Category: Current Projects
This outlines the current projects that Kumon Y’all is working on or have just recently completed!
War of the Roses…Cricket
War of the roses but not as you know it. On Saturday 17 September 2016 we had our second ‘Lets Unite’ event of the year at the Mirfield Monastery on Stocks Bank road. Nope it wasn’t football… Yep you guessed it!…
Eid Gift Giving
The girls youth group annually visit a hospital Children’s ward where they give out presents to the less fortunate children. This year the girls decided to visit Pinderfields Hospital (Children’s ward). The girls spent many hours individually wrapping each present…
Helping the Homeless
The girls youth group volunteered one evening to dish out food packs in Leeds City Centre with another local organisation Hands Together’. Despite the downpour of rain, it was a successful event where the girls gave out food and drinks to homeless people…
Lets UNITE 2016
Our 4th Annual Lets Unite 2016 football tournament and family fun day took place on Saturday 16th July 2016. The events aim was simply to UNITE the communities in and around Dewsbury and to forge friendships and build better bridges…
Boccia
Earlier this year, we held a carpet Boccia tournament at Thornhill Community Academy. Boccia is a paralympic sport that can be played by people of all ages irrespective of any disabilities. On the day, thr youngest player was 6 whilst…
Amry Visit Mosque
On Wednesday 11th May 2016, army officials from the 4th Infantry Brigade visited Masjid Zakaria in Savile Town. They were shown round the classrooms, prayer rooms, etc and were also introduced to the ritual washing Muslims do before prayer. Army…
Love Thy Neighbour
We have held 2 successful ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ events. The first one was in Dewsbury whilst the second was in Mirfield. The aim of these events was to create friendships and encourage open interaction and dialogue. At these events, volunteers…
Volunteers get stuck in…Cumbria
Volunteers from Dewsbury and surrounding areas battled the dramatically unfavourable weather and successfully voyaged into Cumbria. Despite the wind, rain and snow they continued to extend a helping hand to the residents of Cumbria that had been affected by the…
From Libya to Dewsbury
Our youth delivered a presentation to a delegation of mayors and other high dignitaries from Libya. The presentation was given by the young people from Kumon Y’all. The topic of the presentation was on enhancing community relations and build bridges…