DARNALL CARNIVAL & THE BAISHAKI MELA

This year's Darnall Carnival attracted around 5,000 visitors during the course of a very sunny Saturday afternoon. The event took place back-to-back with the annual Baishaki Mela, a regional event celebrating Bengali culture, which attracted about 10,000 visitors from across Yorkshire, the Humber and the East Midlands on the following day. The pictures show a little girl crossing High Hazels Park in front of some of the carnival attractions, and strollers in the summer sunshine enjoying the Carnival atmosphere.

Stop Smoking for Ramadan

Preparing for Ramadan?
Want support to stop smoking?

Planning for success
Relaxation strategies
Managing cravings
Nicotine Replacement Therapy – it’s your choice
Improving your health
Ongoing Support for you

Monday 10th August 1 – 3 Darnall Well Being
Wednesday 12th August 1 – 3 Darnall Well Being
Wednesday 19th August 10 – 12 Darnall Library
Confidential service 1 to 1 or group support

Make an appointment or drop in 0114 2496315

Road Safety in Darnall

Road traffic accidents are the largest cause of accidental death or serious injury for children. Darnall and Burngreave are areas of Sheffield which have a particularly high number of child casualties. 232 children were injured in these wards between 2004 and 2008, 18% of Sheffield’s child road casualties in this time period.

The road safety team work in schools, with parents and with other agencies to improve the way children cross roads and stay safe within a car. If you would like any further information, please contact the Road Safety team on 2736162.

Many schools have taken up the offer of working with published poets to produce road safety poetry. Children's road safety poems have been compiled into an anthology which is available for £2 from the team now.

Aisha A, aged 9, from Firshill Primary School wrote:

It was an accident ...

It was an accident ...
I didn't listen to the Road Safety Officer
It was an accident ...
I was texting Vicky
It was an accident ...
I was also listening to music.
It was an accident ...
I crossed at the red man
It was an accident ...
I didn't look both ways
It was an accident ...
I got run over
It was an accident ...
That I was nearly in a coma
It was an accident ...
I'm lying in hospital
It was an accident ...
I'm now paralysed
It was an accident ...
I may not get out alive
It is NOT an accident ...
I'm sorry
Sorry
Sorry.

East Community Assembly Meeting

Thursday 18 June 2009
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Springs Academy
Hurlfield Road
S12 2SF

Agenda items to include:-
• What is a Community Assembly?
• Public questions
• Area Based Grant funding
• Community Involvement Action Plan
• Development of Community Assembly Plan

There is an opportunity for you to submit any public questions prior to the meeting. Please submit your questions to communityassemblyeast@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone Judith Coyle / Lisa Lyon, Joint Community Assembly Managers on 2736734.

If you require transport please ring our office number above.

DYSLEXIA AWARENESS DAY

Darnall Children's Centre
Friday 5 & 12 June
£10 per session for professionals
Free for parents

Speak to Val on 0114 244 8497

DARNALL CARNIVAL & THE BAISHAKI MELA

DARNALL CARNIVAL Saturday 13 June 12 - 5pm
@ High Hazels Park
Stilt Walker
Clowns
Funfair Rides
Fire Engine
Stalls
Silver Band
Kabaddi
Climbing Wall
Bouncy Castle
Football & Sports Activities
Hot & Cold Food & Drink
100 Years of Greenlands School
Information Marquees

For more information contact Darnall Forum

BAISHAKI MELA Sunday 14 June 11am - 6pm
@ High Hazels Park
Funfair Rides
Clothes & Food Stalls
Live Music
Family Fun

Publish Post

Information Stalls
Bouncy Castle

For more information contact Shahin on 07816 042133

MP to Speak at Community Meeting in Darnall Called to Stop a Right-wing Extremist Being Elected to the European Parliament in June

A community meeting will be held at the Darnall Forum Centre, at 245 Main Road, at 7pm on Wednesday 15 April, as part of the campaign across Yorkshire to stop an extreme right-wing candidate from being elected to the European Parliament.

Darnall Forum manager Neil Bishop said, 'A lot of people who have never lived in a neighbourhood like Darnall don't know how friendly, stimulating and vibrant a multi-faith and multi-cultural community can be. They can easily fall victim to messages of fear or hatred spread by right-wing extremists trying to win votes.'

There is a good chance, at the next European Election on 4th June, that a right-wing candidate will be elected to the European Parliament. This is because the election will be conducted by proportional representation, and any party which wins more than 10%, or one in every ten, of the votes cast is likely to get a candidate elected.

'To stop this from happening,' said Mr Bishop, 'People in places like Darnall, where different faiths and cultures get on well together, need to turn out in large numbers to vote for candidates who don't have a message of hatred or fear. It doesn't matter who you vote for, so long as you don't vote for an extremist candidate, but it is important that you do vote.'

This is what local people had to say:

• We all need to respect and appreciate each other more. (Saheed Siddique, Sheffield Health Centre)
• Darnall is a richly diverse community, let us look to enjoy the richness of that diversity rather than let others enjoy turning diversity into division. (Revd Pete Whittingham, Vicar of Darnall)
• We have worked very hard to bring residents together. Let's make sure we all use our votes to maintain this togetherness. (Sylvia Hamilton, Chair of Darnall Forum)
• Unless you register you have no vote . Unless you vote you have no say. Lets all vote and say we want a community united and working together. (Clive Betts MP)

Speakers at the meeting will include Clive Betts MP and representatives from Unite Against Fascism and The Islamic Society of Britain .

To register to vote or obtain a postal ballot form, residents of Sheffield should ring Sheffield Town Hall on 0114 273093 or log on to www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections/contact-us