Singing in a group is good for wellbeing: feel good hormones are released, bonds and friendships are forged and people leave a session buzzing. Choirs are a popular hobby, memberships are on the increase again post-lockdowns but FanFare want to attract more young singers to choirs.

Choirs Go Pop was established in 2019 under the name West Yorkshire Choirs Pop Festival. The aims of the festival were to raise the profile of choirs, have choirs of all types singing more pop songs for the day and realizing how much fun this could be and attracting younger people to join. Director Jenna Fan set up Go Pop as a community interest company last year and will be restarting the annual festival this June.

The festival will be held at Theatre Royal Wakefield on Sunday 12^th June and this time the event has workshops which the public can participate in. The morning will feature three workshops: Musical Theatre delivered by the Theatre Royal’s Performance Academy tutor Alison George; Contemporary Pop delivered by Leeds Conservatoire’s Craig Lees; and Gospel delivered by HUM Gospel Choir. Choirs and members of the public can attend these workshops, tickets available to purchase at gopopcic.co.uk. No singing experience is required to join the workshops.

The afternoon will be spent with the doors closed to the public for a non-competitive X-Factor type event featuring choirs from all over the North of England. A panel of experts will give feedback on the performances with the aim of giving pointers to improve performance for the future.

In the evening a choral extravaganza will take place at the theatre with HUM Gospel Choir headlining a fantastic concert featuring all the participating choirs too. Tickets for this are available from the Theatre Royal Wakefield Box Office.

If you are a member of a choir, or an individual, and would like to find out more about how to get involved with the day or workshops please get in touch: hello@gopopcic.co.uk.

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Looking for an up north company who can help you produce a proper good production? Whether you’re looking for commercial to up-scale your company, or someone to shoot your film, Production Haus can get you covered.

They understand that it all starts with an idea, which is why they can make you stand out from the crowd. Whether you’re wanting to launch a business, maybe turn a hobby into something more, or have a creative project you want to share with the world. Whatever your reason for needing a production company to help you tell your story, Production Haus can help!

Don’t have the time or resources to keep creating content that amazes your audience, hand the baton over to Production Haus who can create something for you to use time and time again.

Looking for a local company with IT expertise, innovation, and world-class service at the very core of what they do? Look no further than the Pure Technology Group (PTG).

This leading provider of IT services and solutions is based in the technological hub of Leeds and provides services and solutions to the UK’s SMEs, mid-market, enterprise and public sector organisations.

By priding themselves on the basis that it’s not just what they do, it’s how they do it, PTG have designed and adapted a stream-lined system to ensure their clients are heard from the very beginning. They listen, think, design, deploy, support and care for each campaign they undertake no matter how big or small the client can be.

With a 24 hour service desk, global partnerships, ITIL & ISO certified, a world-class supply chain, personal account management and being IIP platinum accredited, there’s no use looking elsewhere for IT support, because there’s nowhere better!

But take a look for yourself over on their website: Pure Technology Group

Our newest members, KLW Group, are heading up the professional construction business in Yorkshire!

By servicing the UK nationwide, this Manvers-based company is becoming a name known across the country for everyone in the industry.

KLW Group is a mechanical and electrical company that works throughout the commercial and retail sectors with a team of passionate employees behind them, ensuring that customer satisfaction and high-quality standards are met throughout.

By investing in their staff and offering continuous training, it allows innovation and ideas to flow through the company, becoming trend-setters in the industry. This is all whilst maintaining a personal and efficient delivery of a wide variety of contracts throughout the UK.

Whether you are looking for mechanical or electrical solutions, retail & construction projects, or reactive/planned maintenance, KLW Group Ltd has the experience and knowledge that needed that cannot be beaten elsewhere.

Take a look at the vast services they offer: KLW Group

The Theatre Royal in Wakefield is the only one of it’s kind that’s nestled perfectly in the heart of the city. This mixed house takes in tours of popular shows, produces a musical every year, and a pantomime annually for the festive season.

This theatre is on a mission to develop new creative opportunities and experience within the precincts of the building, and throughout the wider community and on tour, to encourage high-quality engagement within the performing arts industry.

Whether you enjoy music, drama or comedic shows and come along alone or with the family, there really is something to suit everyone’s needs thanks to the vast array of productions that are performed on stage.

Generally, the stage is occupied around 265 days every year, with some of the acts made right within the city. Other shows are hand-picked from the best quality acts that UK has to offer.

Theatre Royal Wakefield really is for everyone, that’s why they are also proud to present work from our local community, amateur societies and groups on our stages. Not only that but they take their productions around the UK too, spreading the Wakefield name far and wide!

If the productions inside aren’t enough for you, the outstanding beauty of the  Victorian theatre building is enough to render anyone intrigued. The building is the design and vision of famous architect Frank Matcham. This Grade II* listed building, built in 1894, is the smallest surviving Matcham theatre auditorium.

Inside, the Matcham Auditorium is a traditional Victorian theatre complete with red velvet seats, curtains and even a couple of Royal boxes! This beautiful and ornate auditorium holds 499 people with the stage being framed by a typical proscenium arch, decorated in gold leaf.

The pandemic created a lot of uncertainty for many businesses, not least for the hospitality sector. The challenges facing businesses
and the economy inspired Wakefield-based entrepreneur Ali Gordon to step up and make a difference.

The Eat Out Round About mobile app was created and trialled in Wakefield after Ali secured the backing of an Innovate UK Award. The idea was inspired when Eat Out to Help Out was delivered by the government in August 2020 and was unsustainable. Ali saw a way that a scheme could be funded by the private sector, help businesses to grow, reward customers and employees with the ability to dine out with 50% off,
drive revenue into hospitality and stimulate local economies.

Eat Out Round About trials generated over a 600% return on investment for the local Wakefield economy.

Ali Gordon CEO, Eat Out Round About:
“Creating an idea to stimulate dining out during a global pandemic has not always been easy. I am truly humbled to be recognised
nationally for my achievements with this prestigious award. As an ambassador for innovation, I am looking forward to raising the
profile of innovation across Wakefield, Yorkshire, and The North of England over the next 12 months, and to inspire women and girls
as we continue to innovate and expand Eat Out Round About”.

The award will be used to carry out further trials with the backing of Wakefield Council’s economic growth team and reaching out into
wider local authorities to maximise economic impact. Eat Out Round About will be working in partnership with local business
communities, high street retailers, cultural destinations, events and festivals to help make vouchers more accessible. The funding will
also be used to build a free online tool for businesses to access employee and customer reward Eat Out vouchers and a marketplace
with dining out incentives for staff and their customers when they source with local suppliers.

“As a business community we are passionate about our members supporting their local economy. We are delighted to partner with
Eat Out Round About, so that our community can connect and save as they dine out together and help the local economy” Claire
Sutherley, Managing Director of We Are Wakefield.

“With the ever-increasing challenges for the economy and rising living costs, it is ever more important to come together and think
outside of the box in ways to help everyone continue to enjoy more of their local area and have the affordability to dine out together”
Ali Gordon CEO, Eat Out Round About.

Eat Out Round About is hosting an event along with their partner Theatre Royal Wakefield at 5.30pm on Monday 4th April, where Ali
welcomes users of the app to learn more and for businesses to join us for a pie and pea supper, entertainment, networking and an
evening to learn about opportunities for Yorkshire businesses, local authorities, BIDs, cultural destinations, and hospitality arising
from the award. Tickets available https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/292206937817

 

Copperwire Creative are an approachable and family-run graphic design studio based in the heart of the award-winning Nostell Estate.

The central location of the studio means there is excellent network links between Leeds and Wakefield, as well as being are close to Doncaster, Harrogate, Manchester and Sheffield. Despite the UK-based location, Copperwire’s client base spans across the entire country and Europe!

Long-lasting and strong working bonds are what this business prides themselves on by giving their clients the assistance they need in their graphic design needs.

Whether your looking for logo design, flyers or leaflet design, brochure design, business stationery, label & packaging design, magazine production, digital media, roller banners, exhibition stands, adverts, posters, Copperwire Creative can help.

A no jargon approach is taken with easy to understand design work for all clients, making the company a hit with businesses who both know about graphic design, or don’t have any idea!

By understanding that not everyone find graphic design enjoyable and that it can be a daunting task for many, Copperwire strives to make you feel comfortable and offers advice and expertise where necessary to build an unbreakable bond that meets all your requirements and more.

Why not have a look at what they do: Copperwire Creative

 

Who is Zeld Learning Solutions?

Zeld Learning Solutions Ltd is a Learning and Development provider, offering a range of innovative blended and digital learning solutions to support growth and development.

What is Learning and Development?

In Learning and Development the goal is to empower employees with specific skills to drive business performance. This is achieved by identifying knowledge and skill gaps and developing and delivering learning interventions to bridge those gaps.

What does Zeld Learning Solutions do?

They use their expertise in learning and development to partner with your organisation and consult on your learning and development needs.  Zeld Learning Solutions carries out the design and delivery of any training required in your organisation. This could be anything from compliance modules to role-specific training right through to soft skills and leadership training. Whether it be face-to-face training, online training, or eLearning you require, Zeld Learning Solutions has it all covered.

Zeld Learning Solutions has experience working in a range of industries from Financial Services, Retail, Motor, Not-for-profit and Software Industries, to name a few.

So, if you have any learning needs why not get in touch to see how they can help.

 

Wakefield’s first purpose-built doggy day care centre is there to take care of your furry friend when you can’t.

Situated in the Thornes area, this 13,000sq ft facility is fun for your dog to ensure your good boy or girl is having the best day the possibly can at Barkley & Co!

Within the award-winning centre, all pooches will be expertly taken care of by the friendly, qualified and experienced staff who are always on-hand to help make sure all dogs are enjoying themselves in a safe and secure environment where they also have the chance to socialise and play on the exciting equipment.

So much more than just day care, Barkley’s offers behavioural classes and workshops to help owners continue their ever-developing bond with their breed, and assist in correcting and issue you may be having.

Each class is run by a highly-qualified instructor inside the heated arena, meaning this is something that can be undertaken at anytime during the year.

Back by popular demand, Puppy Playskool is back. These extremely popular hour-long sessions are designed to help pups and their parents interact and socialise with other dogs. Paired perfectly with 5 other puppies, you will be taught some fun games which will help you build a bond with your dog. These session will also give you the chance to chat with the trainers and talk through any issues you might want help with!