Donations
Our community building was built and is maintained thanks to:
The work of a committed group of local volunteers
The financial and other support given by a wide range of donors and local businesses.
We are very grateful for the many donations we have had and continue to receive from:
Those made locally in our collecting tins to our Supporters Club members and
The large number of individual donations.
Individual donors include: John & Joan Hummerstone
John and Joan formed part of the Denby Dale community for over 60 years and made countless long-lasting friendships along the way.
They were involved in many and varied village activities, ranging from early amateur dramatics in the Pie Hall to latterly supporting the Friends of the Denby Dale Church Field.
Both believed passionately in the value of libraries, and in the pleasure and learning to be gained from reading.
Their daughters, Amelia and Elspeth, who also called Denby Dale “home” for many years, are proud to honour their parents’ wishes by making a donation to Denby Dale library.
We are very grateful for the many donations we received during this, our construction phase, from those made locally in our collecting tins to the large number of individual donations from a wide range of organisations.
We would like to thank our key donors for their significant donations:
Kirklees Council
Delivering information for individuals, businesses and organisations about this area in the Yorkshire Pennines area of England.
Denby Dale Parish Council & Denby Dale Area Committee
Denby Dale Parish Council serves the semi-rural parish of Denby Dale within the Metropolitan District of Kirklees. The Parish Council is also supportive of the local community through its annual grant scheme.
A number of charitable trusts:
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- Cheridan Raithby
- Huddersfield Common Good
- Sir George Martin.
Local businesses Nisa who made a significant donation and Yorkshire’s Finest who chose us as the nominated charity at their 2015 charity ball and raised over £4000 in the process.
The Emley Players ran three Murder Mystery evenings for us, at no charge and enabled us to raise over £1,500.
We are lucky to live in a supportive and proactive local business community. This long list of individuals and businesses helped us during our construction phase, by donating their expertise and/or materials, either at reduced rates or free of charge. We thank them all!
First of all we have received valuable advice and support from these professional advisers:
Orange Circle
Karen and Andrew Fox, Partners in Orange Circle, have provided – and continue to provide – marketing expertise, including designing and maintaining this website and most printed materials.
Ronan Developments
Alyson Ronan of Ronan Developments came up with the design of our building and amended it many times as our needs have evolved. She also steered our planning application through Kirklees.
Rogers geotechnical Services
Rogers Geotechnical Services Ltd are site investigation specialists offering ground investigation and geotechnical services. They assisted on-site in preparation for the new building.
Ramsdens Solicitors
Assisted with all the legal work.
As well as advice from:
- Fresh Horizons
- AHR
- Jhai
- Silkstone Environmental
- Tersus
Secondly, these businesses generously supplied goods and materials, either at reduced rates or free of charge:
Buy it Direct Group
Kindly donated our TV.
The Metal Store
The one stop shop for all your metalwork projects, kindly donated the hand railing system.
We are very grateful for the many donations we receive, from those made locally in our collecting tins to large, individual donations from a wide range of organisations.
Since opening on 28 January 2017 we have received significant donations towards our running costs from:
Daniel Kitson
Locally born and raised, now internationally famous comedian Daniel Kitson kindly donated proceeds from one of his shows.
The Palace Tandoori
Palace Tandoori pride themselves with wonderful dishes rich with texture, flavours and subtle tastes of India’s finest cuisine and make a yearly donation for the upkeep of the car park.
Denby Dale Lions
Denby Dale District Lions are one of the largest clubs in Yorkshire, with a thriving membership of around 35 like minded people. The Lions motto “We Serve” applies well to our charitable activities, with much support for local causes.
The Accord Singers
The Accord Singers, who performed a beautiful evening concert in our community library building.
The Cheridan Raithby Charitable Trust, Kirklees Council and Denby Dale Parish Council also helped fund our solar panels.
A large number of local businesses and shops also regularly contribute prizes to our annual Christmas raffle and other events.