This Year Events

Coach Trips

The Branch run subsidised Coach Trips for Members, with Parkinson’s, & their carers.
Tickets for members (with PD) and their carers are £15 this year.
Other members and guests are welcome, if seats are available, but the price is likely to be higher, to reflect the costs.

Wednesday 1st June

Coach Trip to Scarborough Fair Collection.
The coach leaves Elim Church at 9.45am prompt. 
We will be calling for an early Fish & Chip lunch in Staxton, and arrive at the Scarborough Fair Collection about 1:30pm.
Step back in time with 1 free ride per person followed at 2:30pm by a Cream Tea and a cuppa.
The coach will depart for Halifax just after 3:30pm, with a comfort break scheduled.
Arrive Elim Church (Traffic permitting) around 7pm

Further dates to be announced as soon as we confirm them

Dance Sessions

The Dance sessions have now returned to Elim Church after a successful 18 months of Zooming. Izzy was brilliant and worked hard beating the initial teething problems and became extremely popular amongst our members and a few others, with PD.

As the COVID regulations eased and lock down became a distant memory we pannedto start live sessions again. Izzy went back to the live sessions in October 2021. They run most Thursdays at 10:30 (prompt) till 11:30 after which refreshments are available. 

(Holiday dates are at the bottom of this page)

Izzy Brittain
Izzy Brittain, our tutor, is very enthusiastic and has trained in Parkinson's Dance with Rachel Wesson and now works alongside her on Ascendance's Dance with an award-winning Parkinson's Dance programme.
She is based in Leeds, but Halifax born & bred.
An artist and facilitator working with dance, poetry and yoga, Izzy is a strong believer in the transformative power of these practices for all, she is passionate about empowering individuals and communities through working in diverse, inclusive, intergenerational and community contexts.
Izzy enjoys delivering fun and creative dance sessions for the over 55s. Recent performance projects have included "Beige," a playful flash-mob style dance performance for 60 older dancers, over 60, at a local Shopping Centre. Click here to watch.

Holiday Dates  for 2022:
7th April & 14th April (Easter)
plus 11th August

Izzy is attending training sessions from March till October and has arranged that Rachel or Emma, from Assendance, will step into her shoes on the following 10 dates:

^{24th & 31st March 
5th May
19th & 26th May
9th June 
7th July
15th September
20th  & 27th October
(These dates are subject to change)} 

Please contact Sue Crawshaw on 07971 207376 if you would like to join the sessions or would like further information.
The Games hour follows immediately after the dance, from 11:30 to 12:30, any member wanting to join please contact Ian on 01422 256521.