Work will soon be starting on the Jervis Lum footbridge in Norfolk Park. This footbridge is a crucial link for many people living in the area, especially parents walking young children to Norfolk Community Primary School. Work will begin to lop back the trees across the footbridge to allow more light from the existing street [...]
The recent edition of SportEx health has an article about Living Neighbourhoods and Sheffield Lets Change 4 Life. You can read it by clicking on SportEx-Living Neighbourhoods
The high hopes fun day last Saturday was a great success and we handed out over 3000 free poop a scoop bags to dogs owners in the area. Cllr Norman Garratt, Chair of Ecclesfield Parish Council, who helped launch the campaign with his dog Jet, said: “This is a really great initiative, designed by local [...]
Living Neighbourhoods will be at the fun day this Saturday to launch the High Green Poop a Scoop campaign. There will be free goody bags for all those that visit our stand which have 100 doggy poop a scoop bags in each one. They also contain lots of info on how to get more physically [...]
Chapeltown Chapeltown Baths are now well on the way and work should be starting on the improvements to the centre in the next few months. Keep checking back for pictures on the progress. Chapeltown Baths are also working towards the breast feeding friendly award. Also in Chapeltown the Living Neighbourhoods group will be having a [...]
The Living Neighbourhoods groups around Sheffield are really starting to develop their ideas on what they would like to bid in for. Some of the ideas already being discussed are Play areas Outdoor fitness equipment Clean up campaigns Improved pedestrian access Safer routes to schools I have also had a meeting this week to discuss [...]
Over the next few weeks I will be helping to plan an event in Chapeltown in partnership with NHS Sheffield and High Hopes. The event will encourage dog owners in Chapeltown to pick up their dog mess and take it home to dispose of rather than leaving it behind, making the paths and green spaces unattractive [...]
All the community audit training has now been carried out by Living Streets and all the audit reports have been written up. The next step is for community groups to complete further audits in their area, using the knowledge and skills they learnt from the training, and inviting more people to get involved. After this the [...]
This week three areas have had funding confirmed…. The Lowedges group have received funding for an improved play area on Beckett Road. It is hoped that work on this will be completed in time for the summer holidays Chapeltown have received funding for the ramp and alterations at Chapeltown Baths and also a “Poop a [...]
Earlier this week I attended a meeting with the Batemoor and Jordanthorpe Living Neighbourhoods group. The group had their audit training from Living Streets in December 2009. The group are now discussing what they would like to implement or alter in their area to encourage more people to be physically active in their local community. Initial [...]
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