Ecclesfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan – Invitation to Comment (closes 12th July 2024)

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The Neighbourhood Plan is a really important document, as it outlines a future vision for the Parish and includes planning policies and actions that will be used to determine the future development of the Parish, including planning applications.

There will be a consultation period during which you can respond, commencing on Tuesday 14 May 2024 and closing on Friday 12 July 2024 at 17.00 pm.

Should you wish to comment on the Plan, you can do this either by:

You can view the plan, supporting documents and updates here: Ecclesfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan

Community Energy Resilience funding available from Northern Powergrid Foundation

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Northern Powergrid Foundation has a funding window currently open that your organisation, or those within your network, would be interested in funding for projects seeking to build community energy resilience.

The Foundation was launched in 2022 by Northern Powergrid, the electricity distributed for the North East, Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire, and has initially supported community resilience projects in areas that were worst affected by the winter storms of 2021-22, including providing solar panels, battery storage and back up power for community hubs. In this time, the Foundation has supported 60 projects, delivering more than £860,000 in grant funding.

As an independent charity serving the Northern Powergrid’s geographical area of North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, we have enduring plans to empower communities with projects across three key funding priorities:

  1. Community resilience; supporting projects that embed greater energy resilience within communities.
  2. Fuel poverty innovation; supporting innovative and scalable solutions for addressing fuel poverty in our region.
  3. Net zero networks; supporting programmes that builds awareness, educates and develops skills in our region to support the net zero transition.

We are committed to empowering communities across our region to address some of the biggest energy related challenges. Support from key stakeholder organisations such as yourselves is vital and we encourage you to visit our website www.northernpowergridfoundation.com to learn more about our funding priorities. As an influential stakeholder for communities in our region and one that could benefit from funds, we wanted to share the news that the Foundation is currently open for grant applications. Interested parties are requested to apply for funding online at northernpowergridfoundation.com.The application window is open until May 13, 2024, and applications will be accepted from organisations seeking funding on community resilience projects.

We’d be grateful for your support in sharing the news about the Foundation, and the funding opportunities available now for communities. We would greatly appreciate your support with spreading the message about funding available from the Foundation within your network. Visit northernpowergridfoundation.com for more information, which includes Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), eligibility criteria, grant making policy and instructions to start your application. Find out how other communities have been supported by the Northern Powergrid Foundation community stories video and grants awarded testimonials. 

Support from key stakeholder organisations such as yourselves is vital and we encourage you to visit our website to learn more about our funding priorities. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email us at: thenorthernpowergridfoundation@northernpowergrid.com.

Violence Reduction Unit Grant Funding – NOW OPEN (closes 29th April 2024)

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The South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has announced the opening of its latest grant funding round for applications.

The Violence Reduction Fund is open to community groups, social enterprises, and non-profit organisations working in South Yorkshire which provide support to young people aged 4-25, to stop them engaging in violent crime.

Organisations are able to secure up to £20,000 from the Fund, which can be used for existing or new projects. Core costs, staff costs, and activity costs can be funded.

Applications are open from 15th April until midday on 29th April.

For more information and how to apply: Violence Reduction Fund

For any queries regarding the VRU Grant funding 2024/25, please contact – vrugrants@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

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Volunteer at Ecclesfield Library

Library Assistant  and or Key Holder

Ecclesfield Library

Ecclesfield Library Committee are looking to recruit a number of volunteers to help us deliver our excellent service to the local community.

If you enjoy meeting people, have a passion for books and have a few hours a week to spare, let us know.

Main Tasks

Record loan of books ( in and out)

Keep books in good order on shelving.

Take delivery/ “turn round old stock”.

Answer general enquiries.

Make Drinks for groups/visitors.

Set up for groups.

Assist with basic I.T tasks e.g. logging on computers, printing/copying.

  • Possible cash handling

Requirements

A basic level of literacy

Good people skills

Punctual/ reliable

Basic I.T. skills

Hours of work: Minimum of 3 hours per week

Example of hours either 10am to 1pm or 1pm to 4pm

Additional Duties for Key Holder

Open and lock up Building.

Opening Hours of library are

Monday 1pm to 4pm, Wednesday 10am to 4pm, Friday 10am to 4pm

Saturday 10am to 12noon

The key holder would need to be onsite 30 minutes before or 30 minutes after opening and required to volunteer for a part day or whole day depending on their availability.

Contact mark.hible@sheffield.gov.uk  for further information.

Volunteering Opportunities in North LAC

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Chapeltown Park Gala

Events Assistant

Chapeltown Summer Gala

The Friends of Chapeltown Park Group are looking to recruit a number of volunteers to make our summer gala bigger and better than ever

The event has run annually and can attract over 500 people, Do you want to get involved and help the local community have a great day out!!

Gala Day Saturday 3rd August 2024

Main Tasks

Help with set up of gazebos

Move/set up tables and chairs

Help stall holders set up

Assist with set up of activity  areas

Opportunity to assist /lead on some activities

Requirements

Be physically fit

Able to lift tables and chairs (into van/cars for on site transport)

Hours of work: Minimum of 2.5 hours

Contact Mark.hible@sheffield.gov.uk      for further information

Tell us what you think about your Parks, Woodlands and Green Spaces!

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Parks, Woodlands and Green Spaces in Sheffield. Tell us what you think!

As part of our commitment to maintaining and improving your Parks, Woodlands and Green Spaces in the future, we need to find out about how you currently use our sites and what you think of our service. We have also added a few questions on Nature Emergency and the role we can all play to support nature’s recovery in Sheffield. We would be really grateful if you would take a few minutes to answer our questions. Your responses will help us understand how you feel about our Parks, Woodlands and Green Spaces. Your feedback will also help us to see what we can do to improve our sites in the future.  The more people who complete the survey, the more meaningful the results will be and it would be really valuable to get a range of participants to respond. The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete. Please make the most of this opportunity to have your say. Follow this link to the project page where you can take the survey. The survey closes on 19th April 2024. Take the Survey   Contact Us Sheffield City Council, Parks & Countryside, Centre in the Park, Guildford Avenue, Sheffield, S2 2PL. Telephone: (0114) 2500500 Email: parksandcountryside@sheffield.gov.uk   Contact Us