Hollybank was one of the first registered schools for disabled children to be built in the North of England. It is a registered charity and care home, specialising in caring for children with multiple and profound disabilities. Hollybank Trust was established in 1954 in Lindley, a suburb of Huddersfield in Yorkshire. Huddersfield is known for its central role at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, for being the birthplace of rugby league and birthplace of the former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. According to its website it employs over 500 full and part-time staff at locations across Yorkshire, in Mirfield, Halifax, Holmfirth, Barnsley and South Kirkby. Local Paralympian athlete Paul Cartwright, is ambassador for the Hollybank School, which he attended as a boy. Paul represented Great Britain at the 1984 Stoke Mandeville Paralympic Games in 100m, 200m, 400m sprint, and the marathon. History Hollybank began in 1954 in Lindley. According to local speculation an elderly lady, as yet still unidentified, helping disabled children because she herself had lived in a family with disabled sisters whom became subject to the Mental Health Act. The sisters were allegedly sectioned for mental health when they should have been looked after for disablement. This was the motivation for opening Holly Bank, and with financial assistance from the Smith Homes Trust, was the first school for disabled children built in the North of England. Other schools followed in Harrogate and Leeds. In 1990, the school re-located to Roe Head in Mirfield, Yorkshire, a town situated between Huddersfield and Dewsbury and it became a registered charity in its own right (Hollybank Trust) in 1994. Part of the Hollybank Trust, has connections with the Brontë family. The Roe Head property in Mirfield which the Hollybank Trust acquired in 1990 was a former Victorian boarding school for girls. In 1831, Charlotte Brontë was enrolled at the Roe Head school of Miss Wooler, and subsequently went on to be Wooler's assistant three years later. All three Brontë sisters were educated at Roe Head School between 1831 and 1838. Appropriately the location is still used as a school to this day, albeit one for special requirements. Activities Hollybank Special School in Mirfield provides specialised education, therapy and care for children from 5 to 19 years of age. The trust also has a children's home and adult residential homes both in the community and at its main site. All children and