Wednesday, 22 April 2020

A big thankyou to Cafe Nero & Iceland

A big thankyou to Cafe Nero and Iceland for their recent food donations to help vulnerable and isolated residents of Darnall who are struggling to get the food they need during the current Coronavirus lockdown!

Thursday, 19 March 2020

Announcement from Sheffield City Council

Adult learning provision suspended

In light of the government announcement yesterday, 18 March 2020, and with further guidance from the Secretary of State for Education, all adult learning provision will close temporarily from close of play Friday 20 March 2020. We are monitoring the situation daily and cannot give any definitive timeline for when normal services will resume.

I realise that this will be concerning for those that have examinations coming up over the next two weeks, and these will have to be postponed at this time. The government has indicated they will make further announcements regarding this in the coming days, and we will await this guidance to make any further decisions concerning examinations and achievement of qualifications.

We understand how disappointing this will be for all our learners, and we are busy working to look for ways of keeping in touch with them, so their progress is disrupted as little as possible. Please encourage all learners to check our social media pages, and the Council website for any further updates and information.

As our partners, I also realise that this will be a concerning time for you and your staff, and I can assure you that we are working to try and resolve any immediate issues or concerns you may have. We will stay in contact and update you as soon as we can, please continue to follow the guidance for COVID-19, and check our social media and the Council website for further updates and information.

A New Informal Group to Help Isolated People with Their Shopping

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

CORONAVIRUS: COVID-19 PANDEMIC-Related community message from "Darnall Forum" particularly for the residents of Darnall - Tinsley - Little Dale - and surrounding areas

During these difficult times we need to protect, look after and look out for the most vulnerable members in our communities.

If you or someone else might need help with shopping or support with daily chores outside the house whilst self-isolating, please don't hesitate to get a message across to us at the Darnall Forum. We will do all we can to assist and help.

Please contact us by email at darnallforum @ gmail.com (no gaps).

If no one gets back to you within 48 hours please send a text to 07816042234

Update from the Friends of High Hazels Park

In view of the Coronavirus situation,we are postponing our AGM until further notice.

Thursday, 12 March 2020

Friends of High Hazels Park

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

International Women's Day, Tomorrow, 12-3pm at Starworks, Darnall Road

How to join in

1) Follow us on Twitter @darnallforum
2) To post a comment, click on the link beneath the post or previous comment to which you want to respond and write your message in the box.
3) Complete the word recognition box, which is designed to stop spam.
4) Then, if you have one, you can enter your Google username and password.
5) Alternatively, you can click 'other' and enter your real name, or a nickname which you would like us to display, or you can click 'anonymous'.
6) Then click 'Publish'. Your message will be sent to us for checking.
7) We will know who you are but, if you have used a nickname or chosen to be anonymous, no one else will know.

How our community team can help

Nazia, Neil and Zahira are the friendly voices on the end of the phone line when you call us and the people who deal with your visits, letters and emails.

They work closely with community groups and individuals who want to make a difference to Darnall. Nazia gives help and advice to people looking for work or training and is our adult community learning champion. Zahira runs various community development programmes.

We also have a team of adult community learning tutors who work closely with us. They help us run courses in IT, ESOL, employment skills, driving theory and other subjects.

If you want help with something which isn't listed here, and you live in Attercliffe, Darnall or Acres Hill, why not give us a ring anyway and we'll try to signpost you to the right place.

More about us

Darnall Forum’s day to day business is managed by a Board of local volunteers. Its vision statement is:

To create a listening space for the community, and
To work in partnership with other agencies and organisations to improve local services and help regenerate Darnall.

The Forum has four part-time staff who with local people to implement a Community Action Plan that was drawn-up after extensive consultation with all sections of the local community. The members of the Forum Board are drawn from the different faith and ethnic groups represented in the area and are elected by the members of the Forum at its AGM.

Darnall Forum is currently funded by Sheffield City Council, the European Social Fund and a small number of charitable trusts.

Darnall Forum also trades under the names D F Enterprise and Darnall Forum Trading, which reopened the community post office in 2010 and ran it for nearly eight years.

The Main Aims of Darnall Forum are:

To create a forum where people can meet to raise issues of local concern, where the agenda is set by local people and where leadership and direction remain with local people.

To work together as women, men, young people, elders, black, white, disabled or able-bodies, of different faiths or none, recognising, respecting and valuing our differences.

To form links with key agencies and local enterprises in order to work in partnership with them, discuss their role in the area and – where necessary – challenge them.

To gather resources to support and deliver initiatives begun and supported by local people.

To ensure that there is a clear and agreed process by which the Forum makes and acts upon its decisions, and to ensure that the Forum Board is accountable to the membership.