Don’t lose your voice
 Every year the electoral register is updated so that everyone who has the right to vote in upcoming elections can have their say.
Letters were sent out in July asking you to check your details and follow the steps in the letter. We now have staff out door-to-door canvassing across the district. Those properties where a response is required and have not responded yet will be visited by our canvassers to confirm the information.
The annual canvass ensures that Bradford Council can keep the electoral register up to date, identifying any residents who are not registered to vote so that they can be encouraged to do so.
How do I pay the daily CAZ charge?
 You will not receive a notification or alert advising you that you have entered the zone and payment is due; you as a driver are fully responsible for understanding and managing all payments.
You can check if your vehicle is chargeable on the Government website and also view the map of the Bradford Clean Air Zone to help you determine if you need to pay a charge.
If your vehicle is chargeable you will need to go online to make your payment. Passenger cars and motorbike do not need to pay to drive in the Bradford Clean Air Zone.
Payment must be made online at www.gov.uk/clean-air-zones or by calling the National Contact Centre on 0300 029 8888 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm, and Saturday, 8am to 4pm).
You can pay 6 days before the day of your visit, on the day of your visit or up to 6 days after the day of your visit.
A 'day' is classified as midnight to midnight, not 24 hours from when you enter the zone. During that midnight to midnight timeframe, you can enter and leave the zone numerous times and only incur a single charge. However, if you cross the midnight threshold you will be charged for two days.
Set up an account – available now
If you are a business you can set up a business user account to manage and process payments at www.gov.uk/clean-air-zones to help you check multiple vehicles, assign account managers and set up a bank mandate.
To create an account you’ll need your company name, an email address, you can also upload a CSV file of your vehicle registration numbers.
Bradford City Runs
 Bradford City Runs is back this year on Sunday, 30 October.
The annual festival of running has a choice of three distances: a 5km, a 10km and a half marathon along with a special kids' mile run, all on closed roads in and around City Park in the city centre.
The route will take in parts of Little Germany and the Broadway Shopping Centre, as well as the University of Bradford, Bradford College, City Hall and the multi-award winning City Park.
For more information and to sign up to take part visit https://bradfordcityruns.com/
Suicide awareness event
 Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust & partners are holding a Suicide Prevention event on 10th October at Kala Sangam in Bradford from 10am-3pm. With 5 guest speakers & stalls to raise awareness of how to support those in crisis.
Community Networking Sessions
Meet your local community support providers!
Please come join us to learn more about Early Help and Prevention for Adult Social
Care and the services that are available through this!
You can come and join us for as long as you like, these drop in sessions will run from
10:00 to 12:30 and then from 1:30 to 4:00. We are holding these at a variety of
venues, for more details, please see the dates and locations below:
- Tuesday 4th October, Thornbury Centre
- Monday 10th October, Sandale Community Centre
- Wednesday 19th October, Sangat Centre
- Friday 11th November, Equality Together, Manningham Mills
- Thursday 17th November, Kirkgate Centre
Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022
 Efforts to tackle hate crime in the Bradford district will be showcased during National Hate Crime Awareness Week from Saturday, 8 October to 15 October.
Bradford Council, Bradford Hate Crime Alliance and partners will work together to reinforce their commitment to tackle hate crime in all its forms. Find out what is happening in the district here
Health & Social Care Careers Fair
 Health & Social Care are joining Bradford Skills Month with a careers fair! All are invited to come along to Student Central at the University of Bradford on Tuesday, 11th October.
The careers fair will provide young people from across the district the opportunity to learn about career options in Health & Social Care directly from employers. Attending professionals are excited to share what it's like to work in their roles and provide some interesting demos too! Have a go on the keyhole surgery simulator and audiometer, try the hand-eye coordination and memory games at the health research stall and learn how to use a defibrillator. Plus more!
Professionals will showcase the educational pathways and explain the skills needed to pursue different careers in the sector. Additionally, the university and local colleges with relevant programmes will be present to share curriculum information.
The event will promote a range of careers. Job areas featured include:
- Mental Health
- Social Care
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Radiology
- Medical Technology
- And many more…
Attendees will also be eligible to receive an engagement badge from Badge Nation to highlight the experience on their digital CV.
This is a great opportunity for children, young people and those considering their career options to explore opportunities in the sector. It's sure to be a great event!
To book your place, please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bradford-health-social-care-careers-fair-tickets-407461988777?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
This event is provided by Bradford Council's CTE team and One Workforce Hub in partnership with the NHS and other local organisations. For further information, please contact Hannah Taylor at hannah.taylor@bradford.gov.uk
Bradford awarded £250,000 to boost volunteering for UK City of Culture 2025
London 2012 legacy funder, Spirit of 2012 has today announced the award of a quarter of a million pounds to us to develop volunteering in the area, delivering plans set out in the successful UK City of Culture 2025 bid for the district.
Bradford Cultural Volunteering Programme will lay the groundwork for the volunteer programme for UK City of Culture 2025, recruiting 1,750 volunteers on the run up and creating pathways into cultural volunteering. The project is managed by us in collaboration with Community Action Bradford & District and Bradford Culture Company - the organisation that will deliver the district's UK City of Culture 2025 programme.
The Bradford district, which won the UK City of Culture 2025 designation in May, is one of four locations which have been awarded a grant from the Volunteering Cities fund. The other three locations are Conwy, Great Yarmouth and East Suffolk, and Medway.
Expansion plans for new northern food hub relocating St James Wholesale Market take a step forward
We have announced the signing of an ‘Option to Purchase’ unused former landfill land at Staithgate Lane to the south of the district to build a new larger, greener and state of the art northern food hub to replace its current St James Wholesale Market.
Bradford’s St James Market is already the biggest wholesale market site in Yorkshire and the North East, and this latest phase means the council can push ahead with its ambitions to create a new larger and more accessible modern wholesale market as part of a northern food hub which would create more jobs and strengthen the local and regional food distribution network.
The current wholesale market is fully let and the land at its present location is at maximum capacity. The new site satisfies the demand from existing businesses for expansion and gives the opportunity for new businesses to open to take advantage of over 500 local and regional retailers that use the market each week.
Fabulous Activities and Events Throughout October
 Discounted tickets for Bradford district residents for the Van Gogh Alive exhibition
Our friends at Visit Bradford have secured a fabulous exclusive discount for residents in the Bradford district on adult tickets for the amazing Van Gogh Alive exhibition, which is coming to Bradford next week.
Van Gogh Alive - the world's most visited immersive multi-sensory experience comes to Bradford from 13 October 2022 to 8 January 2023.
To get your discounted adult tickets visit the Van Gogh Alive website and select the number of adult tickets required and enter the first part of your Bradford district postcode (e.g. BD1, BD12, LS29). Limited numbers are available so don't delay!
Bingley Market Goes Artisan
Join our Bradford Markets & R.S.H Artisan Markets tomorrow (Saturday 8 October) between 9am-4pm for the first of the new artisan markets in Bingley.
Over 20 new and long-standing stallholders will be offering a wide range of homemade, locally sourced & artisan produce.
The market runs every Saturday (except the first Saturday of the month when Bingley Town Council have a monthly farmers’ market). More information here.
Activities and events for Black History Month
There are lots of great events and activities taking place throughout October to mark Black History Month. Information about some of the activities and events can be found here.
Keighley Arts and Film Festival 2022
This weekend (Friday 7, Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October) Keighley Arts & Film Festival and Keighley Creative are hosting their annual arts and film festival with loads of great creative activities and events taking place. The full programme of activities can be found here
October is Music Month
Working together with Bradford at Night, Bradford BID and Bradford Producing Hub bringing lots of amazing live music, workshops, concerts and events to an eclectic mix of venues across the city centre this October. More details here.
Halloween Hyacinths & The Bradford Stories Bus - FREE event all welcome on Sunday 23 October at Bolling Hall 11am
Storytelling, book giveaway, bulb planting, face-painting, meet the gamekeeper from the wizarding books, meet Frances Tempest on a tour of her home. Refreshments on sale in the Cold Kitchen. More information about the event can be found here.
Halloween Trails at Bradford Industrial Museum
Throughout the October half-term school holidays explore Bradford Industrial Musuem through our Halloween and Skeleton Rat trails. See how many of our spooky clues you can find! More information here.
Spooktastic Halloween at The Oastler Centre - Saturday 29 October 10am-4pm
Potion making and wand making workshop, Room on the Broom screenings, hot pumpkin soup tasters and decorating pancakes session. Activities are suitable for all the family. More information here.
Lister's Lantern Parade - Friday 28 October 6pm
We'll wind our way through the Lister Park starting outside Cartwright Hall and ending with a fire finale by the bandstand. The parade will be accompanied by four bands - Peace Artistes, Jamba Samba, Dales Jam and Banda na Rua. More information here.
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