The Directory

A collective commitment to improve the area has now grown into an active residents group delivering responses to community issues whilst connecting neighbours and supporting local charities.

Age UK Wakefield District promotes the well-being of all older people and aims to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.

The Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit support 32 Methodist schools and a Methodist primary school in the Wakefield Metropolitan District and part of Leeds. It also supports a range of local community projects run by the churches.

Airedale Boxing Club is a boxing club that provides training regimes for competitive amateur boxers and those aspiring to box competitively and provides exercise and fitness sessions for persons of all ages seeking to improve their health.

Airedale Community Workshop is designed to tackle social isolation, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems through none traditional therapy delivered via woodworking workshop sessions.

Airedale Neighbourhood Management Board has been a voluntary group since 2008. It works with Wakefield District partners to improve the area for the people of Airedale, Fryston, Ferry Fryston and Townville in Castleford. It manages a social enterprise community cafe.

Alzheimer's Society Wakefield provides services for people with dementia, their families and carers.

Appletree Community Group is a constituted group at Appletree Allotment & Community Garden - A place to learn, meet, grow and dig deep. Everyone is welcome - learn some new growing skills or share what you know! Give a little of your time and share the great fresh produce.

Aspire-igen is a Yorkshire based social enterprise committed to changing lives for the better through learning and work. For the past 25 years, it has successfully helped people and communities to be the best they can be. Its aspire2work programme offers free vocational study programmes for 16 to 19 year olds, these qualifications will help kick-start their future! Accelerate is a programme for young people aged 15 to 24 years old who are not in; education, employment or training or at risk of disengaging from education, employment and training, creating career pathways for young people through regulated and non-regulated learning, employability skills training and work experience.

Aspire2b deliver I Media to young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable as well as delivering sports and business enterprise. Its specialism is working with NEETs and vulnerable adults or families.

Using nature and heritage crafts to improve wellbeing.

Autism Plus is a registered charity that provides a range of services to adults with autism. Its services include supported living, residential care, day provision, social enterprises as well as employment support. It currently delivers a project supporting adults with autism across Wakefield District into employment called Step Forward.