Work at Darnall Neighbourhood Park

Work is about to be carried out on Darnall Neighbourhood Park, off Greenland Close and Greenland View, next to the cemetary - http://g.co/maps/xebge  

Last year, The Friends of Darnall Neighbourhood Park were successful in securing funding to remove some of the mounds surrounding the new multi use games area on Darnall Neighbourhood Park through the Living Streets programme. The group have long felt that the mounds obstruct views across the site and that local people do not feel safe walking through the park at night.

Streetforce will be starting next week and aim to complete the work in three weeks. There will be machinery and excavated material on site during this time. Please take extra care and keep away from the work areas. The multi use games area will remain open during this time unless a risk to safety becomes evident.

Please contact Chris Roebuck if there are any problems during this time on 0114 205 3772
or by email: christopher.roebuck@sheffield.gov.uk

There is one week to go until the first deadline for Community First grants

• The deadline for this round is Friday 2^nd March 2012.

• You can apply for amounts of £500 to £2500

• You apply directly to your local ward panel using a simple application form, the panels are being run by local volunteers and they will make the first funding decisions by the end of March.

• All requests for funding must be matched by volunteer hours, gifts in kind, cash donations or another funding stream.

• The application form is online at http://www.dfenterprise.org.uk/

The current priorities for the Darnall Panel are:

1. Safer & Stronger Communities
2. Children & Young People
3. Improving Health & Well-Being
4. Environment
5. Increasing Employability Skills & Reducing Poverty

Your application should explain how you will help to meet these priorities. Your group will also need its own bank account and, preferably, a constitution or set of rules governing the way it works. The staff at Darnall or Tinsley Forum can help you to put this together if necessary.

Redevelopment of Land at Infield Lane

There will be a consultation event from 6 till 8pm on Wednesday 22 February from 10 till 12 noon on Saturday 25 February at the Church of Christ Station Road so that local residents can comment on proposals to redevelop land at Infield Lane in Darnall for a mix of different types of houses and a number of small business units. The consultation will be a drop-in session where the developers can hear from residents about their views, and where residents can ask questions. It is being organised by the development company, DLP Planning of 11 Paradise Square in Sheffield. They have prepared a questionnaire which can also be completed on line at http://www.dlpconsultants.co.uk/question.php

Valentine's Day

Why not visit our post office to see our wide range of Valentine gifts and cards?

We also offer 

• passport check and send
• foreign currency
• travel insurance
• home, car and business insurance
• moneygrams
• parcelforce guaranteed next-day delivery
• the full range of parcel and postal services
• stamps
• cards, stationery, toys and confectionery

Community First Programme: Neighbourhood Matched Fund

Community First is a funding programme from the Office of Civil Society. 

£30 Million is now available nationwide  to fund community projects in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. 

Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund is an initiative that provides local communities with the means to address their own priorities. Communities will set up local panels in each eligible ward, which will decide upon projects for funding in their area. 

It is a matched fund programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations (this means donations of cash, services, free products or volunteer time).

The East Community Assembly Area has £339,100 in total with £56,240 to be allocated by 31^st March 2012. If your group is in the Arbourthorne, Darnall, Manor Castle or Richmond ward and you are interested in applying for a grant of between £250 and £2500, contact the East Community Assembly Team on 0114 2735708 or communityassemblyeast@sheffield.gov.uk to find out more.

Please Join us for a Community Meeting on Wednesday 25 January at 7pm

We’ll Discuss Parking Problems Caused By Tenants of Davy Markham and the ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ Campaign for Staniforth Road

Please join us for a community meeting with your three local councillors on Wednesday 25 January at 7pm at Darnall Forum, next-door to the post office. The meeting will report on the progress that has been made in tackling on-street parking by tenants of the Davy Markham office block at 722 Prince of Wales Road.

The meeting will also consider proposal to create a Twenty’s Plenty zone in the streets around Staniforth Road. Darnall has historically been a neighbourhood where there was a higher than average number of road accidents involving children. Twenty’s Plenty is an initiative which is designed to make local streets a safer place for children to play, run errands and visit their friends and family.
 

There will also be a chance to raise any other issues which you are concerned about.

Clover Group Patient Group

The Clover Group of GPs is setting up a Patient Group. They say: 

We want our patients to be consulted on the way we run our services. This will enable us to look at how we can play a bigger role in creating a healthier community.

 If you're a patient, it’s up to you how involved you want to be. You can become:
• A full member. This will involve attending occasional meetings and providing feedback.
• A virtual member. The Clover Group will email or post you information for you to give them your opinions.
 

The Clover Group says: 

We value your input
We’re proud of our practice but know it can be even better with your help.

 For more information please contact Anna on
0845 121 4313 or at anna.majchrzak@nhs.net