Holmfirth: Basketball gym, cafe & courts

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Continuous
fundraising

Help us transform an empty warehouse, into basketball courts, café and a gym for our community. A safe space for our community/families of all ages to keep fit, socialise, volunteer and make friends.

£11,168 Raised of £11,159

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Our Delivery Report

Funded on 23 June 2025 | Delivered on 26 October 2025

£11,168

RAISED

43

BACKERS

62

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£4,500

From Kirklees Council

£2

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

600

people have visited this project!

600 m² of Play facilities created

12 Classes provided

Food festival Saturday donated £223

Holme Valley team donation

Holme Valley team donation donated £1,500

Holme Valley Junior’s Family donation donated £1,000

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Allianz donation donated £1,000

New sports facility created

1 New sports facility created

3 x 3 tournament March 2025 donated £81

Food festival Sunday donated £46

Volunteers involved

25 Volunteers involved

3x3 tournament cash taken March 2025 donated £250

39 donors contributing to 3x3 fundraising tournament 2024 donated £644

More about our impact

Volunteering, jobs & education

We have created a number of volunteering roles (to include, renovations, coaching, operations and marketing) with a number of those falling into the unemployed 18-24 year olds category, helping them gain invaluable work experience and training. We also have a number of retirees helping with renovations and operations, helping to combat social isolation. We love the array of people we have met and are now supporting our project and meeting people.

Activity, health and leisure

We provide coached junior sessions for 5-18 year olds, walking basketball, Women's basketball and back to basketball and take a good deal of pride in the amount of adults we have brought back into activity. We love the community we are building, and hope we continue to grow it!

http://www.just-hoop.co.uk

This is the second phase of our Just Hoop project..

Last year we began converting a disused section of a mill into a community sportshall, café and courts with basketball at the heart of everything.
We opened part of the facility in October 2025 and have seen hundreds of people come and use the facility since.
We now run 13 different coached sessions, catering to ages 5-78, including sessions dedicated to walking basketball, women and girls basketball.

We are incredibly proud to see the huge range of people using the facility, whether it's families coming and playing together, people coming on there own and making friends at our open court sessions or those that have caught the basketball bug and are now coming to our regular coached sessions.

Our seating areas and coffeeshop see parents come for meetups for a coffee while there younger ones play in a safe (and dry!) environment.

Our camps have been really popular with juniors to date, with our most recent ones being at capacity with specialist guest coach visits!
Our volunteer base has grown since opening, we have been especially proud to see the group of 18-24 year olds that have helped operate the facility, gaining experience, new interests and making new connections along the way.

We love getting such positive feedback and how great it is to have such a unique facility here on our doorsteps.

Adrian Whittles: Basketball head coach and long running volunteer, coach, referee and basketball league committee member:

"Since I was first introduced to Basketball in 1998, I fell in love with the sport and it has been a big part of my life ever since, playing at University, national league and various local leagues.

Since then, I have always loved playing in the park, and since an early age wished there was an indoor facility where you could turn up and play despite the weather.

Now with the support of our fantastic committee and local community, we have brought my childhood dream to life for ourselves and future generations and will continue to help grow a fantastic sport in the area"

Project Owner: Just Hoop CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.