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Janet Ward runs the Hemsworth Open Heart Memory Café each month. The café is run by a group of volunteers and is regularly attended by 30 to 40 people from across the South East of Wakefield. The café is for people with Alzheimer’s and their carers and provides a place where they can come along and socialise with others. They provide a number of activities suitable for people with dementia and older people including boccia, jigsaws, bean bag activities and regular sing alongs. The group also hold another weekly session for older people which aims at reducing social isolation amongst the older community and are looking at organising some trips for them.

Youngsters from St Helens Primary School choir celebrated St Patrick’s Day by singing songs, playing bingo and taking part in craft activities with residents at WDH’s Ashfield House Independent Living Scheme in Hemsworth last week.

The West End Terriers football club based in Hemsworth will be playing great this season thanks to a community grant from WDH.

Two WDH apprentices recently visited a group of Year 11 students in Hemsworth to help promote the start of our 2016 apprenticeship scheme.

Our 2015 Christmas competition has started, and we’ve already contacted our first five winners!

Do you live in a WDH property, are you over 16 and are you looking for a job but don’t know where to start?

Residents, trustees and guests of the almshouse charity, Wrays Homes, in Ossett celebrated the building’s 100th birthday recently with a garden party.

Two WDH apprentices visited a class of construction students in Hemsworth to promote the start of WDH’s 2015 apprenticeship scheme.

A play group in Hemsworth held its annual Halloween party with the support of WDH last week.

Youngsters from St Helens Primary School choir shared their harvest festival celebrations by singing songs and playing bingo with residents at WDH’s Ashfield House Independent Living Scheme in Hemsworth last week.