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Swap Smokes For Ropes!

We launched a joint campaign to say let climbing help you quit smoking, get healthy and find a new rush.

NHS Yorkshire Smokefree Calderdale joined forces with ROKT Foundation, Creative Minds and Brighouse Mind & Body to craft a course like no other – where climbing, mindfulness and NHS support will help you quit.

And find a new (healthier addiction). Don’t worry, climbing is for everyone, any ability and any level.

Go as high as you can – and we’ll give you the confidence to reach heights you never thought possible. For more information email info@roktfoundation.co.uk

Thanks to funding from The Mayor of West Yorkshire, we have created another ground-breaking new programme, this time around girls’ empowerment.

Combining climbing, boxing and police intervention, we are making a difference to the lives of girls and women – building self-esteem, discipline and confidence.

Thanks to Brighouse Boxing Club, Ryburn Valley High School and funding from the Mayor of West Yorkshire.

Zulu drumming, caving and music were on the menu for kids at our latest ROKT Foundation Healthy Holidays programme this summer 2024.

Healthy eating, rope climbing, bouldering, abseiling and escape rooms were of course all packed in too (plus some karate!).

Here’s a taste of the climbing, drumming and caving which our fab kids experienced.

Here’s a longer look at the amazing Safety Nets project at ROKT Foundation, run by Creative Minds.

It blends social, physical and mental health workshops with climbing and urban activity to engage, inspire and empower young people – improving lives along the way.

Thanks to funding from BBC Children In Need, this innovative project is making a difference.

Here’s Lidia – and helper Florence – with an amazing, tasty, cheap and easy traditional Italian chicken pasta recipe. Enjoy watching and cooking along!

All part of our Healthy Holidays programme, Lidia shows how easy it is to make great, healthy food for less.

Head to https://youtu.be/qHB5J1_r_hI?si=pg7fERQaq6x-rsBd for the full recipe in the description.

And watch the second cook along film below too for egg drop soup.

Daredevil fundraisers of all ages took on ROKTFACE – the UK’s highest outdoor man-made climbing wall – to raise cash for the amazing RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District branch this June.

Dubbed the Human Scratching Post Challenge, here’s a taste of what the humans got up to (and a few dogs too).

Run by ROKT Foundation in partnership with RSPCA at ROKTFACE in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, UK.

Here’s how our climbing charity ROKT Foundation, Andysmanclub and Recovery College Calderdale & Kirklees join forces to save and change lives.

This is Andy’s story – and thank you to him for having the bravery to speak so brilliantly. It’s why we do what we do.

Starring these three amazing kids!

This is integration, this is Block Rockin’ Meets! It was fantastic to welcome our new cohort of climbers from St. Augustine’s Centre, Halifax, recently.

The smiles on the faces of our new recruits and the laughter in the building was phenomenal. These are asylum seekers coming together to make friends, learn about their new surroundings and start their new life.

It’s brilliant to see the enthusiasm from the group and how they keen they are to challenge themselves and support each other.

Thanks to Community Foundation for Calderdale for supporting this programme.

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