{"id":8115,"date":"2023-10-25T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:30:39","slug":"halifax-opportunities-trust-announced-as-finalist-in-the-locality-awards-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/halifax-opportunities-trust-announced-as-finalist-in-the-locality-awards-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Opportunities Trust announced as finalist in the Locality Awards 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calderdale-based community charity, Halifax Opportunities Trust, is a finalist in the \u2018Transforming Lives\u2019 category<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Local charity, Halifax Opportunities Trust (HOT), is delighted to be a finalist for a \u2018Transforming Lives\u2019 Locality Award. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 7<sup>th<\/sup> November 2023, at a ceremony held in Bristol. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nomination comes in the Trust\u2019s 21<sup>st<\/sup> year and the award commends community organisations for their work in making a significant impact on changing local people\u2019s lives. Being a finalist for such an inspiring award is testament to HOT\u2019s dedication to people, families and businesses in the local Calderdale community and its ongoing commitment to making positive change over the past 21 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Alison Haskins, CEO of HOT, comments:<\/strong> <em>\u201cBeing recognised as a finalist for the Transforming Lives Award acknowledges all of our work within Park ward and beyond. We are a community-owned and run charity, and we\u2019re passionate about creating opportunities so people\u2019s lives are better; winning this prestigious award among other remarkable finalists would make us extremely proud \u2013 especially in our 21<sup>st<\/sup> year!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Locality Awards have been running since 2018. They recognise and celebrate the impact and innovation shown by local community organisations and charities across the country through five awards categories;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Power of Community Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transforming Lives Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bringing Communities Together Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enterprising Organisation Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep It Local Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Locality awards are part of Locality Convention, the biggest annual community sector event. Delegates at Locality can connect with like-minded people, get inspired, gain insight, skills and ideas and influence the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of HOT staff and trustees will attend the convention and awards where they will benefit from the many activities and thought-provoking conversations taking place at the event, as well as excitedly awaiting the announcement of Award winners. We\u2019re keeping everything crossed that they bring back a trophy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More information about Halifax Opportunities Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halifax Opportunities Trust believes every person has the power and potential to thrive and play a part in building a stronger, healthier and happier community. We work with people to understand their aspirations and help them along the way, at any point of their journey. We create opportunities for a better life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/creating-opportunities-for-21-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calderdale-based community charity, Halifax Opportunities Trust, is a finalist in the \u2018Transforming Lives\u2019 category Local charity,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/halifax-opportunities-trust-announced-as-finalist-in-the-locality-awards-2023\/\" class=\"view-full-post-btn\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[358,357,23,243],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8119,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions\/8119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regen.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}