At our first meeting of the new year, we presented a cheque for a staggering £10,558 to Zarach! The culmination of two years’ fundraising, we were incredibly proud to raise such an amount, which is enough to provide 70 bed bundles, helping those children who receive them to get a good night’s sleep and all the benefits that provides. Our members …
Baildon Carnival returns this Saturday, 8th July, and we’ll be there with our famous refreshments tent! We’ll be serving our delicious home baked cakes and sweet treats, as well as freshly cut sandwiches from 1pm to 4pm. As usual, we’ll be raising funds for our charity which is currently Zarach, who provide beds and basics for children living in poverty. …
Following a break of five years, Baildon Scarecrow Festival is back! This ever popular community event was hosted for many years by the wonderful team behind Baildon In Bloom, who keep ‘the village’ so beautiful with all the gorgeous seasonal planters and beds of flowers and foliage. Busy as they are though, they have now decided it’s time to pass …
It seems hard to believe, but it is indeed ten whole years since the very first Baildon Farmers Market! And Baildon Belles WI is very much a part of that history. In fact, it was a group of volunteers including some of our founding members, alongside members of the parish council, who set about starting up the market. They had …
We hope you’re having a wonderful summer, especially those of you who have been taking much needed holidays! August is often a quieter meeting with many members away, but we hope to see lots of you on Thursday (25th September) as we explore the World Heritage Site on our own doorstep! We’ll be joined by local historian Anthony Briggs, who will …
Last month, our first ever Dragon Boat team took on the challenge of Bradford Dragon Boat Festival. Our ‘Boating Belles,’ who were all completely new to the sport, put in an impressive 115 hours of training between them in the run up to the annual fundraising festival, benefitting from the expertise of local team, The Yorkshire Sharks. Actually, some of …
Finally, Baildon Carnival is back again after a necessary two year break! We are looking forward to getting back to serving lots of cake and sandwiches to the community again, at what is always a great fun day! Sadly we don’t have use of the usual beautiful big canvas tent this year, so we’ve had to change our usual format a little. We’ll still be …