Author: chrismitchellccct

Another great week of Winter Healthy Holidays at the Shay Stadium last week.
Massive thanks to the Calderdale Council Community Foundation for Calderdale for allowing us to continue what is a fantastic opportunity for both families and also to our staff and volunteers.
A big thank you to the staff at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax who looked after us on our visit to their pantomime.
Another thank you to the Difference Group at the Shay who provided lovely meals each day as part of the programme,
We provided 190 meals throughout the week including meals taken home by the children. Boxed meals were also included for all children to take home and cook for themselves and their families.
Activities we delivered included football, rugby, dodgeball, table tennis, boccia, petanque, 10 pin bowling and well as free time with art and crafts, lego and team building activity. Prize bingo with the kids were a hit too. Another highlight was a British Sign language session that our kids really enjoyed and engaged in.
We are already looking forward to further HAF activity throughout 2024. Please watch our social media platforms for more information.

The booking site s now open for children on free school meals to book onto our Healthy Holiday sessions in the New Year.

Places are available for children aged 5 to 11 for those on BENEFIT RELATED FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Please follow the link below or scan the QR code to direct you to the booking site.

PLEASE ONLY BOOK THE DAYS YOU ARE GOING TO ATTEND AND CANCEL ANY SESSIONS YOU BOOK THAT YOU NO LONGER NEED. This will allow us to offer the places to other families.

https://calderdalecommunitycoachingtrust.coordinate.cloud/list

If your child is not on benefit related free school meals, we have limited places available. To book one of these places, please email

chris-mitchell@live.co.uk

We can now confirm our launch event for the Heritage Lottery funded project ‘Halifax & District Rugby League’ will be on Tuesday 28th November at the Shay Stadium, Shay Syke, Halifax, HX1 2YT.

The event will start at 7pm in function room 2 on the second floor in the East Stand.

Bar facilities will be available and a buffet will be provided.

Places are limited and booking a place is advisable but not necessary. To book, please either text on 07947 827627 or email chris-mitchell@live.co.uk

We are pleased to announce we have been selected to be involved in the Tesco ‘Stronger Start’ scheme involving Tesco customers contributing their blue tokens into their choice of 3 different schemes.

We are looking at raising the funds to assist us to run a holiday camp at the Shay Stadium in October 2024 where all children aged between 6 and 11 will get a full day of sporting activity and a hot and healthy 2 course hot meal.

We will target on free school meals so they will not go without a hot meal when the school is closed for half term.

We are asking all our supporters to donate their blue token into our section of the voting scheme in all Tesco stores throughout Calderdale with the winner receiving £1,500, second place getting £1,000 and third getting £500.

Following the successful application for funding earlier in the year from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for ‘The History of Halifax & District Amateur Rugby League’, the Calderdale Community Coaching Trust are pleased to announce the appointments of Paul Field and Andrew Hardcastle as Heritage Officers to develop and deliver the project.

Andrew Harcastle, a retired schoolteacher and one-time Greetland All Rounders player, has been the official historian of Halifax RLFC for fifty years, and has amassed considerable information on the amateur game as well during that period.….

Paul Field has been part of amateur Rugby League in Halifax for over 30 years as a player, coach and administrator with the former Calder Valley club. Since retiring from open age Rugby League at the age of 50, Paul took up playing Masters RL with Siddal Masters and has played international Masters in eight countries. Until January 2023, Paul was a Treasurer and Referee Lead for Masters RL. Paul, who is retired from his career as an International Sales Manager, is keen to start the project.

“I am thrilled to be appointed to the role and in the coming months I am looking forward to many fascinating conversations about amateur Rugby League clubs, past and present. The project with its online museum will be a lasting example of the positive work the Calderdale Community Coaching Trust does in the community”.

Plans are being made for a project launch event. Look out for announcements on the CCCT website, http://www.calderdalecommuntycoachingtrust.co.uk and on our social media platforms.

If you have interesting stories to share about amateur Rugby League in the Halifax area you will be most welcome.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the October lunch club featuring Wilf George has been cancelled.

We are sorry for any disruption this may cause.

We are please to announce that we have been chosen to take part in the Tesco token collection scheme in their stores from September.

The information below is how it works and how you can vote for us to receive much needed funding to access cash to enable us to run an extra few days of the successful Healthy Holiday programme.

Calderdale Community Coaching Trust

Half Term Healthy Holidays

Halifax

Helping the children of Calderdale to eat and exercise this October half term in a fun and safe environment.

The project with the highest number of votes across your region will receive £1,500 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), the second placed project £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), and the third placed project £500.  To re-iterate, if you are first in the vote, you will receive the amount that you requested in your application (or the amount that was requested up to £1,500).

What happens next?

Stores which will vote on your project

Please see below a list of stores taking part in the voting on your project.  Feel free to share this list of stores amongst your supporters and within your community.  

2599     Halifax Southgate Exp     Small unit            HX1 1DL

2617     Halifax Aachen Way         Large unit            HX1 3TU

3319     Hipperholme Leeds Exp Small unit            HX3 8HQ

4560     Greetland Stainlnd Rd     Small unit            HX4 8AD

5121     Sowerby Bridge Large unit            HX6 3BN

5427     Ovenden Halifax Exp       Small unit            HX2 8BA

6737     Halifax Schl Lane Exp       Small unit            HX3 0AA

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.

In the highly unlikely event that voting is suspended in certain locations due to government guidelines, we will notify you and the following action will be taken.  At the end voting period, if voting has taken place for at least four weeks, the votes will be counted and grants awarded as per the standings at that point.  If voting has taken place for less than four weeks, we will award each of the groups in the vote £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value).

Could your workplace benefit from the RL Cares delivered OFFLOAD programme, which is a 6 week mental health workshop.

We have completed 2 blocks at Covea Insurance in Dean Clough with over 80 of their employees benefitting from the course with excellent feedback received.

We currently have funding to deliver in person or online cohorts.

If your workplace or club is interested in holding a block of sessions, please get in touch.

Offload

Our final 2 weeks of our 4 week HAF programme that supports local families who are on benefit related Free School Meals which is funded by both Calderdale Council and the Community Foundation for Calderdale was as successful as the first 2.

The stats below show the totals for the 4 week programme

574 children attended

2296 hours worth of delivery

715 meals served

134 take away meals provided

64 hours of delivery.

607 staff hours.

We recruited 5 new assistant coaches to our team.

We would like to thank the Community Foundation for Calderdale & Calderdale Council for the funding to enable us to deliver the programme

Our attendees have done various activities such as football, rugby, dodgeball, netball, basketball, frisbee, sledge hockey, table tennis, petanque, new age kurling, new age bowling, circus skills, rounders, team games, and quick cricket. We have also had quizzes, lego workshop, bingo, food and dietary awareness and a 1st Aid awareness session.

Various awards were given throughout the 2 weeks with prizes awarded for children who excel in the sessions.

2 weeks into our 4 week HAF programme that supports local families who are on benefit related Free School Meals which is funded by both Calderdale Council and the Community Foundation for Calderdale.

week 1 stats are as follows

158 children attended

632 hours worth of delivery

181 meals served

24 take away meals provided

16 hours of delivery.

112 staff hours

Week 2 stats are as follows

139 children attended

556 hours worth of delivery

167 meals served

34 take away meals provided

112 staff hours

Our attendees have done various activities such as football, rugby, dodgeball, netball, basketball, frisbee, sledge hockey, table tennis, petanque, new age kurling, new age bowling and quick cricket. We have also had quizzes, lego workshop, bingo and a 1st Aid awareness session.

Various awards were given throughout the 2 weeks with prizes awarded for children who excel in the sessions.

We have places available for both free school meals children and non free school meal children

Please get in touch via email to chris-mitchell@live.co.uk