What is ‘It’s up to You’?
‘It’s up to You’ is the Kirklees Council’s Cohesion teams funding programme and one of the key ways in which communities think how they can work together to improve the lives of everyone in their communities and get to know others in the local community.
What’s it all about?
The process is simple, local people submit ideas for small scale projects that will help bring people together in their areas, both people who are already living there and new migrants to the area. Individuals can apply for up to £100 and groups (who don’t have to be formal groups) can apply for up to £500.
These ideas are then put on display at a public event where everyone from the local area can read them and decide which ones they like best. Every voter has three votes to distribute as they see fit amongst the candidates. At the end of the event the votes are counted up and the projects with the most votes all get a share of the pot allocated to that are
What is funded?
The ideas are tremendously varied and reflect the different needs of the diverse areas of Kirklees. Past applications have included language classes for non-native speakers, fitness classes for older people, projection equipment for a community cinema, International Women’s Day projects, crèche facilities for working parents, funding for a Wellbeing Café and many more.
One World Group
Please take the time to watch the short film, One World Group is a fantastic International arts group in Huddersfield. A very talented group from all over the world who now live in and around Huddersfield. They came together because of their love of art and creativity but also bringing with that many different cultures and of course their amazing skills. The group before COVID19 met every Friday at S2R which is the perfect space for such a creative group
Being awarded £500 from Its Up To You has allowed the group to move from meeting in Jean York’s front room to rent a space in the Town Centre to develop their ideas and creativity
There are many people in this short film but a huge thank you to Jean York who established and developed the One World Craft group, Jean is joined in the film by Cllr Pattison Kirklees Council Cabinet Member for Learning, Aspiration and Communities , Mashuda Shaikh Kirklees Faith and Integration Manager and also Yinka who you will see in one of the #CarryMyStory good news stories this week.
Brilliant work, a huge thank you to all involved.
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