Charities
Sue Ryder Manorlands
Here at Sue Ryder Manorlands, we combine specialist medical care for managing pain and other symptoms, with other emotional, practical and spiritual support. You might be admitted to receive inpatient care for a short time while your symptoms are assessed and managed.
You might stay with us to receive inpatient care for a short time or a longer stay. We can offer the same services and care to you as a visitor, by using our community day services, if you are comfortable at home, well supported and prefer to stay there.
On the medical side, our experienced doctors, Sue Ryder Nurses, care assistants, physiotherapists, and occupational and complementary therapists all work brilliantly together to support you. Our wellbeing and community support team are always ready to talk too.
Haworth Riding for the Disabled
Haworth RDA is a non-profit making charity established in 2001 with one rider, one pony and three volunteers. In the last nineteen years we have grown significantly and now cater for over 160 + riders, have 11 specially trained horses and over 25 regular volunteers.
We offer people with physical and learning disabilities horse riding and stable management lessons throughout the year. The minimum age for our riders is four years old and we have no upper age limit. Horse riding improves core strength, flexibility, suppleness of limb and develops fine and gross motor skills. In addition, social interaction increases confidence, self-esteem and social skills.
All lessons are led by qualified RDA group instructors and focus on learning in a fun and friendly way with the playing of games, riding to music and verbal interaction. We have access to a physiotherapist and have a Child Development Officer, both of which can custom fit riding plans to each individual rider’s needs ensuring maximum therapeutic benefit.
Worth Valley Foodbank
The Worth Valley Foodbank began operating in February 2020 under the umbrella of the West Lane Baptist Church. The aim of the organisation is to provide short-term relief and prevention of food poverty within the villages of Haworth, Oxenhope, Stanbury, Oldfield, Cross Roads and Oakworth. Whilst taking other measures to combat poverty as appropriate.
The foodbank originally provided a twice weekly service on Tuesdays and Fridays – one hour each session, providing both a walk-up facility and home delivery service. The Foodbank now operates on Tuesdays from 1pm to 3pm, providing both deliveries and walk up services.
The foodbank also provides Aldi food vouchers, funded by our donors, for the families of local Primary school children on free school meals. These have been given out by staff at the schools every half term and every school holiday for the past three years.
Local families say that it's made a huge difference to their ability to feed their children during the school holidays.
The Shed Oakworth
Oakworth Shed with Keighley Healthy Living is a friendly, welcoming group that incorporates DIY, woodworking, knitting and crafts in with refreshments and socialising!
Meeting weekly on a Thursday afternoon, the group aims to promote social interaction and to share crafting/woodworking and other skills, helping everyone to enrich their lives.
Oakworth Youth Project
Oakworth village has particular strengths and unity towards the welfare, wellbeing and care of family life, including our young people.
Christ Church is no exception. We have links with both Oakworth
and Oldfield Primary Schools, as well as connecting with all aspects of
family and community life.
Oxenhope Warm Space
In Oxenhope,St Mary's Church (Hebden Road, BD22 9QJ) operates a warm space on Thursdays, open from 9am to 5pm.
It includes a baby and toddler group from 9am to 11am and offers hot drinks, soup, and sandwiches.The space also features optional craft groups, board games, or a reading room.
Keighley Parkinsons Support Group
At our group social meetings, we offer information, friendship and support to local people affected by Parkinson's, their families and carers. We usually meet on the first three Mondays of the month, from 1.30pm - 3.30pm at Keighley Healthy Living, 13 Scott St Keighley BD21 2JH.
In some of our meetings we have gentle exercise classes, tailored for people who are living with Parkinson's. Other times we got out for trips, or welcome speakers.
The Good Shepherd Centre
Providing support for local families, refugees and asylum seekers.
The Good Shepherd Centre is a charitable organisation that aims to empower, engage and educate economically and socially disadvantaged people in Keighley and surrounding areas in order that they may be better able to participate fully in society.
The charity also supports families and individuals from Central and Eastern Europe (mainly Polish, Slovakian and Romanian, several of whom are Roma), refugees, and immigrants from other parts of the world (Africa, India, and the Middle East) also make use of our services.
The Centre promotes equality and diversity and organise activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds.