Community projects Big weekend of fun and running in Lindley is what summer is all about

IT’S a bumper weekend of events that has well and truly put Lindley on the map.

Lindley Carnival is staged on the last Saturday in June – last year it was the 10th anniversary – while on the Sunday there is a 10k run for serious runners and a fun run for children.

Over the years it’s reaped charity cash. Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group has been the official charity for the last three years and they did all their own fundraising on the day.

This year it will be the Royal Air Force Association to mark 100 years since the RAF was founded.

The carnival is now in its 11th year, the runs in their sixth year and this is the third year the events have kicked off a day earlier with an evening street party on the Friday on the main road through Lindley, Lidget Street.

The party will include food, live music and craft stalls and is being supported by Love Lindley, a group of local businesses and residents.

The 2017 event formed part of The Great Get Together, a series of community celebrations taking place across Kirklees in memory of murdered Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox who died in 2016.

Lindley Carnival features various stalls, activities and fairground rides and there is usually live entertainment from Lindley Infant and Junior Schools.

The 10km run is for registered competitors over the age of 15, starting and finishing on Lidget Street and 500 runners took part last

year. The fun run is a 2km run for children aged between four and 15. The events are being organised by Lindley Community Group, a not-forprofit community organisation which has been going for 14 years to promote and organise events and support local initiatives and projects for young people. Chairman Cahal Burke said: “We have a small committee which is helped by several volunteers. There is a lot to plan and organise so as soon as one year is over we are planning the next one. More than 300 runners have already signed up for the 10k so we are well on target to have 500 again this year. It’s a manageable number and we can deal with that.” For more information or to sign up to do the run go to www.lindleygroup.org.uk