Kerry Choral Union at The Huddersfield Irish Centre on Saturday 25th March. An evening of popular and classical vocal music from two hugely entertaining choirs, all proceeds in aid of Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group.
Absolutely honoured last night to meet Mary, Aisling, Sarah and Janet from Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group. They came to hear us rehearse for our upcoming concert with Kerry Choral Union on 25th March at the Huddersfield Irish Centre.
Please share our fundraising shopping evening with your friends. Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group are raising funds for our friends Shabang after their premises were hit by a fire this summer; leaving them unable to use the site and causing the loss of many resources and equipment.
They provide MANY of our HDSSG families with support and activities through the pre school ‘Little Tiddler’ group, the drama club for over 8’s – Up Club & not to mention the fabulous family clubs – we just had to do our bit to give back.
We are delighted that Lindley Community Group have chosen to support us for a second year running. Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group are the beneficiary charity for both the Lindley Carnival (25/06/2016) and the Lindley 10k & Fun Run (26/06/2016)
There will be plenty of fun for all the family over the last weekend in June and we are hoping for as much fabulous support from our HDSSG families as we saw at the 2015 events.
For more information you can visit Lindley Community Group’s website: http://www.lindleygroup.org.uk/
2015 has been another busy one at Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group. We have enjoyed lots of social activities at wonderful organisations such as Safe Anchor Trust, Leeds Donkey Sanctuary, Circus Starr, Artful Playground, Globe Arts Education and Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
We kept active with hydrotherapy sessions at the excellent Hollybank Trust’s Bradbury Centre, a family sports day held at the old Huddersfield Sports Centre site and a karate taster with the awesome Colne Valley Black Belt Academy. Our Little Stars Stay & Play sessions have also been attended well over the year thanks to our parent volunteer Angela and the staff at Golcar Children’s Centre.
HDSSG was also able to heavily subsidise exceptional educational opportunities for our members. Our speech & language sessions, Chatterbox returned with the lovely therapists from Chatterbug and coordination from parent volunteer Rachel. We worked with Kathryn of Thoughtful Communication who delivered to our families a ‘parent interaction’ course; and with the valued help of teacher volunteers Helen and Justine along with the fantastic support of charity Fairy Bricks – Lego Learners was a huge success.
Our biggest celebration of the year was our World Down Syndrome Day event which took place at Cedar Court Hotel on 21.03. It was the 10th anniversary of WDSD being officially recognised as an awareness day by the United Nations. We had a great turnout and with the help of entertainment from the Hey Diddles, The Covers & Tumble Town we partied the day away (see more HERE!) HDSSG were delighted with the support from local schools and businesses too for drawing attention the date. Thank you!
Of course we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the dedication of our parent volunteers, families supporting our events or the financial help from our FABULOUS FUNDRAISERS!
2015 saw some very exciting partnerships for Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group. We were thrilled to be voted Sainsbury’s Salendine Nook Local Charity Partner and we have enjoyed meeting the staff and generous customers at organised bag pack events over the last few months. Our partnership with the store runs until the summer of 2016. We were also delighted to be approached by the Lindley Community Group who presented us with the opportunity to be the charity supported at the annual Lindley Carnival and 10k and fun run in June. This was a massive occasion for our charity and saw funds of over £3000 raised as well as being a huge boost to our profile and awareness raising. Amazing! To see the pictures and news from this brilliant weekend click HERE!
There are so many others we need to thank for their generosity in 2015 including Yorkshire Bank, The Muddy Fockers, The Racing Raisins, Richard Eastwood & Lindley Liberal Club, The White Knights, Huddersfield Lawn Tennis Club, Luke Meller aka Team Weak Knees, Cupcake Crazy, Frenz, Butterflies Day Nursery, Max Lockwood & Our T Shirt Business, Brosters Farm Shop, Pennine Foods, Golden Fleece @ Blackley, Sainsburys Market Street, LV Britannia Rescue Lockwood, Rachel Rothery, Irene Hirst along with donations from Mama’s & Papa’s for making our Ebay store so successful. All the schools and local organisations who supported World Down Syndrome Day. Last but not least all our parents/grandparents/family & friends who have volunteered tirelessly over the year. THANK YOU!!
If you would like to support us in 2016 please email our fundraising coordinator Kate at fundraising@hdssg.org
There really has been so much to cover this year – if you’d like to follow what we get up to please do look us up on social media!
All that remains is to wish all our families and supporters a happy and healthy new year and here’s to more exciting adventures in 2016. Cheers!
This Friday 11th December HDSSG will be at the Lindley Liberal Club hosting a fantastic fundraiser!
We have excellent local businesses Frenz bringing handbags, scarves, jewellery and more. Cupcake Crazy, Itsy Bitsy Art and Smellams Soap selling gorgeous goodies with a percentage of profits being donated directly to our charity!
We also have a GREAT raffle with prizes including a luxury hamper (donated by LV), 1 hour pitch hire (donated by Soccer City), Gift Vouchers from Lindley Fine Wines, Frenz, Globe Arts Studio and MUCH more!!
If that wasn’t enough we are running a silent auction for 2 special items: A framed, signed Huddersfield Giants Shirt AND a signed script by the cast of Emmerdale!
If you can’t make the night but would like to make a bid for one of these fantastic items you can email up to 8pm on the 11th December to info@hdssg.org – Make sure it’s your maximum bid and don’t forget your contact details! The winners will be contacted by email and announced on our public facebook page.
Join us at Lindley Liberal Club on Friday 11th December from 7pm – and bring your friends!!
Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group are a parent volunteer led charity. ALL donations go directly to providing exciting and educational opportunities to children and young people with Down syndrome in and around Huddersfield.
HDSSG visited Sainsbury’s Market Street in Huddersfield today for the last time in our official capacity as their charity partners for a cheque presentation. We are thrilled to announce that after 12 months together we raised a whopping £6288.65 for our group.
The dedicated staff organised quiz afternoons, raffles, tombolas, fancy dress dates, they took on the 3 Yorkshire Peaks and cycled over 160 miles on their Big Bike Ride, they held Halloween and Christmas parties and a fantastic BBQ and fun day. We also joined them for a Christmas bag pack day.
Huge thanks to the staff, customers, our families and friends who made it such a success – enabling us to continue to offer a fantastic range of educational, sporting and social opportunities for our children and young people with Down Syndrome.
We have loved every minute with the store and look forward to working with their colleagues at Sainsbury’s Salendine Nook as part of our new partnership for 2015/16
Here’s a look at the wonderful ‘Thank You’ video we compiled for our Market Street mates:
Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group had a tremendous time at the Lindley Community Group events last weekend. The weekend was blessed with perfect weather – a lovely sunny day for the carnival on Saturday and slightly cooler conditions for the Fun Run and 10k that took place on the Sunday.
We were overwhelmed with the support from the local community and with plenty of our HDSSG families turning out to enjoy the events too it made the weekend even more special. It was particularly great to see our families take part in the fun run with their youngsters and our fantastic parents that took on the 10k were inspirational!
We must thank all our volunteers, runners, the event organisers and the sponsors for making the weekend happen. THANK YOU!
We are still totting up the fundraising total from the weekend but we are hopeful for around the £2500 mark – team HDSSG’s Virgin Money Giving Page is still accepting donations!
Here are a few pictures from the events for you to enjoy:
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