The Rotary Club of Horbury & Ossett Phoenix - Spring Bids Awards Ceremony 2026

Held on Sunday 17th May 2026 at the Horbury Working Members Club

On Sunday 17 May we gathered at Horbury Working Members Club to present our annual
Spring Bids Awards to the 17 successful bidders listed below. All winners are solely or
heavily dependent on volunteers for the delivery of their service and commitment to the
community and encompass a wide variety of interests from 4 years old majorette troupes to
dementia care and carers, and Junior Football to cancer care.

The presentations also incorporated the award by President David Greenwood of his
Presidential grants to The Resource Centre, Ossett, and St Georges Lupset Foodbanks, and
to Horbury Victoria Brass Band. Thanks were given to the 8 th Wakefield Scout Group and the
West Yorkshire(South) Girl Guides for their support to raising funds by helping with the 2025
Santa Sleigh.

 Horbury Town AFC Juniors
 Ossett United JFC
 Ossett RUFC
 1 st Gaskell Rainbows
 The Cross Project
 Phoenix All Stars Majorettes
 Sophie Goodrum (World Scout Jamboree)
 Friends of Green Park Horbury
 Friends of Green Park, Ossett
 Community Connections
 Horbury Bridge Cricket Club
 The Community Choir, Wakefield
 Memory Action Group
 Gasped – male victims of abuse
 Yorkshire Cancer Community
 Horbury and District Allotments Association
     (100th Annual Harvest Festival)

 

Written by: Bill Sutton

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Published: 19 May 2026

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Rotary Club and Community work together to provide more Defibrillators

Four new defibrillators have become operational in the Horbury and Ossett Area as a result of great co-operation between local residents, business, Councillors, Government funding, street lighting contractors Amey and co-ordination from Rotary Club of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix

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Photos of the defibrillators and some of the people involved are shown below:

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1. Southfield Close, Horbury – funded by an afternoon tea event hosted by the Rotary Club with help from Jonathan Earnshaw and Steve Brook. Now looked after and maintained by the Southfield Close Christmas Lights residents group

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2. Manor Road, Ossett – near to Green Park – funded by the family and friends of the late Gary Widdop with additional finance from a government infrastructure grant administered by Wakefield Council and obtained by the Rotary Club. Now monitored by The Friends of Green Park, Ossett.

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3. Gaskell Drive, Horbury - financed from a government infrastructure grant administered by Wakefield Council and obtained by the Rotary Club with the support and encouragement of Councillors Byford, Nicholls, and Page. Now monitored by a local family on Manorfields Estate.

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4. Kashmiri Aroma, Quarry Hill, Horbury – financed from a government infrastructure grant administered by Wakefield Council and obtained by the Rotary Club with the support and encouragement of Councillors Byford, Nicholls, and Page. Now looked after and maintained by the team at Kashmiri Aroma.

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 Since 2020 Horbury and Ossett Phoenix members have been involved to a greater or lesser extent in the installation of 18 defibrillators working with local individual funders, businesses and Yorkshire Ambulance Service. As a club they raise and distribute funds for many charitable purposes and good causes but money raised or received for defibrillators is kept in a designated fund purely for that purpose. All charitable funds are subject of scrutiny by the Trustees and subject of annual reports to the Charity Commission.

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Anyone wishing to make a donation should contact our Treasurer by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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We are also keen to recruit new members to the Rotary Club we meet every two weeks on a Thursday evening and apart from fundraising, involving ourselves in community activities we enjoy a lively social life. Please contact our Secretary on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want more information.

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Published: 16 March 2026

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