Welcome to Darnall Forum's Community Website: December 2007

Monday, 17 December 2007

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND EID MUBARAK

From all at Darnall Forum

The World through a Child’s Eyes

A free short course looking at how we listen and respond to children, welcoming their ideas and involvement.

Start Date: Thursday 24th January Time: 9.30am –11.30am
To be held at Darnall Forum
Childcare available
Following sessions are on Thursday 31st January & Thursday 7th & 14th February 2008

The course covers:
How children develop social skills and independence. Communication. Children’s likes and dislikes and making choices. Developing a child’s interest in outdoor play. Plus lots more…

This course is delivered by the Early Years Education and Childcare Service in collaboration with Darnall Forum

To book a place contact: Michelle Wood at Darnall Forum 0114 249 0099

Supported by SureStart & Sheffield City Council

Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Meg Munn Meets Primark Recruit

Sabia, pictured on the right with Megg Mun MP and the manager of Primark, Meadowhall, is one of our success stories. Using the interview techniques and communication skills which she developed she was able to get a part-time job at Primark. She says, 'I am very grateful to Darnall Forum and the Full Employment Zone for supporting me in getting a better job.'

Understanding and Encouraging Child Development

Please click on the poster for a closer look.

Monday, 3 December 2007

Parkway Iconic Bridge Design Competition

Your chance to comment on the design proposals
The images featured here are the short listed entries from a design competition for the proposed

Parkway Bridge between Sheffield and Rotherham. The competition

is being organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and Sheffield City Council in partnership with Yorkshire Forward.

The entries have been submitted by architects and engineers, and a panel of judges made up of

commun-ity represent-atives and local authority officers will meet on

the 11th December to pick out the winning design.

To assist the judges we would like to know which entries you like and why. We would also like to hear from you about the main things that you like about

these designs and also the things that you would not be happy with. Please email your comments to Lesley.Shepherd@rotherham.gov.uk by Sunday 9th December.

Until Wednes-day morning the designs can also be viewed at the Darnall Forum offices.

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.

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