Denby Dale Craft Group
2025-11-12 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-19 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-26 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-12-03 13:30 - 15:30 UTC
Weekly, free group event. We're an informal group who meet to share our experience and skills in a range of crafts including knitting, crochet, felting, tapestry, quilting, card making & many others. We welcome new people at whatever skill level & wanting opportunities to explore new crafts and ideas.

Rhyme Time: Songs & Rhymes for Under 5s
2025-11-12 14:00 - 14:30 UTC

Autism Starter Group
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/Paris)
This event has now been postponed, due to illness and lack of sign-up to the new group. Please contact Sara for more information.

Join our startup meeting & help us create supportive & inclusive groups for autistic individuals & their families.
Our mission is to build a community where stories, advice & valuable resources are exchanged.
Free event, all welcome, no need to book though for more information contact sara@break-the-barriers.com or 07713 934082

Folk Club
2025-11-13 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
Established folk group, now also meeting in DDCL. New members welcome, no need to book.

Alcoholics Anonymous
2025-11-16 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-23 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris)

Crochet Corner
2025-11-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-01 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us for crochet for beginners. Learn some simple techniques and develop your skills. No need to book; all welcome! Every Monday 1pm to 3pm.

Scrabble Group
2025-11-17 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
Are you interested in playing Scrabble? Come & play in a warm & friendly community space. Once a month in Denby Dale Community Library.
If you have a Scrabble board & dictionary, bring it with you. No problem if not.
For more information email Nick Frost on frostnicholas@sky.com, or just come along.
Free event, all welcome, no need to book. Refreshments available from The Kirkwood Community Cafe.

Budding Builders
2025-11-18 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-25 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-12-02 10:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris)
Join us for duplo and lego sessions.

Jewellery Club
2025-11-18 10:30 - 13:00, 2025-11-25 10:30 - 13:00, 2025-12-02 10:30 - 13:00 UTC
Jewellery Club. We are a supportive, self-help group working on a wide range of creative projects. Free, all welcome although the group is currently full. If you'd like to join the group's 'waiting list' please contact Pauline Rainey on 01484 860766 or speak with Molly in the library cafe.

Police Drop-In Sessions
2025-11-18 13:30 - 14:30 UTC
Drop-in sessions do prove to be very useful for residents in and around the Denby Dale area. Come along to speak to us about anything you may have concerns about. Get information about Neighbourhood Watch and how to set up one on the street/road etc where you live.

Meditation & Positive Thinking
2025-11-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-11-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-12-02 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
New Term Begins: Everyone, whether spiritual or not, is looking for happiness & wants to be free from suffering & problems. In this course we can learn how to fulfil these wishes, especially in these difficult & challenging times. We will learn methods to transform our difficulties by strengthening our love & compassion & deepening our wisdom. In this way we can help others to do the same. £7 per class; booking essential - due to limited space - on meditateinhuddersfield.org

Rhyme Time: Songs & Rhymes for Under 5s
2025-11-19 14:00 - 14:30, 2025-11-26 14:00 - 14:30, 2025-12-03 14:00 - 14:30 UTC
Weekly, free group event. Songs and rhymes for the under 5s, please bring an adult! No booking required, just drop in.

Hands on History
2025-11-20 13:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
HANDS ON HISTORY GROUP Denby Dale Community Library Meeting on the 3rd Thursday every month (except December) 1.30 – 3.30pm in the Library For anyone interested in exploring the past by researching people or places or objects.
• informal presentations or themes each month
• group discussion, sharing our knowledge
• help with your new projects or those already in progress
• look at methods of researching, with input from others with expertise & experience, get round ‘dead ends’
• new group projects
FREE EVENTS, ALL WELCOME, NO NEED TO BOOK.
Refreshments available from ‘The Kirkwood’ cafe

ADHD Support Group For Parents
2025-11-24 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
This new group is for parents of children with ADHD, led by a certified ADHD coach.

ADHD has an impact not only on the child, but also on parents, siblings, friends...
With the help of the coach's professional expertise in ADHD coaching the group will talk about tools, techniques & tips that will help you & your child at home & at school.

Come & join us, you don't have to do it alone!

Contact Axelle to book a spot: 07516 962 466 & axelle@axellelamie.com

Later at the Library: writing about war
2025-11-28 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Paris)
Poets have written about war from Troy to the Somme. There are memoirs & novels too that make you think, cry & laugh - from Primo Levi to Joseph Heller, Vera Brittain to Molly Green.
Join us to chat about books & poems set in times of war & bring along some recommendations to share.
Free event, all welcome, no need to book, refreshments available.
