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Established in 2008, Hope Housing is a registered Christian charity working with people experiencing homelessness in Bradford. Our aim is to end rough sleeping in Bradford by eradicating homelessness the provision of a range of services including crisis management, advice and advocacy and housing. We believe it is a great privilege to help people experiencing homelessness by providing hope where they often feel there is no hope. We are extremely well respected across the Bradford District and have an excellent track-record of effective delivery and partnership working. We are connected into a wide range of working partnerships with statutory and voluntary services and churches to deliver a range of person centred services in the City. We know that we cannot solve homelessness by ourselves; our key principles are to work with others and focus our work on filling gaps in homeless provision so that in our City no one will be left out. Our support is available in three streams:
Destitute Support (for those with no recourse to public funds), Recovery Support and Practical and Emotional Support. All our support is tailored to each individual and enables even the most disadvantaged people to access housing, financial and practical help through a person-centred, individualised approach.

Horton Community Farm is a project run by local people on 1.75 acres of Cecil Avenue Allotments. We are creating an inspirational permaculture project for food growing and community resilience through 5 main strands of work; environmental education & forest schools, volunteering, horticultural therapy, wildlife and food growing. We welcome volunteers who are essential to the continuing of this project. Benefits of volunteering with us include getting outdoors, learning skills, meeting people and expanding your CV. We are committed to creating a collective resource for the community and preserving the large urban allotment site as a whole. We are established as a cooperative organisation and registered as a limited company. We operate as a social enterprise and any profit we generate is invested back into the project.

Housing 21 is a not-for-profit, leading national provider of retirement housing and care services for older people of modest means. We deliver affordable, contemporary, person-centred care and housing that meets individual needs improves wellbeing and promotes independent living.

We operate in over 150 local authority areas, managing around 20,000 Retirement and Extra Care properties and providing over 40,000 hours of social care each week.

Our services
We provide two main service areas:

Retirement Housing
Housing for rent or sale with a court manager service available. People have their own homes and share communal facilities and space.

Extra Care
Extra Care services have increased on-site support, to enable individuals with illnesses or disabilities to live as independently as possible. People have their own flats and tenancies, and there is often a range of communal facilities available, such as hairdressers, restaurants and shops.

Our Extra Care facilities include:

sites where we are the landlord
sites where we are the provider of care and support
sites where we are both the landlord and provider of care and support

Humbercare Circles of Support and Accountability is a community response to sexual offending, working in partnership with criminal justice agencies such as the Probation Service.

Our services are newly running across the whole of Yorkshire, so we are looking for new volunteers, including in Bradford district.

The areas where we are setting up services next are Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Rotherham and Doncaster.

We aim to reduce the risk of future sexual offending by supporting and holding to account those who have committed sexual offences in the past (known as ‘core members’) and who are committed to not re-offending again, to safely lead responsible, productive lives.

Social isolation and emotional loneliness are key factors. Our carefully selected and trained volunteers provide core members with responsible opportunities for safe and constructive reintegration, acting as a support and safety mechanism for both the offender and the community.

Volunteers are what makes Circles unique and are at the very heart of the ethos of Circles – ‘No More Victims’. Volunteers can support and hold a Core Member to account in a manner that is different from paid professionals by showing the Core Member that they have value and there are people who are keen to support them establish a lifestyle that is positive and not harmful.

The role you play in a Circle and impact on the Core Member is paramount. Research has indicated that Circles Volunteers contribute to the following positive outcomes:

Reduce emotional loneliness and isolation;
Listen and be someone to talk with;
Model appropriate relationships and behaviour;
Encourage the Core Member to identify and engage in appropriate activities;
Complement (not replace) the interventions of professionals working with the Core Member;
Observe and explore the Core Member’s thoughts, behaviour and activities and pass on any concerns;
Keep the Core Member on track with their goals;
Encourage independence;
Show empathy but not sympathy;
Help with problem solving and development and practice of social skills;
Assist the Core Member in developing appropriate support networks outside of the Circle;
Help the Core Member recognise when they are thinking or behaving in ways that may make them more likely to offend;
Encourage and reinforce positive ways of behaving;
Be alert to manipulation, avoid collusion and seek support to manage such behaviour;
Work individually and as part of a team.

Idle A.C. is a friendly running club, which provides regular training opportunities for runners of all abilities. We are involved in many running events such as a winter cross country league and have active social calendar. We are a well established club having been around for over 17 years.

We meet on Tuesday evenings 6.30pm (leaving at 6.40pm) outside the Idle and Hepworth Cricket Club on Westfield Lane BD10 8RU. Please feel free to come along on a Tuesday and check us out with no pressure to join!

New members are always welcome, whatever your ability.

How the befriending service works:
The coordinator matches clients with volunteers who will visit the clients regularly in their homes. Also, we can help people integrate with a local social group or signpost to other community groups if other help and support are needed. Our befriending service is free.

Who Can Benefit?
Residents of Addingham, Burley in Wharfedale and Ilkley who might be

– 70 and over
– Unwell
– Restricted mobility
– Lonely
– Bereaved

and can be referred by a neighbour, family, social or health worker or themselves.

Get in touch if you or someone you know could benefit from our schemes or you would like to volunteer as a befriender.

A self-help, not-for-profit, organisation offering a wide range of cultural, social, and recreational activities. It is aimed at people who are no longer in full time employment, or work part-time, retired or semi-retired.

We will be pleased to meet you at Clarke Foley Community Centre on 1st and 3rd Fridays of most months from 10.30am to 12 noon.

Ilkley & District u3a was founded in 1997 as part of a UK-wide movement. Our parent body is the Third Age Trust, a national charity, and we are managed by a local committee of trustees.

Our charity provides the people of Ilkley and surrounding area access to high quality, thought provoking and spirit-enhancing art, in particular by facilitating community engagement activities such as workshops, masterclasses, art walks, award projects, exhibitions, curator development and commissioning public art.

We comment on planning both policy and cases, run heritage walks, a blue plaques scheme, meetings programme, website, newsletter, project work, support to other groups, manage a digital archive and undertake local history research.

Voluntary group formed in early 1980s. Main objective being to help keep Ilkley looking florally attractive and litter and graffiti free all the year round. The group works closely with relevant BMDC departments to achieve its objective.

Volunteers meet most Sunday mornings in the Contract Area of the South Hawksworth Street car park in Ilkley at 10am for approx 2 hours of work. We also meet at other times during the week - please contact us for more details. New volunteers very welcome. Open to everyone

Our vision is to create an ambitious heritage, learning, creative and leisure quarter for Ilkley, centred on the Manor House and its wonderful courtyard, with the plan capitalising on the site’s unique location between the town centre and the Riverside Gardens.

The trust manages Ilkley Manor House, which is usually open to visitors on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm.

Volunteer opportunities are available https://www.ilkleymanorhouse.org/volunteer/

Presents live amateur theatre and other arts activities at Ilkley Playhouse within the local community of Ilkley, West Yorkshire. The Playhouse also hosts community arts events such as the Ilkley Film Society and Ilkley Literature Festival. Drama classes for young people, from 8 to 17 year olds are held on Saturday mornings from September to July.
Also available: costume hire, room and facilities hire.