our answer phone or let one of us know when we call.

Let’s not let this nasty virus beat us at what we do best, supporting each other.

 

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12 Oct
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Words of thanks make our day

We would just like to take this opportunity to share with you these lovely words received from Grahma Hirst:

‘Thank you to the Howland Centre and One Community for the Calligraphy Set that Deborah brought me. It comprises of a pen two nibs and 3 ink cartridge. It is interesting doing the different letters and words’

Screen Shot 2020-10-12 at 15.42.50We are so glad Graham is enjoying practising his new skills. We hope that by now nearly everyone has had a parcel from Howlands that was kindly funded by One Community.

We do still have a few left so please let us know if there is someone you know who would like one. Get in touch, let us know.

12 Oct
Happy 40th

Happy Birthday to Nigel

It’s not every day you reach the big 40, so to mark this very special birthday we thought we’d make a fuss on our blog page.

Happy Birthday to Nigel who celebrated his 40th last month.

Happy 40th

Pictured is Nigel receiving a birthday gift from his friends at Howlands – complete with balloon!

You’re a superstar Nigel!

27 Aug
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When will we open to members?

When will we open to members?

We are still unsure of when it will be safe to open.

We will let everyone know as soon as possible.

We hope you can understand that right now our priority is to make sure all who attend can in a safe and secure environment.

We hope that the next time we have some information to share that it will say we are opening our building.

We’re very much looking forward to hearing the noise again! 😂

26 Aug
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Happy 80th Birthday to you Victor. 🎉🎂

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Such a pleasure to be celebrating the birthday of our longest attending member.

And here Victor is celebrating with his favourite tipple.

Enjoy x

26 Aug
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We’ve Been Keeping Active – Virtually!

Sam Cullingworth has been keeping us active throughout lockdown with his short videos demonstrating gentle exercise techniques to keep us mobile. Thank you for your support in helping us maintain our activity levels during lockdown Sam!

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Keep active with Sam’s workouts.

View them on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/ShaNx5qYm6k

https://youtu.be/TJSa8niQmcA

https://youtu.be/tMA3Z3br8rE

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https://youtu.be/0NfxpwJXsmQ

We also gave out exercise and mindfulness sheets, some sports equipment, stress toys and visited people to check on their general wellbeing.

Unfortunately this project is now coming to an end but we would like to say a BIG Thank you to Sport England for their kind support in helping  us to keep our members well.

26 Aug
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Big Thank you to One Community for their continuing support

Big Thank you to One Community for their continuing support through the pandemic.

Their financial support has enabled us to produce and distribute a  newsletter to our members as well as supporting them remotely through regular phone calls and delivering activity packs providing interest specific to each one.

Many Thanks from us all.

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