The Great Get Together

The Great Get Together is taking place over the weekend of 16 - 18 June 2017. The Great Get Together is inspired by Jo Cox, who was killed on 16 June last year. The idea behind the event is to organise the biggest neighbourhood celebrations since the Jubilee street parties.

People are invited to get together with their neighbours to share food and celebrate ‘all that we hold in common’. It could be a street party or a shared barbecue, a picnic or a bake off. What matters is that people have fun and communities are brought closer together.

You can organise your own event or join in with some of the ones going on nearby. Some get together’s will be invite only – but others will be bigger and open to the public. We’ve listed below a few open events that we know are taking place in Kirklees, but the Great Get Together website will list events closer to the time or you can register at http://the.greatgettogether.org/page/s/attend-a-get-together to be notified about events taking place near you.

IF YOU ARE PUTTING ON AN EVENT OR GATHERING THAT IS OPEN TO ALL MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER IT AT https://i.nvite.com/communities/thegreatgettogether SO PEOPLE CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN KIRKLEES.

Open events in Kirklees:

Friday 16 June, 10am
Spenborhough Trust Schools, Heckmondwike Green
400 pupils singing on the Green

Friday 16 June, 12 – 2pm
Batley Marketplace, Batley
More in Common event to mark time Jo Cox died
www.facebook.com/jocoxmoreincommon

Friday 16 June, 12 – 2pm
Thrive, Connect Housing, Dewsbury
Tea and cake
www.connecthousing.org.uk/NewsEvents/Events/TheGreatGetTogether.aspx

Friday 16 June, 2.30-4.30pm
Redbrick Mill, Batley
Afternoon tea in Cafe No.3
https://nvite.com/moreincommon/mrjjpq

Friday 16 June, 8pm
The Old Turk, Dewsbury
We Shall Overcome - music event
www.beerhouses.co.uk/event/the-great-gig-together/

Saturday 17 June, 10.30 - 12.30
MIrfield Great Get Together
at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Creative Arts Hub and Mirfield Library.

Saturday 17 June
The Greenwood Centre (Ravensthorpe Library), Dewsbury
Family fun day
www.facebook.com/kirkleeslibraries

Saturday 17 June, 11am
Cliffe Woods, Clayton West
Picnic and treasure hunt organised by Made in Clayton West
www.facebook.com/madeinclaytonwest

Saturday 17 June, 11am - 1pm
Hanging Heaton's Great Get Together
Outside St Paul's Church Hall, Dewsbury

Saturday 17 June, 11am - 1pm
S2R Create Space, Huddersfield
Creative activities, tea and cake

Saturday 17 June, 1 - 3pm
Cleckheaton Memorial Gardens
Picnic in the Park

Saturday 17 June, 5 – 10.30pm
Batley Marketplace, Batley
Multi-cultural event and Iftar
www.facebook.com/jocoxmoreincommon

Sunday 18 June, 2pm
Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
Music in the memorial garden with Friends of Tolson and Musica Kirklees
www.friendsoftolson.org.uk or www.kirkleesmusicschool.org.uk

Sunday 18 June
Batley Bulldogs, Batley Rugby Club
Fun day and Game at 3pm
www.batleybulldogs.co.uk

Sunday 18 June, 4pm
Birstall Rotary Club & St Peter's Church
Tea Party

For more information visit http://the.greatgettogether.org/