Welcome to our In Touch directory of over-50-friendly Health, Wellbeing & Fitness groups and clubs across Calderdale.
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Groups are listed in alpha order within each region of Calderdale where they take place.
Scroll down for Halifax, Brighouse & Rastrick, Sowerby Bridge & Ripponden, Elland & Greetland, Hebden Bridge & Todmorden. OR download a copy of the Home Instead WOW Guide for full listings.
All class or group details correct at the time of publishing, but we recommend you check in first where contact details are shown in case of unplanned changes.
Across Calderdale
Exercises for everyone
Tai Chi with Tai Chi Tigers
Walking the Way with Calderdale Methodist Circuit
‘Walking The WAY’ is a series of monthly reflective walks on some Sundays with stop off points for reflection along the way.
The group meet around 2pm and walk no further than 3 miles.
Tel: 01422 359639.
See website for more details
Walks with Crew Heart Support Group
Walks – Heritage Walks
Sundays at 2pm to 4pm throughout Calderdale.
Book online.
Find out more
Walks with Healthy Minds
1pm on the 1st and 3rd Mondays from various locations.
Tel: 07388 990232.
Find out more about Healthy Minds.
Halifax
Including central Halifax, North Halifax and Skircoat Green/Savile Park areas.
Bowling with Illingworth & Bradshaw Social Group
Mondays at 10am at Holmfield Bowling Club, Halifax, HX2 9BE. (not during Winter). Visitors are welcome.
Tel: 01422 249070.
Boxing with Halifax Star Boxing Club
Whatever your level, get fit, have fun and meet new friends. The combination of athleticism, physical and mental conditioning, sportsmanship, and self-worth that you will develop from boxing are unequalled in any other sport. The gym on Gibbet Street is open to the public for drop in sessions Monday and Wednesday mornings from 7am – 12pm.
Dance Exercise
Mondays from 6pm at The Studio Rooms. Click the link below to find out more.
Exercise with Halifax In Touch
Tuesdays at 10.30am.
The Maurice Jagger Centre, Halifax HX1 1UZ.
Tel: 01422 351888.
Keep Fit Hour – for the over 60s
Tuesdays at 10am to 11am.
Halifax Boxing & Fitness Club, HX3 5QN.
07870 266002.
See In Touch page for more details.
Keep Fit with Illingworth & Bradshaw Social Group
Tuesdays 10am to 11am.
Illingworth Moor Methodist Church.
Tel: 01422 249070.
Keep Fit (Gentle)
Wednesdays from 2pm to 3pm
Lee Mount Baptist Church, Melbourne St. Halifax HX3 5DF.
Old Tyme and Modern Sequence Dancing
Tuesday and Thursday, 1.45 to 4pm.
The OSCA Foundation, Forest Cottage, Ovenden HX2 8AD.
Tel: 01422 248080
Find out more about the OSCA Foundation.
Pilates – Beginners
Thursdays 11am to 12pm.
Illingworth & Bradshaw Social Group at Illingworth Moor Methodist Church, HX2 9LL.
01422 249070.
Pilates and Physio with plus Health
Classes and physio sessions in central Halifax.
Pilates – Sitting Down with Illingworth & Bradshaw Social Group
Tuesdays at 11.15am to 12pm
Illingworth Moor Methodist Church, HX2 9LL.
01422 249070.
Rugby and other sports for the over 50s with Calderdale Community Coaching Trust
Tai Chi
Mondays from 12.15pm to 1.15pm
St. Jude’s Church Hall, Halifax HX1 2XE.
Call 07939 997766.
Walking Football for the over 50s
Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30am to 11.30am.
Halifax Indoor Football Centre, HX3 9ET
Tel: 07947 827627.
Walking Football with the OSCA Foundation
Tuesday 12pm to 1pm.
The OSCA Foundation, Forest Cottage, Ovenden HX2 8AD.
Tel: 07808 059929.
Find out more about the OSCA Foundation.
Walks with Crew
Tuesdays at 10am from various locations across Calderdale. Call 07982 728548. ALSO:
Thursdays at 10am from Rosegarth Surgery, Halifax, HX1 2HB. Call 07891 934037.
1st, 3rd and 5th Monday from Beechwood Medical Centre, HX2 8AL. Call 07982 728548.
Fridays at 10am from Illingworth Moor Methodist Church, HX2 9LL. 07891 934037.
2nd and 4th Mondays from Keighley Road Medical Centre, Illingworth HX2 9LL from 1-3pm. Call 07982 728548.
Wellbeing Walks in Shelf
2nd Friday from 10am.
Sehlf Park entrance by the village hall.
Tel: 01274 677400
Wellbeing in Boothtown with lunch
Wednesdays from 11pm to 3pm and Sundays from 12 to 4pm.
Boothtown Methodist Church, HX3 6LP.
Tel: 07825 429034.
Brighouse & Rastrick
Including Hove Edge, Lightcliffe and Northowram areas.
Dance for Wellbeing
Thursdays from 6pm to 7.30pm
The Space @ Field Lane, Rastrick
Call 07740 366365 or check website.
Find out more about The Space
Exercise classes with HEARTBEAT
Thursday mornings at 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am and Wednesday evenings at 6.30pm
Brighouse Sports Club, HD6 4LX.
Tel: 07475 943686.
Find out more about Heartbeat.
Rastrick St.John’s Community Hall, HD6 1HN
Call Vicky on 07817 861290.
Thursdays from 1.30pm to 2.30pm
St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Martin St. Brighouse HD6 1DA
Call 07939 997766.
Tuesdays from 1.15pm to 2.15pm
St. John’s Church Community Hall, Gooder Lane, Rastrick HD6 1HN.
Call 07939 997766.
Tai Chi with HEARTBEAT
Tuesdays at 9.30am and 10.30am.
Brighouse Sports Club, HD6 4LX.
Call 07475 943686.
Find out more about HEARTBEAT.
Tai Chi with SOFA (Southowram Over 50s).
Mondays at 3pm to 4pm.
Southowram Community Centre, off Law Lane HX3 9SD.
Tel: 01422 346204.
Find out more about SOFA
Walks with Heartbeat
Alternative Tuesdays from 10am to 12.30pm
Brighouse Sports Club, HD6 4LX.
Tel: 07475 943686.
Walks for Wellbeing in Shelf
2nd Friday in the month from 10am
Shelf Park (entrance by Village Hall).
Contact email: cathryn2304@aol.com
Yoga (Gentle)
Tuesdays at 10.30am
Rastrick Bowling Club, Toothill Bank, Brighouse, HD6 3EZ
07779 668221.
Sowerby Bridge & Ripponden
The New Roxy, Wharf St, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2AE
Call Vicky on 07817 861290.
1st Monday from 11am to 12.30pm
St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Tower Hill, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2EQ.
Call 0113 322 4771 to book or Register now with Re-engage
Tuesdays from 11am to 12pm
Unit 2, SDH Industrial Estate, Sowerby Bridge HX6 3BS
Email info@graftgyms.com or call 01422 762020
Elland and Greetland
Including Holywell Green, Stainland and Blackley.
Brews & Grooves with Curious Motion
Tuesdays from 10am to 11.30am.
Southgate Methodist Church, Elland HX5 0JL.
Call 07740 366365.
Fitness for the over 50s
Mondays at 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Elland WMC, Rosebury St. Elland, HX5 0HT
Call 01422 373023 or check website
Health & Wellbeing groups with Project Colt
Various groups running. Contact Helen for more details.
Project Colt, Elland Bridge HX5 3FT.
helen@projectcolt.org.uk
Call Vicky on 07817 861290.Mindful Movement with Curious Motion
Some Fridays from 12pm to 1.30pm – contact for dates
Upper Hall, Southgate Methodist Church, Elland HX5 0JL.
Call: 07740 366365.
Fridays at 2.30pm to 3.30pm
St. Thomas’s Parish Hall, Rochdale Road, Greetland HX4 8JE
Call 07939 997766.
Mondays from 11am to 12pm
West Vale Sports Ground
Call 07488 383417.
1st Thursday at 10am.
Meet at The Bandstand, Southgate, Elland.
Call 07740 366365.
Mondays at 6pm
Southgate Methodist Church, Elland.
Wednesdays from 1pm to 2pm
The Trilab Studio, Unit 2A2, Old Power Way, Lowfields Business Park, Elland HX5 9DE.
Call 07779 668221.
Hebden Bridge and Todmorden
Bowling Clubs welcoming new members and visitors
Dance and Exercise
Mondays from 11am
Centra Methodist Church, Todmorden
Call 07510 187211.
(Gentle) Exercise for the Over 50s
Thursdays at 2pm to 3pm
Waterside Gym, Hebden Bridge
01422 846088 or see website
Chair yoga in Heptonstall: Monthly on the third Friday at 11am till 12.30pm at Heptonstall Bowling Club.
Tai Chi in Hebden Bridge: Third Thursday in the month at 12pm to 1.30pm at Hope Baptist Church.
Booking required for all classes: Register now with Re-engage
Keep Fit for the Over 60s
Tuesdays from 10am to 10.45am and Fridays from 9.15 to 10am and 10am to 10.45am
Mytholmroyd Community Centre
01422 883023.
Movement & Mindset Classes with Rebecca
Gentle Exercise at Central Methodist Church, Todmorden. Mondays at 11am.
Seated Movement at Roomfield House, Todmorden. Mondays at 2pm.
Dance Fitness at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge. Wednesdays at 2pm.
Dance Fitness at Union House, Todmorden. Wednesdays at 6pm.
Beginner Swing Dance at Hebden Bridge Town Hall. Wednesdays at 8.15pm.
Movement and Dance (seated option) at Mytholm Court, Hebden Bridge. Thursdays at 2pm.
Seated movement at Elphin Court, Mytholmroyd. Tuesdays at 2pm.
1st Monday from 2pm to 3pm.
St. John’s Church, Cragg Vale, HX7 5RF.
Call 0113 322 4771 to book or Register now with Re-engage
Thursdays from 9.30am to 10.30am
Wadsworth Community Centre, Billy Lane, Old Town, Hebden Bridge HX7 8RY.
Call 07944 360594.
Thursdays from 10am to 12pm
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
Tuesdays at 10am to 12pm at Todmorden Learning Centre and Community Hub, Burnley Road.
Call 07939 997766.
Walking Football (over 50s) in Mytholmroyd with Hebden Saints
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6-7pm
Mytholmroyd Community Centre.
For more details call Mark on 07848 099 572 or email hbsaintswalkingfootball@gmail.
Wednesday Warm-up
Wednesdays from 1pm to 4pm
Wadsworth Community Centre, Billy Lane, Old Town, Hebden Bridge HX7 8RY.
Wellbeing for Men
Wednesdays from 10.30am to 12.30pm
Todmorden Health Centre, OL14 5RN.
Call 01706 811100.
Yoga (Gentle)
Mondays from 5.45pm to 6.45pm
Wadsworth Community Centre, Billy Lane, Old Town, Hebden Bridge HX7 8RY.
all 07498 478451.
Yoga (Over 60s)
Mondays from 10am to 11am and Thursdays from 10.30 to 11.15am
Also Yoga (all levels) Fridays at 10.30am to 11.30am.
Mytholmroyd Community Centre
01422 883023.
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