‘Big Community Clean Up’ at Tongue Gutter; Hartley Brook; Ecclesfield Road Open Space ‘Urban Nature Project’ (UNP)

Members of the community completed a successful litter clean up and carried out an entrance improvement scheme on Tongue Gutter ,Hartley Brook this week. 83 bags of litter and fly tipping were cleared from one small area . The project was supported by Rangers and Ranger Volunteers

and showed just what can be achieved in a day.

Further community work days on Tongue Gutter are being planned.

If you would like to be involved contact James Musgrave or Chris Roberts in the Ranger Service

RE: Tongue Gutter; Hartley Brook and Ecclesfield Road Open Space ‘Urban Nature Project’ (UNP)

We would kindly like to remind you that Tongue Gutter, Hartley Brook and Ecclesfield Road Open Space – which form an important linked green corridor running from Wordsworth Avenue to Ecclesfield Road – have collectively been chosen to be developed as one of Sheffield City Council’s Year 1 ‘Urban Nature Project’ (UNP) sites.

Following this allocation, the sites will move from traditional management under the Parks Service to a new management approach delivered by the Countryside & Environment Ranger Service. This presents an opportunity to re-address some of the key issues for the sites (for example; illegal motorcycling and fly-tipping) and to enhance their value for both wildlife and amenity.

There is a small capital budget available for making improvements across the three areas and to uplift them to the ‘Sheffield Standard’ designation, which is concerned with delivering ‘safer, cleaner, greener’ green spaces across the city. Proposed improvements include securing boundaries and access points against off-road vehicles; removing fly-tipping; clearing watercourses and thinning tree plantations.

A first step for the Ranger Service has been to look at priorities for making the sites safer and more welcoming for local people and with this in mind we are organising a ‘Big Community Clean Up’ (over the first two weeks of March) to address the fly-tipping and litter problems across the areas. As part of this clean-up we are bringing in a Community Payback Team (Probation Service) to help us with removing the rubbish and litter, and are hopeful that we can encourage local people, partners and other stakeholders to get involved. A small team of NEETS funded by the Environment Agency and led by the River Stewardship Company have already made a start on clearing some of the rubbish from the stream at the west end of Tongue Gutter.

We are very keen to raise the profile of the three sites as a UNP – and to publicise our initial ‘Big Clean Up’ – and would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word to relevant partners and stakeholders. We have tentatively given the sites the collective working title of North East Wildlife Corridor (NEWC)!

The Big Community Clean Up will start on Monday 3rd March at Tongue Gutter with the Ranger Service supported by the Community Payback Team.

We have then arranged for a couple of ‘all welcome’ community clean-up days as follows…

· Wednesday 12th March 10am to 2.00pm at Hartley Brook. Meeting at 10am at the access to the site adjacent to number 83 Godric Road.

· Sunday 16th March 10am to 12.30pm at Ecclesfield Road Open Space. Meeting at 10am at the residents parking area on Ecclesfield Road.

· We have also booked in a clean-up day with a group of Scouts on the 10th May at Hartley Brook. Again all welcome

Please advise anybody interested in coming along to the clean-up sessions to give us a call on 0114 2403578 so that we can confirm numbers. We will provide all equipment (gloves, litter pickers, black sacks, tea! etc…) and a full risk assessment for work to be carried out.

We very much hope that we have your support in moving this project forward and would be happy to receive any comments or discuss any issues you may want to raise.

Kind regards

Chris Roberts (Ranger)

James Musgrave (Ranger)

James Musgrave

Parks & Countryside Ranger Service

Place Portfolio

Sheffield city Council

Meersbrook Road, Brook Road

Sheffield, S8 9FL

Tel: 0114 2403578

Mob:07768888577

E-mail: James.musgrave

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NEW DATES!! Weight Management Brief Intervention Training

Millie Grubb

Health Services Coordinator

T: 0114 2702040 ext 107
E: millie.grubb

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SHEFFIELD HALF MARATHON – 6 APRIL 2014 – ROAD CLOSURES

SHEFFIELD HALF MARATHON – 6 APRIL 2014 – ROAD CLOSURES

Dear colleague,

Please find attached information regarding the Sheffield half marathon road closures. Please circulate this information to colleagues within your section/service.

Thank you.

Regards

Richard Newton/Dave Cantrell

Transport and Facilities Management

Service Delivery Team

Floor 7 East Wing

Moorfoot

Sheffield

S1 4PL

Tel No 2735621 (Help Desk Number).

 

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VoiceAbility NHS Complaints Advocacy Service

VoiceAbility are holding NHS Complaints Advocacy information sessions in association with Healthwatch Sheffield.

The attached flyer has more information about the sessions.

Kind regards

Rowenna

Rowenna Marshall

Service Manager

Email: rowenna.marshall

Tel: 0114 2245 855 Mob: 07557 851485

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The Future of Adult Social Care Report

Between September and December 2013 we held a series of events that looked at the challenges facing adult social care services and how we should plan services in the future.

We have now compiled a Summary Report reflecting your views.

The report can be viewed online at https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/finance/adult-social-care-review/have-your-say.html

Kind Regards

Quality Team

Business Strategy Service

Redvers House

Floor 8

Union Street

Sheffield

S1 2JQ

 

Consultation on Child and Adult Weight Management Services in Sheffield

We are consulting, on behalf of the Public Health Team, around the weight management services available in Sheffield. These are Weigh Ahead (adults), Community Dietetic Service and Zest Child Weight Management Service (children).

Weight management services support adults and children (and their families) who are overweight to help them change behaviour, adopt a healthier lifestyle and achieve a healthier weight for life. This support includes healthy eating and physical activity programmes, and emotional support.

You can complete the survey, which takes 5-10 minutes, here:

http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=139264641371

The deadline for completion is Friday 28 February 2014.

We would greatly appreciate you sharing the survey with your friends, family and colleagues – either via forwarding this email or posting it on any websites or blogs you have. We have also posted it on Facebook and Twitter so please share / retweet it to give more people the chance to have their say.

Apologies to anyone receiving this email twice; there is some duplication on my distribution lists.

Regards,

John Featherstone

Parental Engagement Senior Officer

Children’s Commissioning Unit

Children, Young People & Families

Floor 3

Howden House

Union Street

Sheffield

S1 2SH

Phone: 0114 205 3902

Email: John.Featherstone

Web: www.sheffield.gov.uk/parentsassembly

Facebook: www.facebook.com/parentsassembly

Twitter: @SheffParents

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Shiregreen Clean Ups – Get involved!

The Rangers service are organising two clean ups in the Shiregreen area and would value your help.

The first is Wednesday 12th March 10am until 2pm, meeting at Godric Road guinnel.

The second is at Ecclesfield open space on the 16th March 10am until 230pm, meeting at the car park.

Call or text Chris Roberts on 07802 299565 for more information, or email james.musgrave@sheffield.gov.uk

Updated Burngreave Community Walks

Sorry for the re-post but we have added an additional walk (12th May) in aid of Walking Month, highlighting some of best of the Green space in the City right on our doorstep.

Kelham Island & River Island Walk Friday 28th February – 1:00pm – 3:30pm

This walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) and heads for Kelham Island, with its museum and its very own microbrewery. The walks then pass one of Sheffield’s iconic steel works before re-joining the Upper Don Walk to return to Spital Hill via Exchange Brewery.

The Old Buildings of Burngreave Part I Wednesday 5th March – 10:30am – 12:30pm

Burngreave has got a lot going for it both historically and architecturally, the walk starts outside the re-vamped Abbyfield house (S4 7AT). Come along and have a wander round with Ron Clayton and learn about some of Burngreaves older relics, from its Tudor Chip shops, Mid Victorian Villa’s and Boarding Schools.

A Walk with a View Friday 28th March – 1:00pm – 3:30pm

This circular walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) visiting Burngreave Cemetery, Abbeyfield Park, Denholme Greenspace and Pye Bank for one of the best viewpoints in the city.

The Old Buildings of Burngreave Part II Wednesday 9th April – 10:30am – 12:30pm

Concluding our tour of Burngreaves many great historical buildings, the walk starts outside the re-vamped Abbyfield House (S4 7AT). Come along and have a wander round with Ron Clayton and find out about Burngreaves historic old buildings including Vestry Offices, Churches and Toll Bar Cottages.

The Views from Wincobank Hill Thursday 24th April – 1:00pm –4:00pm

This linear walk is from Firth Park to Burngreave, climbing to the summit of Wincobank Hill for the fantastic views of the entire city, so brink along a camera. It is a varied route which includes a number of different parks and Burngreave Cemetery. If you are joining us from Spital Hill take the number 75 or 76 bus and get off at Firth Park (S5 6QQ).

Life and Death in Burngreave Tuesday 6th May – 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Murder Most Foul- from death in the dark and satanic mills to Zeppelin raids and Gang Wars. Ron Clayton takes you back in time to pre Doctor Finlay days of Ricketts, Diptheria and TB, as well as the chilly days of outside privies In Burngreave Cemetery. The walk starts outside Abbyfield House (S4 7AT).

Urban Greens Monday 12th May – 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Come along and Explore Sheffield’s largest green space. As part of Walk Month join Friends of Parkwood Springs and Walk Boost who will be leading a walk of Parkwood Springs, the ancient Roe Woods and Crabtree Ponds Nature Reserve. Meet outside Pitsmoor Post Office S3 9AU Bus services 29, 47, 48, 75, 76, 83, 87, 88, 265.

Parks and Woods of Pitsmoor Thursday 30th May – 1:00pm – 3:00pm

This walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) and sets off for Ellsemere Park, this is the first of 4 local parks we will be visiting, as well as a local nature reserve and ancient woodland. Come along and see all the great green space Burngreave has got to offer.

Regards

Todd Micklethwaite

Community Activity Delivery Officer

Activity Sheffield

2-10 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield, S9 2DB

Direct Line: 07792247103

Hotline: 0114 273 4266

Activity.sheffield

www.sheffield.gov.uk/activitysheffield

Activity Sheffield would like to kick-start your New Year by offering a FREE place at any of our Activity Sheffield Sessions! – From walking to dancing, sports to exercises classes there really is something for everyone! Print your free session leaflet today!

We are a busy frontline Community Delivery Service, our team will often have limited access to e-mail so if you need a quicker response please don’t hesitate to telephone: 0114 273 4266.

 

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Grow Sheffield News and Events

Use this area to offer a short teaser of your email’s content. Text here will show in the preview area of some email clients. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Friends As we near a new growing season, here at Grow Sheffield we are working towards the completion of our programmes funded by the Big Lottery Local Food Fund, and putting plans in place for the future. Through 2014, we will continue our work on the Sheffield on a Plate project supporting students to engage with community food activities (more on this below), and we will be developing our existing projects: supporting community food growing groups and activities across the city, co-ordinating neighbourhood Abundance groups and fruit harvesting activities, highlighting food organisations offering independent, local and fair food in Sheffield through the Sheffield Food Network, and running events, workshops and creative activities around food growing and harvesting. Sheffield on a Plate Grow Sheffield are involved in a partnership project with Sheffeld University Students Union, Sheffield Hallam Students Union, Sheffeld College and Fareshare Yorkshire. Sheffield on a Plate gets students to engage with food and sustainability: food growing, buying local and ethical food, cooking skills and minimising food waste, and food poverty issues. We would like to encourage students to get involved with as many community food growing, harvesting and other activities as possible all over the city, so If you are running one-off or regular food growing activities, and you’re interested in getting more students involved as volunteers and participants, then please get in touch – email sfn. Common Ground Common Ground Community Garden is in Nether Edge (where St Peter’s church used to be on Machon Bank) and has been going for just over a year now. Morwenna from the group gave us this report on progress and latest news: As we embark upon our second growing season we’re keen to encourage people from the local community to pop down and have a go at growing something this year! We’re going to be part of Sheffield on a Plate (www.sheffieldonaplate.com) and a world record attempt aiming to create the world’s biggest sustainable stew, which could feed over 5000 people. We’re having a big event on 1st March, 2pm-5pm in partnership with Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group (NENG). It’s a party for all the community and last year it was a big hit! Common Ground Hall needs as much support as it can get at the moment so please pop down, learn about the hall, the garden and the local community and see how you can get involved. We meet every Saturday morning, 10am-12noon, new volunteers and anyone interested in finding out more can come along. And get the latest updates at our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CommonGroundAbbeydale. Aquaponics Pilot Project Sean and Cies-jan are keen to set up an aquaponics project in Sheffield and are looking for a plot of land to set up a polytunnel (20ft x 36ft) to begin a pilot project. Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture, (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks), with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In an aquaponic system, water from an aquaculture system is fed to a hydroponic system where the by-products are broken down by nitrogen-fixing bacteria into nitrates and nitrites, which the plants use as nutrients. The water is then recirculated back to the aquaculture system. If you have a suitable patch of land on a community garden or similar place and would be interested in this pilot project and having some tasty greens and herbs and succulent fish produced on your land, then please get in touch with Sean Kettle, email seankettle If you would like to share news and information about your community food growing activities through Grow Sheffield’s newsletter, website, Facebook and Twitter, then get in touch. Email your event or activity details to grow Upcoming Events Sunday 16th February: Pruning workshop, Cat Lane (house next to Cattery), 11am – 3pm Now is the traditional time of year to prune apple and pear trees, helping to maintain health and promote growth. We’ll be teaching people skills for pruning fruit trees and undertaking pruning of apple and pear trees on site. http://growsheffield.com/event/pruning-workshop/ Saturday 22nd February: Sheffield Seed Swap, Heeley City Farm, Richards Rd, 12 – 3pm It’s our 3rd year in a row of February seed swapping at Heeley City Farm. Everyone is welcome – bring home-saved seeds to swap if you have them but don’t worry if you don’t – there’ll be plenty of seeds available for donation, including a massive assortment of weird and wonderful seeds from the seed bank of the late Richard Clare. http://growsheffield.com/event/sheffield-seed-swap/ Tuesday 25th February: Gleadless tree planting, 9:30am We’ll be planting some fruit trees on a site in Gleadless with Gleadless Valley Community Action Group. Please email abundance if you’d like to know more/get involved. http://growsheffield.com/event/tree-planting-in-gleadless-valley/ Tuesday 4th March: Lowe’s Community Garden Work-blitz, Lowe’s Garden, next to Lowe’s decorating shop, Abbeydale Rd. 11am-2pm. Lowe’s Community Garden is a small forest garden planted over 3 years ago by Sheffield City Council, Abundance and local residents. This session is one of the seasonal work sessions Abundance currently runs to maintain the site. We really need your help in order to keep access open to the site and to make more people aware of it. http://growsheffield.com/event/lowes-community-garden-work-blitz/ More information and booking details available for each event by following the web links. If you would like to publicise your event through the Grow Sheffield mailing list, send the details to grow Until next time, happy growing! follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2014 Grow Sheffield, All rights reserved. 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Burngreave Community Walks

Burngreave Community Walks

Hi All,

I am wanting to make you aware of our current Themed walks within the Burngreave Area, if you or any of your contacts/ groups would like to attend. All our walks are free, all we ask is you complete a short survey at the beginning.

Come along and discover Burngreave from its parks and green spaces to the re-vamped high street shops and cafes. We will be visiting local beauty spots, points of interest, areas of historical significance as well as just walking for the fun of it. To see full list of walks see below or the attachment.

Kelham Island & River Island Walk

Friday 28th February – 1:00pm – 3:30pm

This walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) and heads for Kelham Island, with its museum and its very own microbrewery. The walks then pass one of Sheffield’s iconic steel works before re-joining the Upper Don Walk to return to Spital Hill via Exchange Brewery.

The Old Buildings of Burngreave Part I

Wednesday 5th March – 10:30am – 12:30pm

Burngreave has got a lot going for it both historically and architecturally, the walk starts outside the re-vamped Abbyfield house (S4 7AT). Come along and have a wander round with Ron Clayton and learn about some of Burngreaves older relics, from its Tudor Chip shops, Mid Victorian Villa’s and Boarding Schools.

A Walk with a View

Friday 28th March – 1:00pm – 3:30pm

This circular walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) visiting Burngreave Cemetery, Abbeyfield Park, Denholme Greenspace and Pye Bank for one of the best viewpoints in the city.

The Old Buildings of Burngreave Part II

Wednesday 9th April – 10:30am – 12:30pm

Concluding our tour of Burngreaves many great historical buildings, the walk starts outside the re-vamped Abbyfield House (S4 7AT). Come along and have a wander round with Ron Clayton and find out about Burngreaves historic old buildings including Vestry Offices, Churches and Toll Bar Cottages.

The Views from Wincobank Hill

Thursday 24th April – 1:00pm –4:00pm

This linear walk is from Firth Park to Burngreave, climbing to the summit of Wincobank Hill for the fantastic views of the entire city, so brink along a camera. It is a varied route which includes a number of different parks and Burngreave Cemetery. If you are joining us from Spital Hill take the number 75 or 76 bus and get off at Firth Park (S5 6QQ).

Life and Death in Burngreave

Tuesday 6th May – 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Murder Most Foul- from death in the dark and satanic mills to Zeppelin raids and Gang Wars. Ron Clayton takes you back in time to pre Doctor Finlay days of Ricketts, Diptheria and TB, as well as the chilly days of outside privies In Burngreave Cemetery.

Parks and Woods of Pitsmoor

Thursday 30th May – 1:00pm – 3:00pm

This walk starts outside Vestry Hall (S3 9DD) and sets off for Ellsemere Park, this is the first of 4 local parks we will be visiting, as well as a local nature reserve and ancient woodland. Come along and see all the great green space Burngreave has got to offer.

Todd Micklethwaite

Community Activity Delivery Officer

Activity Sheffield

2-10 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield, S9 2DB

Direct Line: 07792247103

Hotline: 0114 273 4266

Activity.sheffield

www.sheffield.gov.uk/activitysheffield

Activity Sheffield would like to kick-start your New Year by offering a FREE place at any of our Activity Sheffield Sessions! – From walking to dancing, sports to exercises classes there really is something for everyone! Print your free session leaflet today!

We are a busy frontline Community Delivery Service, our team will often have limited access to e-mail so if you need a quicker response please don’t hesitate to telephone: 0114 273 4266.

 

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