17 Jan
Just look at Howlands long time member Paul Radforth and his amazing embroidery skills.
A huge fan of the band Iron Maiden, Paul has embroidered a motif of Iron Maiden’s “Eddie” for his denim jacket.
The embroidery is based on the image on the Iron Maiden album “The Book of Souls”.
Great job Paul! You’ll definitely stand out in the crowd when you see them later on this year.
19 Dec
At the annual Christmas Lunch at Howlands there were nearly 40 members, volunteers and staff present. Everyone enjoyed the food prepared by the volunteers and staff.
Cath Longley, the Chairperson of Howlands, thanked everyone for coming and said that it had been a wonderful year for Howlands with the completion of the £500k refurbishment.
The building is now looking splendid and a fine place to be.
She went on to say that we were all looking forward to 2018 and lots of new exciting activities .
19 Dec
Howlands Raffle – Thank you Lloyds Bank
Thank you very much to Lloyds Bank in Dewsbury for holding their festive raffle in aid of Howlands, it is very much appreciated, thank you very much for your hard work.
11 Dec
Another Very Creative Handcrafted Christmas Present
Our loyal supporter and fundraiser Joan Townend has handcrafted another very creative handcrafted Christmas present to raise funds for the Howlands.
Noah and his Ark has been knitted by Joan, there are 17 pairs of animals, as well as other characters, which you can see in the picture.
We are always impressed with the work and dedication that goes into Joan’s knitted creations. Where could you find anything else like this? It is very definitely a one-off.
We wonder who will be having a happy Christmas playing with this !
5 Dec
30 Nov
Coffee Morning Raises Money for Howlands
Christine Sykes, our long serving staff member, decided to hold a coffee morning at her home and invited the neighbours round to join in for catch up and a natter whilst raising money to support Howlands.
Christine was absolutely delighted when ten people turned up for coffee and cakes.
In addition to coffee and cakes a raffle was held and a total of well over £30 was raised which will go towards the Howlands fundraising pot – everyone had a great time in good company. Thank you for thinking of Howlands.
23 Nov
20 Nov
Snap up an up-cycled hessian bag for your Christmas gifts as part of our fundraising activities at Howlands
As part of continuing fundraising activities at Howlands we have been creatively up-cycling hessian bags in the hope they will be snapped up.
This is a regular activity here at Howlands and from experience we know the bags are very popular, so fingers crossed this time will be no different.
Pam Long, one of our members, holds the latest bag that she has finished to sell to support the work that we have do. Just look at how detailed the embroidary is – fabulous work and truly a one-off piece of craft.
1 Nov
Fundraising Event Success for Howlands
Fund Raising Evening at Nikoz restaurant in Ossett.
Our new chairperson Cath Longley welcomed members, volunteers and fund raisers to a fund raising event at Nikoz restaurant in Ossett.
Everyone enjoyed the evening out which included Greek dancing and plate spinning.
Cath Longley said that is was really good to see everybody enjoying themselves while raising money for such a good cause.
She thanked the staff at Nikoz for the lovely meals and for making it such a pleasant evening.
She added that we are really pleased that we have raised £210.00 for Howlands.
3 Oct
Tom Ellis Steps Down as the Chair of Trustees
At the recent Annual General Meeting of the the League of Friendship, Tom Ellis stepped down as the Chair of Trustees.
He said that he had been involved with Howlands for 17 years in various roles and felt that it was time for someone else to take a lead. He went on to say that he had really enjoyed his time working with the staff, volunteers and members.
Tom thanked his fellow trustees, and the manager Deborah Hall, for their hard work in obtaining their recent grant from the Big Lottery.
Cath Longley who did much of the work on the grant has now taken on the role of Chair of the Trustees.
Cath said: “I am looking forward to building upon the fantastic work that Tom has done. With such a brilliant team of staff and volunteers and a brand new building, the future is looking bright“.