Local community providers across Harrogate district are here to help anyone in need with food. 

Clothing and furniture banks are here to offer free, good quality, previously owned clothes and furniture to anyone in need. 

The national ‘Month of Community’ is a time each June when we come together to celebrate everything that makes our communities great, but it feels more like the ‘Summer of Community’ this year.

This edition 'Summer of Community' celebrates making community connections, local giving, volunteering and exciting new partnership projects. 

Since opening in 1997 Harrogate Community House on East Parade has been the home of a wide range of charities and community groups, providing good quality reasonably priced office accommodation as well as meeting rooms and an information centre.

An activity group launching in Harrogate next week is looking for new members to join them. The aim of Community Fit is to create a team of local people who meet to be social and active while giving time to Harrogate’s people and spaces.

Volunteers’ Week takes place 1-7 June during the Month of Community. It's a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and to say thank you.

In May 2022, THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District funded 14 charitable community groups to enable them to continue to support local people all over the Harrogate district.  

During an exceptionally difficult couple of years, people from all walks of life have taken the time to volunteer and they make a huge difference in Ripon and the surrounding villages. 

In 937, King Athelstan created a ring of sanctuary around Ripon by placing eight crosses on the roads approaching the city, with the Cathedral at the centre. Only one of these now remains but you can still follow the Sanctuary Way Walk around the city.
 

The situation in Ukraine is devastating and urgent. Civil society organisations are on the frontline in the country, in its neighbours helping refugees, and around the world lobbying governments and raising funds.

Like to know more about HADCA and our local voluntary sector?
Our free Introduction Session is an hour well spent if you’re interested in connecting with others to make Harrogate District a better place for everyone

Our HADCA Impact Report gives some examples of how we have helped and connected communities, charities and volunteers over the last year.