Santas Sleigh in Horbury and Horbury Bridge - 2026
Santa and his Sleigh will be touring the streets of Horbury and Horbury Bridge accompanied by his
elves collecting donations for local charitable and good causes on December 7th , 8th and 9th.
For a full list of the streets to be visited see the details below:
Monday 7th December, Horbury - 5.30pm to 8pm approximately.
Manorfields Estate– Clifton Road, Savile Drive to right, Ken Churchill Drive; Gaskell Drive;
Manorfields Drive; Gaskell Drive to Clifton Road start.
Bracken Hill View + Primrose Way, off Westfield Road, Horbury;
Marsden Avenue / Rock House Way (Sowood Bends)
Off Storrs Hill Road - Garden Close. Mayfield Court, Baring Gould Way, + Sabine Fold ;
Off Netherton Lane, Horbury Bridge -Bittern Croft, Lapwing View.
Tuesday 8th December, Horbury – 5-30 to 8pm approximately:
Dovecote Close; Gagewell Drive; Stannard Well Lane, Stannard Well Drive;
Visit Inwood Nursing Home
Benton Park Estate - Tyndale Avenue, Addison Court, Becket Close and Court, Chesterton Court,
Osborne Avenue, Rochester Drive, Rochester Court, Shelley Court;
Horbury Bridge Parklands.
Wednesday 9th December, Horbury – 5-30 to 8pm approximately:
Oakwood Grove, Beechwood + Elmwood Groves; California Drive, Parker Road, North, East, South
and West Avenues;
The Sycamores;
The Shutt, Dudfleet Lane, and Castle Grove.
From 17th to 22nd December Santa and his Sleigh will be at Morrisons Supermarket, Dewsbury Road.
All profits from Santa Sleigh collections is paid into the Rotary Club Charitable Trust Fund and the vast majority
is dispersed to local good causes.
Donate to: The Rotary Club of Horbury and Ossett Phoenix Trust Fund
registered charity no.1042627
Text PHOENIX to 70460
to donate £2
Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message.
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Defibrillator Fundraiser Afternoon Tea Thankyou
We are grateful to our guests who joined us for Afternoon Tea at Primrose Hall on Saturday 26th September and enjoyed a splendid selection of food, teas and coffee, prepared and served by Rich and Fancy, with Prosecco and soft drinks. The food was complemented by the entertaining Wakefield Community Choir who sang a mixture of early and mid 20 th century popular songs. The event raised just over £1000 which will be used to maintain some of the defibrillators in the Horbury and Ossett areas and be put towards the cost of additional ones. Our thanks for supporting the Afternoon Tea also go to The Trustees and staff of Primrose Hall, Paul at Leach Catering, Adam Rasburn, and Community Champion Bev from Morrisons supermarket, Dewsbury Road.
A NEW DEFIBRILLATOR
Some other good news the installation of an additional defibrillator on Oakwood Grove, Horbury will go ahead during October and we are grateful to local residents and The Horbury Common Lands Trust who have provided the funding – a project and process which started in May 2026 coming to fruition.
INSTALLING DEFIBRILLATORS - THE PROCESS
The funding and installation of Defibrillators is not simply a matter of raising the cash, there is a process to be followed including:
1. Ensuring a geographical spread.
2. Identifying the potential beneficial population.
3. Finding a suitable site with 24-hour access.
4. Gaining the permission of the site owner including an undertaking to enable an electrical connection.
5. Identifying suitable equipment and a secure cabinet with 24-hour access for use by the public.
6. Identifying a Guardian(s), a person or people who undertake regular checks to ensure the equipment is in working order, a 52 weeks per year commitment.
7. Providing the funding to maintain the equipment and the replacement of consumables if the defibrillator is used or the seals that ensure hygiene are broken.
Only when the above is completed (i.e. all the ducks are in a row) is it sensible/possible to go ahead with funding, whether that be from charitable funds, business donations, or from public funds through grants from our Local Authority (WMDC) or Government.
FUNDING
The offer of financial support is always welcome, and not ignored, however it is not a simple matter of making the application – the process has to be followed and documented before money from the Local Authority (WMDC) can be authorised to fund any installation, Such funding will not be approved (Capital cost) unless item 7 is in place but will not finance items identified at item 7(Revenue costs). It is simplistic and misleading to suggest otherwise and may undermine continuing efforts to maintain what we currently have or install further Defibrillators.
We have been party to the installation of 18 defibrillators since 2020. 4 Defibrillators installed in the past 12 months with the financial support of the Local Authority and our then
Councillors. The process of making the application and gaining approval alone took 7 weeks (after a lot of work prior to that) – that is not a criticism just a fact of life - we are very grateful for that help and are delighted that our new Councillors have expressed a willingness to support any future applications and encouraged us to continue the work.
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Politics & Rotary
As a Rotary Club we are a-political, a-sectarian and a-religious but individual members may hold whatever views they wish as long as these do not interfere with the positions of Rotary neutrality. Membership of the club is about service to the community not self or political interest.
