Batley Bulldogs

Season tickets are now on sale from the club’s Fox’s Biscuits Stadium for the 2017 season, with Adult tickets costing £190 and concessions at £130. Children under 16 can watch every home and away match for free. With new coach Matt Diskin in the charge, the club are looking to build on their impressive form […]

Batley And Birstall Remembrance Day Parades

The details for the Remembrance Day parades in Batley and Birstall are:- Batley – The procession will assemble in Batley Market Place at 10.15am for march off at 10.35am, and a parade around the town to the Memorial Gardens for a service at the war memorial at 10.55am. After the service the procession will re-form in Cambridge Street and return […]

Batley Food Bank Christmas Fayre

The always popular Batley Food Bank Christmas fayre returns on 26 November between 11:00a.m and 3:00p.m, at the Food Bank’s premises in the Town Hall annexe, Brunswick Street, Batley. With stalls, games, goodies, food and drink, and of course a visit from Santa there will certainly be plenty to do, whilst helping to raise much […]

Acorn Youth Theatre Company Open Auditions

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE AGE 8-18 WHO LOVES TO PERFORM? Acorn Youth Theatre provides young people with opportunities to perform in high quality productions in the Kirklees area. New Member auditions are Sunday 20th November! Book a place now! [email protected] New members will get the opportunity to be in any of our 2017 performances, our […]

Pink Tribute Fundraising Night

Join in the fun and help raise money for a local good cause on 29 October at the Victoria Function Room, Stocks Lane, Batley. Friends Emma Brook, Vicki Hargrave and Rebecca Johnson are hosting a Pink tribute night to help support the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Tickets are £10 per person and […]

Brighouse Festival

Nine fun filled days begin in Brighouse on 22 October as the Brighouse Festival returns to town. This year sees a much expanded program of arts and entertainment with over 50 events taking place over the course of the Festival. With music, performance, art activities, spray painting, omedy and more, there will be plenty to see […]

Batley Community Alliance Gardening Project

On Wednesday 12 October and on Friday 14 October Batley Community Alliance are going to be doing some gardening in the town centre. And if you have some time to spare they would be very pleased to have you along, The planned works are the clearing and digging of borders ready for composting, trimming of […]

Knit And Natter

Bring along your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, etc to the new More In Common Batley Knit and Natter, which began on 05 October. Taking place every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month between 1:00 and 3:00 at Massarella’s Restaurant on the 3rd floor at the Mill Outlet, Bradford Road, Batley, this is an excellent way […]

And They Are Under Starters Orders

Come and join in the fun and help raise money for a good local cause at the St Mary’s Family Fun and Race Night at the Irish Nash in Batley on 30th September. Tickets £2.50 – Children FREE. This includes a pie and peas supper or hot dogs and pasties. Great prizes to be won. 1st pize […]

Vote For Friends Of Batley Station

Local volunteer group the Friends of Batley Station or FOBS have been successfully chosen as one of three local good causes guaranteed to receiving funding through the Tesco bags of choice community funding scheme. These three projects will now compete for the public vote in store to see who comes first £12,000.00 of funding, second £10,000.00 […]