Golcar Lily Day
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and despite its name, it's more than just a day
it is a whole year of exciting fundraising events followed by a weekend of fun and activities for all ages a chance for the community to get together and share all that is great in Golcar please come and join in |
next meeting
Monday 22nd September
all welcome and we really need your help
The Commercial, Golcar
7.30 pm
fund raising special
2025 raffle
this December, we’re doing something a little bit different… introducing our Advent Raffle 🎁
pay once and you’ll be entered into 24 daily draws
- that’s right, a prize every day from the 1st to the 24th of December
we’ve got big prizes, little prizes and everything in between, from;
💰 all proceeds go towards Golcar Lily Day 2026
🎟️ where to get your tickets:
a festive fundraiser you won’t want to miss — your chance to win amazing prizes and support next year’s Golcar Lily Day!
🎅 good luck to everyone and thank you for your support❤️
pay once and you’ll be entered into 24 daily draws
- that’s right, a prize every day from the 1st to the 24th of December
we’ve got big prizes, little prizes and everything in between, from;
- chocolate
- sweets
- books
- booze
- gift vouchers
- and more!
💰 all proceeds go towards Golcar Lily Day 2026
🎟️ where to get your tickets:
- the Scout & Community Centre (during any scout meeting)
- Yorkshire Craft Butchery
- Golcar & Milnsbridge Christmas Lights Switch-On events
- Bolster Moor Farm Shop (on 1st November only)
a festive fundraiser you won’t want to miss — your chance to win amazing prizes and support next year’s Golcar Lily Day!
🎅 good luck to everyone and thank you for your support❤️
more details...
the afternoon tea 2025
a massive to thank you to so many people for their hard work in creating another wonderful fund raising event in the form of afternoon tea - 108 tickets were sold and that represents a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes from a lot of people
special thank you's below (although there are many more involved);
we are looking forward to the next one already!
special thank you's below (although there are many more involved);
- louise barker for taking on the organisation and most of the baking
- soo ellis and all at the scouts who donated time, food and the location
- gav at yorkshire craft butchery for donating the sausage rolls and providing the pies at cost
- ryder & dutton who very kindly sponsored some of the event
we are looking forward to the next one already!
ryder & dutton |
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and local sponsors mean a lot to us, we can't survive wothout the support of local businesses and organisations so please take a moment to read what it means to them;
at ryder and dutton we’re proud to be part of the local communities we operate in, and after years of helping people move, we’re forging lasting relationships with members of the communities we serve, this includes supporting local causes such as golcar lily day's fundraising for their festive afternoon tea
our work acts as a constant reminder of how much the local area means to the people that we help and in turn, our teams
at ryder and dutton we’re proud to be part of the local communities we operate in, and after years of helping people move, we’re forging lasting relationships with members of the communities we serve, this includes supporting local causes such as golcar lily day's fundraising for their festive afternoon tea
our work acts as a constant reminder of how much the local area means to the people that we help and in turn, our teams
lovely write up on the flypast
thank you to the amazing Huddersfield Hub for their lovely story about Golcar Lily Day and the flypast
thank you also to them for allowing us to share the story with you and for the brilliant photos from Huddersfield Hub photographer SEAN DOYLE - if you don't know who Huddersfield Hub are then check them out - they are a wonderful asset to the region with an aim of reporting worthwhile and upbeat stories about our communities
https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/11-great-images-that-sum-up-a-fabulous-golcar-lily-day-with-an-emotional-spitfire-flypast/
thank you also to them for allowing us to share the story with you and for the brilliant photos from Huddersfield Hub photographer SEAN DOYLE - if you don't know who Huddersfield Hub are then check them out - they are a wonderful asset to the region with an aim of reporting worthwhile and upbeat stories about our communities
https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/11-great-images-that-sum-up-a-fabulous-golcar-lily-day-with-an-emotional-spitfire-flypast/
thank you again to the amazing Golcar Winkle Club for running the bar - especially in remembrance of Sophie
and thank you to all of you who came and bought drinks from them - you successfully ran the beer dry!
and thank you to all of you who came and bought drinks from them - you successfully ran the beer dry!
come celebrate a lost golcar lily
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last year Golcar lost a true Golcar Lily - Sophie was born at home on Bobbin Close just behind Town End but sadly after a long battle with her mental health she took her own life
a dedicated HTAFC fan and had been a keen member of golcar scouts - she always looked forward to golcar lily day for all the activities especially the bottle tombola 😁 - plus a big fan of Golcar Winkle Club's bar they run on Golcar Lily Day to raise funds supporting projects for Golcar - so we were delighted to learn - the legends that they are - have renamed it for the day "Sophie's Bar" so please come and buy a drink - say "cheers" to Sophie, she'd have loved that and at the same time it will help raise funds for the village Sophie particularly struggled after the passing of her cat Bear who she was so close with, her type of autism didn't allow her to cope with grief very well we are sharing this with you all so that if you feel low or lost then please know there are plenty of people who would like to help you thank you to her amazing friend Callum for the words he came up with for her celebration event last year |
Golcar Winkle Club
the GWC are an amazing bunch of volunteers that with the help and support of the business community, kind donations, and fundraising events are able to provide and support lots of great things in our community, from grants, helping at events and putting up the amazing flags on Town End
thank you to all of you and thank you for letting us share your incredible video of Golcar Lilly Day
thank you to all of you and thank you for letting us share your incredible video of Golcar Lilly Day
did you know...
……. it costs approximately £7000 a year to put on Golcar Lily Day
Here is a breakdown of our main costs for 2025:
Here is a breakdown of our main costs for 2025:
Provision of mini buses |
£300 |
First Aid Provision |
£160 |
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Toilet Hire |
£320 |
Insurance |
£350 |
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Stalls and Gazebo Hire |
£475 |
Entertainment costs |
£3500 |
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Skip Hire |
£280 |
Traffic Management Team |
£800 |
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Programme/Raffle Ticket Printing |
£130 |
Licensing |
£450 |
If you can help with fundraising or if you can let us know about any available grants or donation opportunities please let us know by e-mailing [email protected]
stalls for 2026 - watch this space for announcements
if you have any questions then please email [email protected]
a massive thank you to Steve and the team at Purple Dog who are providing their amazing first aid services to Golcar Lily Day without charge, simply thank you
they are a wonderful team providing first aid training courses for us humans as well as our doggy friends too so please look out for them and thank them
https://www.purpledogltd.co.uk/
contact us if you would like anything adding to the noticeboard
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click the image for many more photos and videos |
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Guthlac and Lily - our travelling bearsborn in Huddersfield, and arrived home in Golcar on 23rd April 2014
they would like to visit any important events around Golcar and further afield if they can go with a Golcar person and they would also love to go on holiday with Golcar people, if you know anywhere the twin bears can go, please contact us |
thank you to Arthur Brown for a lovely video that he has allowed us to share
see more of his work at Arthur Brown Photography
www.2bphoto.co.uk
see more of his work at Arthur Brown Photography
www.2bphoto.co.uk
be a friend of GLD
would you consider helping us raise funds?
feel free to suggest ways
but how about just simply donating as little as £1 per month by standing order?
it would make such a difference to our funding
if you feel you could help then these are the details you need to set one up with your bank, and thank you
LLOYDS BANK, WESTGATE, HUDDERSFIELD
SORT CODE: 30-94-43
ACCOUNT: 73232968
NAME: GOLCAR LILY DAY
feel free to suggest ways
but how about just simply donating as little as £1 per month by standing order?
it would make such a difference to our funding
if you feel you could help then these are the details you need to set one up with your bank, and thank you
LLOYDS BANK, WESTGATE, HUDDERSFIELD
SORT CODE: 30-94-43
ACCOUNT: 73232968
NAME: GOLCAR LILY DAY
