Welcome to Darnall Forum's Community Website

Monday, 2 November 2020

'Food bank'

As manager of the Darnall Forum, I would like to say a massive thank you to all who have helped, over the past few months and especially last week, with the donations and distribution of the food, health and well-being and children's activity packs.

My thanks also go to Zahira, who has worked tirelessly in the organising of this project. What this has shown is that as a community we can work together. There have been volunteers from over 18 different organisations involved in the packing and distribution of these much needed packs, which is absolutely fantastic.

Once again a massive well done to all involved and we hope that we can continue to provide support to our everyone who is in need during this time.

Thanks

Chris

Day 3

Day 3 - Over 60 food packs distributed. A massive thank you to Gillian and the residents of Carlton Road, Hillsborough for organising the street collection and donating tonnes of food items. Also we would like to praise Diane Latifa Haimeed and Fir Vale CC for their kind gestures at the outset of our project. We appreciate each and everyone of you.

Thank you to Syd’s Fitness Centre, for collecting donations and delivering food parcels. We would like to share our gratitude to all businesses The Rhubarb Shed Cafe, The Handsworth Inn residents and charities that have worked collaboratively with us in Sheffield this week to make sure no child went hungry. Sharing is caring ❤️ Darnall Forum

Friday, 30 October 2020

Christmas Shopping online - help us raise funds

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Don't forget that Darnall Forum is working in Partnership with Give as You Live to raise funds for the work that the Forum does.

If you are thinking of shopping online, then go to the 'Give as you Live' and register for your free account. You will be asked what charity you want to support and we would appreciate you selecting Darnall Forum (other charities are available to support through 'Give as You Live').

Select from the numerous stores that are available and shop as you normally would. 'Give as You Live' then gives us a percentage of your shop total, without it costing you anything!

Thanks

Chris

DAY 2

Day 2 - A further 75 food and activity packs delivered. Successful trips to The Handsworth Inn and The Rhubarb Shed Cafe. Thank you for for your hospitality and the cupcakes. They tasted amazing. We appreciate you joining forces ❤️.

A massive thank you to Fiona Spotswood and her team who have been giving out fresh fruit and vegetables to local families since July. They have been running Best Start Communities Count Project in Sheffield. This is a city-wide programme aimed at giving young families from areas with greatest need a better start in life.

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Message from Zahira, who is co-ordinating our food bank

As winter approaches, the effects of Coronavirus continue to trap people in poverty. Food banks in the Trussell Trust network are forecast to provide a staggering six emergency food parcels every minute. This cannot be right.

In my interview this morning on the Toby Foster show I highlighted the importance of providing food packs to struggling families and how it’s never the child’s fault. I shared that Darnall Forum will strive to ensure no family goes to sleep on a empty stomach.

A massive thank you to Community champion Morrisons Meadowhead, Lucy Gibson and the staff at Morrisons for their extremely generous donation. We could not do this without your amazing support.

Thank you to Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information for donating children books. The smiles on the young people’s face shows the difference we are collectively making to their lives.

Thank you to our local MP Clive Betts for the food donations and attending to support our initiatives.

Thank you to Natasha Iqbal for baking chocolate brownies and providing desserts for our volunteers.

A big Thank You to Kinder Kalsi Gina Kalsi, Adeel Kahn Yasmeen Ali Ana Yousaf Farha Iqbal Sohail Mumtaz Zee Zaman Syd Khaan Manuch Manuch Hadis Lk for helping with packing and delivering food parcels and children’s activity packs. Over 150 packs were made today. We have a great team and will continue to support the most vulnerable in our communities. We are always here to help ❤️

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Pathway 2 Success - Employment support programme

If you are currently out of work and need one-to-one support then the Pathway 2 Success programme is for you. This is a totally free service for people living in S9. If you are interested, click on the link below and complete the form and I will get back to you. (Copy and paste the link into your browser)

https://forms.gle/SdrWAGyGUTHV6jtg9

Thanks

Chris

Monday, 26 October 2020

End Child Poverty

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

Chris, Nazia 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. Chris is our Lead Key Support Worker, helping people who are over 18 and currently out of work, to find jobs, education or training through Sheffield CIty Council's Pathway to Success programme.

Zahira is currently covering Nazia's learning Champion role and is the person to contact regarding our education programme.

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.