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BatleySmile CIC

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  1. BatleySmile carries out activities for the benefit of the town of Batley, West Yorkshire, its residents and local organisations. It is registered as a Community Interest Company.


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Mark Griffin
07736 416668

Organisation last updated

  1. 01 August 2023

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Everyone's a Batley Poet...

  1. The Batley Poets spun out of the first Batley Festival in September 2012, inspired by the Gujarati Writers Forum, The Yorkshire Dialect Group and many individual local poets and enthusiasts. In November 2014, supported by Arts Council England and Creative Scene, Batley Poets created their first 'pop-up' display in the disused Alfreds' Way shopping centre in Batley for Batley Business Association. The phrases, 'Everyone's a Batley Poet' and 'Anything Goes' sum up the Batley Poets.

    To chat about Batley Poets please call Mohamed Saloo on 0792 3989994 or Email info@batleysmile.co.uk

  2. 01/08/2023

History

  1. Welcome to BatleySmile. A big thank you to all of our many friends and supporters who have inspired us since we all started smiling in Batley in 2009. If you are new to smiling, welcome. BatleySmile CIC was formed in December 2014. Our mission is to 'talk-up' and promote the town of Batley, West Yorkshire, UK. Our aim is to cooperate with others to carry out activities for the benefit of the town of Batley, its residents and local organisations. Having informally supported a range of cultural, arts and community initiatives in Batley (2009 - 2014) - including the launch of Batley Festival in 2012 and the successful £2 Million Arts Council England lottery funded Creative People and Places Programme bid for our area - we decided to establish BatleySmile CIC social enterprise in late 2014 to make our work sustainable. Looking for an inspirational collaborative organisation to help guide and inform us and share our experiences we joined the Locality network in April 2015.


    Please call Mark Griffin on 07736 416668 or Email info@batleysmile.co.uk and let's have a chat and a smile. Of the many folk and organisations who have inspired the development of BatleySmile CIC it is right to acknowledge and say thanks to Ahmad Lunat OBE and Malcolm Haigh BEM.

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