The rising cost of living is having a profound impact on peoples’ ability to afford everyday essentials; many dog owners are reaching out to the charity, Dogs Trust, for support because they can no longer afford the basic costs of caring for and training their dog. Dogs Trust can help owners facing financial…
Shipley Great Big Green Week is taking place 10 to 18 June 2023 with a host of events across the town. The week is part of a nationwide celebration of action on climate change, taking place across the UK. Shipley Town Council, along with the support from community groups, volunteers and partners, have put together…
BD is: Lit returns in 2023 working in partnership with The Leap, Bradford Council, Bradford 2025 and The National Science and Media Museum. Throughout October and November there will be light themed events taking place across the District as part of this popular celebration. Communities, artists and visionaries – we want you to realise our…
Aged 18-30 or engage this group? Get to know Bradford’s trees better in 2023 with free online tree training. The Field Studies Council are now taking bookings for the upcoming course ‘Discovering Trees in Bradford’, exclusive for our local community. The course is being delivered by the Field Studies Council as part of the Trees for Climate…
Welcome to the Shipley Town Council e-letter. It outlines a lot of the work carried out by the Town Council and partners to improve Shipley as a place to live, work and play. We hope you enjoy it. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please contact [email protected] with the subject…
The report, containing 14 recommendations relating to housing, transport, education and nature is now published. A group of 25 Shipley residents, broadly representative of our community, worked hard collectively for over 700 hours to consider “How can we work together in Shipley to limit climate change and its impacts while protecting our environment and health?”…
The Co-op, Northgate, Baildon, will host a Fairtrade Stall from March 3rd to 11th and members of the Fairtrade group will be handing out a newly designed postcard on March 3rd. There will also be a display in the local library and talks are already booked for all four Baildon Primary Schools.
Interested in nature and gardening? If you like planting or weeding, can build bug hotels, planters or benches or have social media or fundraising skills we would like to hear from you. Contribute your ideas and spend as little or as much time working on Shipley in Bloom projects as you can spare. Would…
The remaining service at Shipley hospital needs to be relocated as the condition of the ageing building is extremely poor and the cost of refurbishment would be too high for the NHS to justify this being able to offer good value for public money. A public consultation on the future location of community physiotherapy service…
Exciting new role to oversee the creation of a new Active Travel and Bike Hub in Shipley Active Travel and Cycling Hub Manager Job Initially this role is being advertised as: Part Time: 21 Hours Per Week = £16,000 pa (Full time equivalent/pro-rata = £26,666: There is potential for a full-time role combining two extra days…