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Crofton Community Centre
01924 866010
Middle LaneNew Crofton
Wakefield
WF4 1LB
Crofton Community Centre hosts various activities for the local community. It is a meeting place for several user groups. It has indoor and outdoor sports facilities, including an artificial all weather floodlight pitch.
Type of work: Community centre
Crofton Parish Church
Crofton Parish Church serves the village of Crofton.
Type of work: Welfare and social care
Crofton Young People Association
07834997767
4 Gloucester CourtWrenthorpe
Wakefield
WF2 0WA
Crofton Young People Association are volunteers who run Crofton Youth Club on Friday nights.
Who they work with: Children and/or young people
Type of work: Childcare/Play/Youth work
Deaf Ex-Mainstreamers Group
Wakefield
WF1 1LR
Deaf Ex-Mainstreamers Group aim is for deaf children to have better access to education:
• To work towards the implementation of bilingual education in British Sign Language/English for all deaf children.
• To continue to research, map, facilitate participation and inform.
• To continue to develop strategy to achieve a BSL Act.
• To continue to facilitate the DEX Deaf Youth Council to support local deaf young people in understanding themselves as deaf people and with quality of life.
Who they work with: People with physical or sensory impairment
Type of work: Education/research/training
DIAL Wakefield
01977 723933
Castleford Civic CentreFerrybridge Road
Castleford
WF10 4JH
DIAL Wakefield provides a free comprehensive independent advice and information service to disabled people, their carers, families, friends and other professionals.
Type of work: Welfare and social care
Disability Sport Yorkshire
https://disabilitysportyorkshire.org/
01924 372382
Denhale Active Recreation CentreDenhale Avenue
Wakefield
WF2 9EF
Disability Sport Yorkshire promotes sport and active recreation for disabled people.
Who they work with: People with learning disabilitiesPeople with physical or sensory impairmentPeople with mental health issues
Type of work: Leisure/recreation/sport
Dominion Employment Training Services
01924 210195
13 CheapsideWakefield
WF1 2SD
Dominion Employment Training Services empowers people with the basic skills needed to be productive in employment or in their chosen careers. Dominion aims to provide its clients with opportunities that will enable them to use the best of their abilities in every facet of life.
Type of work: Education/research/training
Durkar Devils JFC Limited
Durkar Devils JFC Limited is a community football club. The club is currently working with FA, Wakefield Council, Wakefield College and other partners to grow a girls and ladies section.
Type of work: Leisure/recreation/sport
Eastmoor Community Garden
www.eastmoorcommunitygarden.co.uk
Bottom of Park Hill LanePark Lodge Lane Allotments
Wakefield
WF1 4NJ
Eastmoor Community Garden, created and developed by volunteers, provides a green space for people to grow flowers, vegetables, fruits and herbs. It also gives people the opportunity to get exercise, take part in events and activities, meet others, and learn about nature and sustainability.
Type of work: Health
Eastmoor Community Project
01924 361212
Arncliffe RoadEastmoor
Wakefield
WF1 4RR
Eastmoor Community Project operates St Swithun's Community Centre. The project generates and maintains community involvement and builds the long-term capacity for local residents to participate and contribute to the development of education, training, and health initiatives within the Eastmoor area.
Type of work: Community centre
Ellis' Cradle
Horbury
Wakefield
WF4 6JZ
Ellis' Cradle raises funds for cuddle cot systems following a still birth. Cuddle cot systems are not funded by the NHS and not seen as a necessity, however following a still birth a cuddle cot allows the parents to make memories with their child and say goodbye in their own time. The cuddle cots will be donated to Wakefield and Dewsbury hospitals.
Type of work: Welfare and social care
Elsium Education CIC
07580245073
Elsium Education CIC provides and delivers 21st Century learning opportunities, projects and workshops across the community for organisations, commercial companies, schools, local authorities, trusts and other not-for-profit organisations. Elsium Education CIC provides workshops, projects, training and consultancy, that inspires enthuses and nurtures; in a range of areas including arts, music, digital skills, heritage, enterprise, innovation and creativity. It provides project management, resource creation and delivery.
Type of work: Education/research/training
