Garforth Welfare Hall

Miners’ Welfare Hall

Your local Garforth Community Association brings a lot of highly valued activities to the community:

There is always something going on.  You can support your local Community Association by coming along, or maybe booking the hall or holding an event.

Your local hall – called the Miners’ Welfare Hall – can be hired at very inexpensive rates for: 

It tends to get heavily booked so please book early.

Several groups are always looking for volunteers to help  - let us know if you could help with scene shifting for the plays.

If you would like to become a member of Garforth Community Association, please contact the Treasurer

 History of the Welfare Hall

The Miners’ Welfare Hall was erected in 1924  by the Garforth Miners’ Welfare Institute,   It was funded by a grant from the Central Miners’ Welfare Committee and the weekly subscriptions of the local miners. The miners worked at the Isabella, Sisters, and Trench collieries, which were owned at that time by the Gascoigne family.