Children and Families are the heart of thriving communities. We are committed to creating an environment that you want to raise your family in, so we have developed and delivered a range of community-based services for you and your family in the Central Halifax and Upper Valley Area for many years.
We run three nurseries across Calderdale. They are all linked with Family Hub Core services and offer day care for children aged 0-5 years. Places are available for children who are eligible for 30 hours government funded childcare.
Find out more about each of our nurseries, and how we support you and your child.
We run a range of Family Hubs across Calderdale, from Central Halifax to the Upper Valley.
Our venues are welcoming places where there are activities for you and your children, health services, training opportunities and support. We are placed at the heart of communities so you can access help if you need it and provide the best possible start in life for your children. Family Hubs are great places for children to play and for you to meet and chat with other parents; our services are free to join and most activities are also free.
Find out more about each of our centres, and how we support you and your child.Â
We understand the challenges of raising a family in today’s world and that is why Halifax Opportunities Trust offers a range of services through the Family Support and Outreach Team, all developed to help support your family and improve your quality of family life.
Our teams are experienced and skilled in providing support, advice and guidance for:
Find out more about family support and outreach.Â
We work with local children aged 7 – 12 years to boost confidence, offer support and guidance.
We help build independence and confidence through a range of recreational and educational activities, with young people, through our weekly Youth Group.
Find out more about our Youth Group Contact Farzana Kousar:
Our Family Hubs offer a free program of activities and courses throughout the year.
These are available to families living in Calderdale.
For information on our courses, please see our timetable below.
The courses we provide are fully inclusive and open to all parents and carers, whether you are at home caring for a child, a working parent or on maternity/paternity leave. We are also keen to encourage more dads and male carers to join in too.
We provide a wide range of activities offering health, wellbeing and nurturing courses to meet our priorities of school readiness, child and family health, improving parent aspirations.
Courses we run throughout the year often include:
We also offer accredited courses, helping you gain employment or embark on a change of career. These include numerous online courses you can complete in your own time.
If you have been allocated a place you will receive a confirmation email and text approximately 10 days to 2 weeks before the course is due to start. Places are not given on a first come first served basis, we have an allocation procedure in place.
If you would like more information on our courses and activities please contact the Kausar Shahid on 01422 342552.
What courses and activities would you like offered?
We want to make sure we are offering the kinds of activities that you want, at times and venues that suit you. We appreciate any of your ideas and suggestions you have and we will do our best to make sure that it happens. Contact us to let us know your thoughts.
We know that sometimes the opportunities you’re looking for can’t be easily unlocked, which is why we work with you to understand your aspirations and challenges, so together we can find a solution. Because of this we have lots of other services and we work with a number of local groups, organisations and other charities that form a support network.
At most of the places we are based you can speak to someone or get information on services that support you with:
Each week we run a range of activities, groups and classes so you have the opportunity to get to where you want to be. Use the filter below to find the activity that suits you.
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Find out what’s happening at Halifax Opportunities Trust, in our teams and about the people we work with
Because we work with a number of local groups, organisations and other charities, we have a large resource of third party information that might be useful for you.
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Halifax Opportunities Trust is company limited by guarantee and registered in England, number 4089288. Our registered charity number is 1086183. Our VAT number is 890540516.
