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Friday, 25 September 2015

Darnall Carnival a big success in spite of the showers

This year's Darnall Carnival was a big success despite being blighted by showers for the first part of the day. After lunch the sun came out and more than 4,000 people came into High Hazels Park to enjoy the fun. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Talib Hussain, opened the carnival with local councillors, Mazher Iqbal, Mary Lea and Dianne Hurst.

Visitors enjoyed a range of attractions and information stalls, ranging from a conjurer to Bhangra music star Zack Knight, who took top billing on the stage.

Carnival organiser Zahira Naz said, "The carnival was a big success again, building on Darnall's reputation for being able to put on a good show. It's all thanks to the many volunteers who helped with stewarding and organising for the event, or came to provide information stalls. Next year we are hoping to grow even bigger."

From left, carnival organisers Zahira Naz, Nazia Fazil and Nagina Hussain pose with a Minion and Princess Elsa from Frozen

Friday, 18 September 2015

More pictures from this year's carnival

Umer Kayani posing with (left to right) carnival organisers Zahira, Nazia & Nagina

Zack Knight on stage at Darnall Carnival

Darnall Forum Chair Mothiur Rahman, Lord Mayor Councillor Talib Hussain & PMC Chair Mohammed Ali visit one of the stalls

Darnall Forum Chair Mothiur Rahman and Councillors Mary Lea (far left) and Dianne Hurst (centre) with staff from Darnall Well Being, helping them decorate their stand

A local resident gets up close to one of the Zubaidah Belly Dancers who performed at the Carnival

Lord Mayor Councillor Talib Hussain with Councillor Mazher Iqbal at in front of one of the stands

Sunday, 13 September 2015

The morning AFTER the carnival...

High Hazels' Park the morning after the carnival. Thanks to Zahira and the Community Payback scheme operated by the Probation Service not a single piece of litter remains!

More pictures from yesterday's carnival

Saturday, 12 September 2015

Thanks to Zahira, Nazia and the rest of the team for a wonderful carnival

Undaunted by the weather, thousands of people enjoyed Darnall Carnival today. Here are a selection of photos from the day.

Darnall Carnival is still happening!

The Met Office forecast for this afternoon is for dry weather with sunny intervals. The Carnival starts at 12pm.

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Saturday 12 September 2015

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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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