Latest Events in Dewsbury(August Updated)

In the morning, we’ll have an interactive workshop led by Professor Cordula van Wyhe of the University of York, exploring ideas of the modern woman through the ‘Gibson Girl’ and the ‘Flapper’ with an opportunity to handle original objects from the collection of the Digital Museum of Dress Accessories. In the afternoon, Clare Spooner will share fascinating insights into her work as Head of Millinery & Jewellery at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Morning workshop Fashion and Global Modernity 1880-1940: New Approaches to the Modern Woman The history of the modern woman is premised on the female archetypes of the ‘Gibson Girl’ and the Flapper. Both describe image-based clusters of character types committed to political reform, sexual liberation, and modernist fashion. They emerged in a culture where technological innovations in photography, film, graphic design, advertising and even the ubiquitous postcard trade, shaped fashions and female identities in new and ever-more pervasive ways. In the traditional historical narrative, the ‘Gibson Girl’ and the Flapper are firmly aligned with the three decades before and after WWI respectively. ‘The Gibson Girl’ visually codifies the nostalgic glamour of what twentieth-century historians coined The Belle Epoque. This term celebrates the material and visual opulence that economic growth, prosperity and consumerism generated in societies that were still largely grounded in traditional class-structures and concomitant social etiquette. The Flapper girl, on the other hand, captured a progressive young woman with a casual attitude towards sex and smoking, who is free to loiter unchaperoned in public spaces and is dressed in a fashion that suited a more physically independent active life encompassing both work and sport. This workshop will question these labels and the periodisation that underpins the story of the modern woman. We will undertake the unthreading of these histories by reading WWI not as an endpoint, nor a beginning, but as a period that accelerated cultural change, yet also obscured its nineteenth-century origins. We will do so by coming as close as possible to understanding what it meant to be a modern woman: experientially, sensorially, emotionally. We will explore her new world through three different sources; 1. popular imagery - namely commercial and private photographs, advertisements and postcards - 2. clothes and 3. dress accessories such as such as a powder compacts, dress canes and chatelaines. This workshop is designed to make available the first-hand experience of these objects through the actual handling and understanding of them as material artifacts. How did popular imagery produce a specific ocular experience of fashion and its associated values of elegance and eroticism? How did clothing and accessories act upon the body by engineering movement, gesture and the spatial and visual orientation in public space? Please come to this interactive class prepared to use your own sensorial experience to get to know the modern woman of the past. Afternoon talk Claire Spooner shares a fascinating insight into her work as Head of Millinery & Jewellery at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Examples of accessories made for productions are looked at in detail, as Claire explains the many techniques and materials the team uses. Both period replica pieces and contemporary designs will be explored, including wirework, foam, featherwork, jewellery, leather and hat-blocking. Making for theatre requires a 'problem-solving' approach, with quick changes, wigs and physical action all influencing the making process. Claire trained as a milliner at Leeds College of Art & Design in 2008 before setting up a bespoke millinery studio in N Yorks. As a freelancer, Claire made both theatrical & occasionwear pieces. She worked at York Theatre Royal's costume hire facility for six years and freelanced for couture milliner Justine Bradley-Hill. In 2022 Claire took up her current position of Head of Millinery & Jewellery at the RSC, where she and her team deliver work for productions staged at Stratford Upon Avon and touring across the UK. Claire has delivered talks and workshops on millinery and it's history since 2010. In 2020 Claire had her a peer reviewed article published in The Journal of Dress History concerning the theatre costume stock at York Theatre Royal. Information Source: The Northern Society of Costume and Textiles | eventbrite

Experience the immersive world of storytelling at the "Sharing Event: If These Walls Could Talk" in Dewsbury. Dive into the creative realm of author and editor Yvonne Battle-Felton's interactive writing workshops, where participants explore The Arcade Dewsbury through the lens of place, memory, and imagination. Delve into a captivating journey of self-expression and literary discovery on April 5, 12, or 13. Following the workshops, attendees are invited to a special sharing event, where voices intertwine to bring forth the tales born from the workshop sessions. Immerse yourself in the literary ambiance at Dewsbury Town Hall on May 4th from 11am to 1pm. Admission is free, but booking is essential. This event is tailored for individuals aged 16 and above. For inquiries regarding accessibility, kindly reach out to the venue at 01924 324501. Join us on this enriching journey into the world of words and imagination.

Welcome to the Screen & Gel Press Print Workshop! Join us at the Artists Attic Trust for a hands-on experience in printmaking. This in-person event will teach you the basics of screen printing and gel press techniques. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking to unleash their creativity. Don't miss this opportunity to learn new skills and create unique prints to take home. Grab your spot now! Information Source: Artists Attic | eventbrite

Kite making and film watching We invite you to a family friendly evening of kite making, refreshments and film watching. Set in Gaza in 2010, this uplifting feature length film is a celebration of the creativity of Palestinian youth. The poetic and symbolic meaning of kite flying for Palestinian youth is beautifully conveyed. 3 young people join with thousands of others on Waha Beach to try and break the Guinness Record for kite flying. Information Source: Leeds Palestinian Film Festival | eventbrite

After a summer of successful workshops, I'm back!! Come and join me (Sophie) for monthly dance workshops in Dewsbury and Huddersfield. If you have dancers aged from 6 years old who are interested in strengthening their dance technique or you yourself are interested, you need to get booked on to SS Dance & Wellbeing’s DANCE ‘n’ TWIRL workshops!! This is open to Dinkies/Tots, Tinies, Juniors & Seniors - Dance… Perform… Make new friends… Learn new skills… SS Dance & Wellbeing is excited to take dancers through a range of dance styles and help them to improve on their dance abilities and technique. The dance workshops will include: Urban Dance Warm-ups & StretchingJazz & Contemporary Dance TechniquePOM Dance CombinationsBaton TwirlingSophie will be leading the workshops and coaching all the dancers through a range of different dance styles, having over 25 years of experience in dance and teaching, these workshops will be extremely beneficial. The main focus obviously will be to have FUN but alongside this each dancer will focus on individual expression and creativity in a supportive environment. The workshops will be a great way to compliment current dance training if dancers are already a member of a dance academy, troupe or team. These workshops will be 2 hours 30 minutes in duration and are aimed at dancers aged from 6 years old upto 16 years old. DANCE ‘n’ TWIRL Workshops will take place on the following dates: Saturday 26th October @ ChickenleyCommunity Centre - 10AM - 12:30PMSaturday 23rd November @ Central Youth Centre, Huddersfield - 10AM - 13:30PMSaturday 14th December @ Chickenley Community Centre, Dewsbury - 10AM - 12:30PMPlease ensure that you look at the specific venues above for the dates that you book to make sure that you have booked the correct venue for your child to attend. Workshops will be taking place in both Dewsbury and Huddersfield. Dancers are welcome to attend all workshops if they wish to do so. How to book Parents booking - please enter your child’s name with age in brackets along with the rest of your details including active email address. Junior/Senior dancers who are booking for themselves do not need to add their age. The cost to attend the Workshops is £5 per session - you will receive the payment details once you have completed your booking. For each workshop there will be limited spaces available, your place will not be confirmed until your payment has been received. Please only book spaces if you can attend. If you do not manage to secure a space here there will be a waiting list and if any cancellations do occur dancers will be added to the workshop in the order that they appear on the list. Don’t miss out, book you tickets NOW!! Information Source: SS Dance & Wellbeing | eventbrite

After a summer of successful workshops, I'm back!! Come and join me (Sophie) for monthly dance workshops in Dewsbury and Huddersfield. If you have dancers aged from 6 years old who are interested in strengthening their dance technique or you yourself are interested, you need to get booked on to SS Dance & Wellbeing’s DANCE ‘n’ TWIRL workshops!! This is open to Dinkies/Tots, Tinies, Juniors & Seniors - Dance… Perform… Make new friends… Learn new skills… SS Dance & Wellbeing is excited to take dancers through a range of dance styles and help them to improve on their dance abilities and technique. The dance workshops will include: Urban Dance Warm-ups & StretchingJazz & Contemporary Dance TechniquePOM Dance CombinationsBaton TwirlingSophie will be leading the workshops and coaching all the dancers through a range of different dance styles, having over 25 years of experience in dance and teaching, these workshops will be extremely beneficial. The main focus obviously will be to have FUN but alongside this each dancer will focus on individual expression and creativity in a supportive environment. The workshops will be a great way to compliment current dance training if dancers are already a member of a dance academy, troupe or team. These workshops will be 2 hours 30 minutes in duration and are aimed at dancers aged from 6 years old upto 16 years old. DANCE ‘n’ TWIRL Workshops will take place on the following dates: Saturday 26th October @ ChickenleyCommunity Centre - 10AM - 12:30PMSaturday 23rd November @ Central Youth Centre, Huddersfield - 10AM - 13:30PMSaturday 14th December @ Chickenley Community Centre, Dewsbury - 10AM - 12:30PMPlease ensure that you look at the specific venues above for the dates that you book to make sure that you have booked the correct venue for your child to attend. Workshops will be taking place in both Dewsbury and Huddersfield. Dancers are welcome to attend all workshops if they wish to do so. How to book Parents booking - please enter your child’s name with age in brackets along with the rest of your details including active email address. Junior/Senior dancers who are booking for themselves do not need to add their age. The cost to attend the Workshops is £5 per session - you will receive the payment details once you have completed your booking. For each workshop there will be limited spaces available, your place will not be confirmed until your payment has been received. Please only book spaces if you can attend. If you do not manage to secure a space here there will be a waiting list and if any cancellations do occur dancers will be added to the workshop in the order that they appear on the list. Don’t miss out, book you tickets NOW!! Information Source: SS Dance & Wellbeing | eventbrite

In this workshop, you will learn about Governance and leadership for your sports club, including - Understanding Legal and National Governing Body obligations ​Reporting requirements​NGB expectations​Legal constraints on activity and finances​Board members, Members, Staff (role, obligations, liability)​Policies and Procedures​Insurance and NGB policy limitations​Best Practice ​Openness, accountability and transparency​Structuring Memberships·​Developing Organisational/Group Leadership ​Legal structure review (impact on income generation -grants, donations, trading, sponsorship, investment)​Leadership team structures and responsibilities​Structuring memberships​Effective boardsBenefits of the workshop Completely freeRefreshments and food providedExamples of best practice for sports organisationsPractical advice to fit your needs and capacityFrom experienced professionals who get resultsWho should attend Anyone involved in running or managing a sports club or community organisation in Kirklees that is: Involved in delivering any type of community sport / physical activity (can be affiliated or not affiliated to a National Governing Body)Supporting your local community as an un/constituted group, charity, social enterprise or community benefit societyGenerating an income of up to £500kWe are particularly interested in supporting volunteers, managers, staff and trustees from sports clubs running in the Kirklees area. About the session This workshop will be delivered by Chris Barker, the development officer specialising in governance and community assets from Community Action Bradford and District. Chris has worked at CABAD for nearly 10 years supporting organisations across the Bradford district. The workshop will be in person. You will receive email reminders from Eventbrite 2 days, 2 hours and 10 minutes before the session starts.We’ll send you the presentation slides and any other resources after the workshop, when you’ll have a chance to tell us how you found it.Please contact chrisb@cabad.org.uk or 07422 966140 if there are adjustments we can make to the workshop to make it accessible to you.What else is on? There are other workshops available on hot topics – from funding to finding new volunteers. Book on to as many workshops as you’d find useful. More launching in June! All the workshops for clubs in Kirklees can be found on this collection. About Sport For Good Sport for Good is a programme for people who run sports clubs and organisations in the most deprived areas of West Yorkshire to increase the resilience, engagement, sustainability and diversity of their organisation. It is delivered by the five Local Infrastructure Organisations in West Yorkshire – Third Sector Leaders Kirklees, Nova Wakefield District, Community Action Bradford & District, Voluntary Action Leeds, Voluntary & Community - and specialist partner Participate Projects. This programme is funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Data from your registration form will be shared with TSL Kirklees, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Community Action Bradford and District. For the purposes of the UK GDPR, the ‘controller’ of the personal data which you provide in response to this survey is West Yorkshire Combined Authority (ICO registration #ZA051694). The Combined Authority processes this data under the basis of ‘public task’, for the purposes of delivering the sessions to participants and gathering feedback. We have contracted a data processor to collect the data and deliver the project (Third Sector Leaders, Kirklees) and another to evaluate the project’s effectiveness (SQW); if you choose to participate, your data will be shared with SQW for this purpose. SQW may contact you for further information as part of their assessment. All three parties will securely delete your data no later than six months after contract expiry. You also have an option to receive communications from us about similar, future opportunities. We will only send you these communications with your consent; we will retain your personal data until you withdraw consent, or until it is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected, whichever is the sooner. Further information, including contact details for the Data Protection Officer and information on your rights under the UK GDPR, can be found on the Combined Authority’s online privacy notice: https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/footer/privacy-notice-and-cookie-policy/ Information Source: Sport For Good West Yorkshire | eventbrite

In this workshop, you will learn about Fundraising and income generation for your sports club including - Understanding the Funding Landscape​Avoiding common errors​Demonstrating Need and Effectiveness​Action Planning / Bidding Process​Budgeting Essentials​Clear Communication​Case Studies and testimonials​Fit for Funding: Demonstrating governance​Finding FundersBenefits of the workshop Completely freeRefreshments and food providedExamples of best practice for sports organisationsPractical advice to fit your needs and capacityFrom experienced professionals who get resultsWho should attend Anyone involved in running or managing a sports club or community organisation in Kirklees that is: Involved in delivering any type of community sport / physical activity (can be affiliated or not affiliated to a National Governing Body)Supporting your local community as an un/constituted group, charity, social enterprise or community benefit societyGenerating an income of up to £500kWe are particularly interested in supporting volunteers, managers, staff and trustees from sports clubs running in the Kirklees area. About the session This workshop will be delivered by Anthony Waddington, the chief executive of Participate projects. Anthony has worked for Participate since 2012, helping individuals, communities organisations, schools and public sector organisations turn great ideas into sustainable social ventures. The workshop will be in person. You will receive email reminders from Eventbrite 2 days, 2 hours and 10 minutes before the session starts.We’ll send you the presentation slides and any other resources after the workshop, when you’ll have a chance to tell us how you found it.Please contact info@participateprojects.org.uk or 01274 288010 if there are adjustments we can make to the workshop to make it accessible to you.What else is on? There are other workshops available on hot topics – from funding to finding new volunteers. Book on to as many workshops as you’d find useful. More launching in June! All the workshops for clubs in Kirklees can be found on this collection. About Sport For Good Sport for Good is a programme for people who run sports clubs and organisations in the most deprived areas of West Yorkshire to increase the resilience, engagement, sustainability and diversity of their organisation. It is delivered by the five Local Infrastructure Organisations in West Yorkshire – Third Sector Leaders Kirklees, Nova Wakefield District, Community Action Bradford & District, Voluntary Action Leeds, Voluntary & Community - and specialist partner Participate Projects. This programme is funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Data from your registration form will be shared with TSL Kirklees, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Participate Projects. For the purposes of the UK GDPR, the ‘controller’ of the personal data which you provide in response to this survey is West Yorkshire Combined Authority (ICO registration #ZA051694). The Combined Authority processes this data under the basis of ‘public task’, for the purposes of delivering the sessions to participants and gathering feedback. We have contracted a data processor to collect the data and deliver the project (Third Sector Leaders, Kirklees) and another to evaluate the project’s effectiveness (SQW); if you choose to participate, your data will be shared with SQW for this purpose. SQW may contact you for further information as part of their assessment. All three parties will securely delete your data no later than six months after contract expiry. You also have an option to receive communications from us about similar, future opportunities. We will only send you these communications with your consent; we will retain your personal data until you withdraw consent, or until it is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected, whichever is the sooner. Further information, including contact details for the Data Protection Officer and information on your rights under the UK GDPR, can be found on the Combined Authority’s online privacy notice: https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/footer/privacy-notice-and-cookie-policy/ Information Source: Sport For Good West Yorkshire | eventbrite

We know that some places are harder or more expensive to get to than they should be. Travel information and fares are too complicated as well. We want to hear your travel experiences to help inform our decision-making. Our new Talking Transport meetings will take place twice a year, bringing together people who shape the way transport works in your area. You’ll get to hear what we’re doing to improve transport, locally and across West Yorkshire, and to ask questions and share your experiences. The meeting will be led by your Transport Engagement Lead Councillor, Cllr Matthew McLoughlin, in partnership with us (the West Yorkshire Combined Authority) and Kirklees Council. Transport Engagement Leads are local councillors who are responsible for working closely with the Combined Authority on transport. Operators of transport services in the area are also invited to join the meeting and answer any questions about their services. If you're interested in joining a Talking Transport meeting in a different area, or our Talking Transport online meeting (webinar) for West Yorkshire, please visit the Talking Transport page on Your Voice . For those who cannot join us at an in-person event, a recording of all presentations will be added to the Talking Transport Your Voice page once the events have taken place. The Question and Answer section of the page will also be open for any questions. Accessibility information There is level access to Dewsbury Town Hall and you will find registration on second floor. Please get in touch if you have any access requirements which may affect your experience at the event. You can contact us at YourVoice@westyorks-ca.gov.uk and we will use the information provided to try and accommodate your needs. Agenda: 17:00 - 17:05 Welcome and event introduction 17:05 - 17:25 Presentation Upcoming consultation: Local Transport Plan The Weaver Network: Our new transport brand Bus Franchising update Local authority updates 17:25 - 17:55 Questions and Answers - Q&A 17:55 - 18:00 Comfort break 18:00 - 19:00 Breakout sessions We’ll have stalls where you can speak with the team about key agenda items and provide your feedback, as well as transport operators circulating throughout the room to answer your questions and discuss services. Entry requirements All visitors wishing to enter the event will be subject to a photo ID check and security search of any bags or carried items . The search aims to ensure that no prohibited items are either deliberately or accidentally brought into the building. Please familiarise yourself with the Admissions Policy prior to the event. How to find the venue How will we use your data? We only gather the minimum amount of information to ensure a smooth-running event. This includes your name, email and if you have any access requirements that we need to be aware of in advance. If you consent to be added to the mailing list for future Talking Transport events, we will store your name and contact details for this purpose. More information can be found in our Privacy Notice on the Talking Transport Your Voice page. Please be advised that a photographer/filmmaker may be present at the event and photos/videos may also be shared publicly after the event. Please make yourself known to a team member if you do not wish to feature. Information Source: West Yorkshire Combined Authority | eventbrite