Welcome to Darnall Forum's Community Website: September 2016

Monday, 26 September 2016

Ikea Job Fair for Local People

If you live in Darnall or Tinsley and you would like to apply for a job at the new Ikea store, this is for you!

There will be a job fair on Wednesday 12 October from 10 am until 6 pm at The Source Skills Academy, 200 Meadowhall Way, S9 1EA. The event will give you all the information you need about career opportunities at the new Ikea store.

To find out more, contact 0114 263 5600 or email community@thesourceacademy.co.uk.

If you live in Darnall, Acres Hill or Attercliffe and would like extra help and advice with finding employment you can also ring Neil or Zahira on 0114 249 0099 or you can email neil @ darnall.org.uk (no gaps). This is a project funded by Newground Together.

Darnall Forum's Annual General Meeting

The Annual General meeting of Darnall Forum will be held at Darnall Forum, (next-door to the post office), on Wednesday 5 October at 6pm. Anyone who lives or works in Darnall, and is happy to provide their home address and contact details, is welcome to come and take part.

Darnall Forum currently manages a number of community programmes including adult community learning, employment support for people looking for paid work, support for Black and Minority Ethnic women, and support for community activists and local community groups. The Forum also owns Darnall Post Office and provides a voice for local people on important issues such as dealing with fly tipping and how best to help people find work in the new Ikea store.

Friday, 9 September 2016

Ikea Job Fair Announced

Monday, 5 September 2016

What they said about Darnall Carnival 2016

The craft table

"Well done, Zahira and the Darnall Carnival Committee The event was brilliant. The turnout was great despite the weather! I'm sure you will do an excellent job again next year."

"Well done, to Zahira and your team from the Forum, and to Darnall Carnival Committee and Sheraz. The Carnival was really good

The tea stall

this year, everybody was catered for, the food stalls, the tea, the children's craft stall, the horses, the farmyard and sports zone. My kids loved it. Can't wait for next year."

"Loved the music and artists. Best time ever"

"Even though the weather and the controversy let you down, the organisation of the event was fantastic. There was something for everyone. Well done to you and the whole team."

The farm aanimals

Friday, 2 September 2016

Thank you to Radio Iman, Link FM, British Land, Wosskow Brown

Thank you to Radio Iman, Link FM, British Land, Meadowhall, Wosskow Brown and our other sponsors for supporting Darnall Carnival, in High Hazels Park tomorrow afternoon from 1pm.

The weather forecast isn't very bright at the moment but we are hoping the rain that's forecast will blow over early. We're not letting it dampen our spirits!

Thursday, 1 September 2016

Darnall Carnival Saturday 3 September 1 - 6pm in High Hazels Park

Cllr Zahira Naz carrying litter bins into Darnall Forum

Our community co-ordinator, Cllr Zahira

Naz, bringing some of the litter bins to

Darnall Forum for Saturday's carnival

The Darnall Carnival Committee will be running the 2016 Darnall Carnival in High Hazels Park on Saturday 3 September starting at 1pm with the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Anne Murphy, in attendance.

The stage line up includes the Romano Jilo Dancers, the SonAash dancers, a magic show, and singers Omer Nadeem, Dean Janjua, Asif Khan and Waqar Ex. There will be a chance to meet and greet the stars!

There will also be a funfair, bouncy castles, balloon modelling, dancing horses and a farmyard petting zoo. One Nation are providing a pop-up boxing gym, archery, cricket and badminton, and Football Unites, Racism Divides are providing an inflatable five-a-side football pitch.

At 1pm there will be a #MoreinCommon community picnic, celebrating the life and work of murdered MP Jo Cox. Visitors are invited to bring their own picnic or to buy food from the caterers who will be among the many stalls and local organisations at the event.

ENDS

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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