St Hilda’s Groups
We have a number of groups undertaking different activities – see below for fuller details:-
Stitch & Chat meets at 2pm on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays in the month.
Contact Rita Jones 01484 431391 or jonesritauk@yahoo.co.uk
Book Club meets at 2.00 pm on the 4th Tuesday in the month (except December)
Contact Noelle Bowden 01484 542200 or bowden.noelle@btinternet.com
Ladies Dining Group meets monthly on the 1st Tuesday in the month at 7.00pm at various restaurants in Huddersfield.
Contact Anne Hall 01484 519879
Stitch & Chat
The unique feature of this group is that it is not mandatory to stitch – chatting helps! So, if you have a few hours to spare, please drop in. You can either bring your own handicraft project, or help someone else with theirs.
Fixby Gardening Club will come to St Hilda’s Church in September 2023
Fixby Gardening Club meet on the 2nd Thursday in the month (September to May but excluding December : 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm approx. (depending on the speaker) and sale of plants – contact Cheryl Hog 01484 422895. Further details below
Slimming World came to St Hilda’s Church on 24/07/23
Sessions are held on Mondays at 5.00pm
Stitch and Chat




Teddies for Tragedies

This year, 96 teddies have been knitted and a draw string bag made for each one ready to set off on their journey to Tanzania where they will be given to sick children or children who have suffered a trauma as a comforter. The majority of the teddies were knitted by Joyce Wild but she was ably assisted by members of Stitch & Chat
Book Club
If you enjoy reading books and talking about them – then don’t miss our Book Club. We meet once a month, for a chat about a book we have read during the previous month. In order to make it meaningful and interesting we have evolved a system whereby we take turns to choose a book to read. This helps us to widen our choice of books and get some idea about what others are reading! It is always interesting to see what sort of books other people find interesting!
The discussions are certainly not high powered or intended for only the clever. This book club has been going for several years – that is the best testimony that it is interesting and rewarding.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month (except December) at 2.00pm in Church
December 2025 – no meeting.
27th January 2026 – A Terrible Kindness – Jo Browning Wroe
24th February – First Wife’s Shadow – Adele Parks
24th March – One flew over the Cuckoo’s nest – Ken Kesey
28th April – tba
26th May – The Italian Wife – Kate Furnivall
23rd June – Ther Daughter – T M Logan


Ladies Dining Group
The Ladies Dining group meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. Different restaurants are chosen to promote variety and therefore prices may vary. Lifts are available for non drivers. There is a solid nucleus of about 10 members but others dip in and out of the group which is fine. The next month’s venue is determined by members at the end of the evening with some venues being re visited because they have been excellent; some are never visited again!; some are chosen on the basis of reviews in the Examiner or by members’ personal recommendation.
If you would like to join the group on a regular or intermittent basis then contact Anne Hall on 01484 519879
Photographs of the Ladies Dining Group are around a table!

Fixby Gardening Club
Fixby Gardening Club meet on the 2nd Thursday in the month (September to May but excluding December and January): 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm approx. (depending on the speaker) and sale of plants – all welcome – just turn up! – membership £20 pa – contact Cheryl Hog 01484 422895. No meeting in December as we have a trip out + Christmas Lunch