Welcome to Darnall Forum's Community Website

Saturday, 22 March 2008

Happy Easter!

A happy Easter to all our visitors. Our Centre will be open as usual after Bank Holiday Monday.

Thursday, 13 March 2008

THE STORY SO FAR

Tell Us What You Think of Darnall Forum
Monday 17 March 2008 6.30pm
At the Darnall Forum Communty Learning Centre

Are you happy with our services?
What do you think are the main issues for Darnall:
Schools and Education?
Crime and Safety?
Rubbish and Fly Tipping?

Come along, meet the staff and have your say.
Call Neil or Anne on 0114 249 0099 for more information.

Monday, 10 March 2008

The Grandparents and Carers' Toddler Group

You are invited to attend a coffee morning on March 18th at 11-15.
To be held at The Family Development Project
(For contact details and address please go to the "Easter Open Day" posting below)

At The Family Development Project
20 Chapelwood Road, Darnall, Sheffield, S9 5AY
Tel: (0114) 2448497
10am – 2pm Tuesday 1st April
Refreshments
Vegi Dogs & Hot Dogs At Lunchtime
Spring Cards
Face Painting
Crafts
Egg Hunt
Fundraising Games
Raffle
Party Games
Easter Bonnet Competition

Monday, 3 March 2008

HOSTEL PLANS WITHDRAWN

Plans to build a new hostel. for homeless young people , in Waverley Road, Darnall have been withdrawn by the South Yorkshire Housing Association. Watch this space for further developments!

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

International Women's Day Saturday 8 March

Dance, Self-Defence, Thai Boxing Performance, Indian head Massage, Aerobics, Henna, Reflexology, and much more

Venue: Darnall Education Centre (Starworks)

Darnall Road

Time: 1-4pm

Free entry

Small charge for treatments

WOMEN ONLY

Boxercise

STARTING 27 February!!!
SUBUD CENTRE
SWARCLIFFE ROAD

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS 1.30-2.30PM

One off Registration fee for the class
FREE on site childcare -
Booking essential

CONTACT ANNE OR NAZIA
FOR DETAILS - 0114 2490099

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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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