Welcome to Skelmanthorpe Community Action Group.
Skelmanthorpe Community Action Group (SCAG) aims to protect and enhance the
quality of life for the members of our community. In particular we exist to help
fight inappropriate building developments, which threaten the green spaces
around us, and our way of life.
Over the past few years we have campaigned, successfully, against Kirklees
Councils proposals for meeting house-building targets, by building large numbers
of houses in our area.
In addition, we have helped to fight for a school crossing, to help protect our
children, for improvements to road junctions, to improve safety and for repairs
to our failing road system.
Annual General
Meeting 19 October.
If you would like to
know more about our activities or wish to become an active member of SCAG why
not come to our AGM at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 19 October at St Aidan's Church? Or
if you would prefer to talk to us on an informal basis why not attend our coffee
morning on Saturday 1 October at the Council offices in Skelmanthorpe?
Is Kirklees plan for 35,000 new jobs just pie in the sky?
The newly released
Local Development Framework states that Kirklees will need to create 35,000 new
jobs by 2028 and to achieve this will need to use 270 hectares of land, mostly
in the green belt. This is a huge number of new jobs and begs the question of
just where they are going to come from?
For more information, please see the 'Noticeboard'.
Learn more about SCAG in About Us.
If you would like to know more about SCAG please visit the About Us section.
Our notice board carries information about up coming events.
In the notice board section of our web site you will find news of current
campaigns and events. While the archive section contains news of our past
activities and campaigns, which will give you a clear insight into our
activities.
See our contacts page for useful telephone numbers.
Finally, if you would like to join us or talk to us about an issue of concern
please see the contacts section, where you will find contact details for our
committee members, as wel as useful contact details for our local councillors
and MP's.
The website is currently under construction. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.