Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is chosen as a Co-op Local Community

Whirlow Coop

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is delighted to have been chosen to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund.

At a time when funds for community groups and charitable organisations are becoming more difficult to access, they’re incredibly grateful for this opportunity to make a real difference in Sheffield.

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is raising funds to support the costs of running their education programmes on their working farm. It costs over £1million each year to run their charity and provide educational visits for children and young people. They have specialist programmes to help children and young people with additional learning needs and/or struggling with their mental health. They work with primary and secondary age children as well as those over sixteen.Whirlow Lamb

Their mission is to ensure there is a place in education for every child.

To help them raise vital funds, they’ll be relying on Co-op members. When a member buys selected products or services from the Co-op they earn a 5% reward for themselves, with a further 1% for local causes like Whirlow Hall Farm Trust.

The Co-op is looking to support organisations that make a difference in their local communities by protecting & improving community spaces, helping people reach their full potential by developing their skills or promoting health and well-being.

Co-op members can choose Whirlow Hall Farm Trust as their local cause by visiting membership.coop.co.uk/causes/34939. They really hope that people will visit the website and donate their 1% to the Whirlow Hall Farm Trust.

If you’re not a member and would like to support them, you can join at your local store or online
at www.coop.co.uk.

When a community comes together they’re able to achieve great things, so they hope you can help promote their project.

 

 

 

 

 

Musical Magic

Your last chance to purchase tickets for the Musical Magic Show

St Francis Church, Sandygate RoadFebruary 04, 2020 musical dance (1)

Thursday, February 6th at 8pm
Friday,      February 7th at 8pm
Saturday, February 8th at 6pm
Saturday Matinee Sold Out

Adults £7
Children (3-12)   £4

Tickets Phone:-  0114 2308196

Lambing at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th February 2020
11am – 3pm

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust are opening their barn doors early this year and inviting you to meet their gorgeous new-born lambs during February’s half term. Come and get a glimpse of life at a working farm preparing to herald in the springtime. You’ll have the chance to get up close to adorable additions and a brand new selection of rare breed sheep. There will be something new for the whole family to learn about the busy farming tradition of lambing. Watch new-borns frolic, play and feed, and if you’re lucky you might even see some being born!cute lamb

There’ll be loads to do and loads to see on your fun packed visit to the farm throughout the two day event. A selection of family entertainment activities including pony riding, free craft activities for children, slime making, forest school activities, face painting, puzzle trail, Punch & Judy shows Storytelling sessions, and the chance to visit chickens, small animals and the horses. Throughout the event, our excellent farm shop and café (with delicious homemade cakes on offer), will be open, as will the famous Whirlow BBQ!

It is an educational charity working with children across South Yorkshire, to improve the aspirations and life chances of vulnerable young people outside of mainstream education, in the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to learn and develop to their full potential, whatever their circumstances. By attending their events you are supporting this valuable work that they do with local children & young people. All the money raised at the event will go toward supporting the charitable work of the trust.

*Entrance to the Farm is priced at:

Children under 14: £4,   Adults: £5,

Family Ticket £16 (x2 children, x2 adults), under twos go free,

FREE PARKING

Some activities are chargeable separately

Pregnant Women are not permitted to enter the Lambing Barn

For more info visit

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Whirlow Farm Trust

Email: events@whirlowhallfarm.org

Phone: 0114 235 2678

BARN DANCE

Barn Dance

7:30pm, Saturday, January 11th

St Columba’s Church Hall
503 Manchester Road
Sheffield S10 5PL

Bring your own Drinks – Nibbles Provided
– No Nuts Please –

Tickets £5.00 (Under 14S free)
Contact Bob Townrow Tele: 0114 2301098

Proceeds to Stephen Hill and St Columba Church charities

Church Charity Achievements 2019

Each year Stephen Hill Methodist Church chooses to support two charities.

Over the last 12 months, up to the end of August 2019, members of the Stephen Hill
Methodist Church managed to hand over cheques of £1,447 to both the “McMillan Cancer Care” and “Sheffield Support Dogs”, from the proceeds of regular coffee mornings.

Since then, as well as the money raised from these coffee mornings, they had extra events and a 90th birthday party, which raised a further £1030.00 for the “Macmillan Cancer Support“, bringing this year’s total for this charity to £2477.00.
In addition, a further £1421.10 raised from a folk evening, a concert with The Rock Choir and a sales morning, brought the total amount raised for the “Sheffield Support Dogs” charity to a total of £2,868.10.

These extra activities amounted to their two chosen charities receiving a staggering grand total of £5345.10.

Not content with their past achievements, Stephen Hill Church has now started fundraising for next year’s two charities, Alzheimer’s UK and the Sheffield City of Sanctuary on Chapel Walk, supporting asylum seekers and refugees.

 

 

 

 

Santa in Crosspool

Santa's sleighAfter successfully raising £1,400 for local charities last year, volunteers at Hallamshire Round Table and Riverdale Round Table arranged with Santa for Crosspool to be one of the two routes he would visit before starting his amazing journey delivering Christmas gifts around the world.

The Hallamshire Round Table and Riverdale Round Table are now busy counting up the kind donations collected along the way in support of St Luke’s Hospice, Bluebell Wood Hospice, and Cavendish Cancer Care.

Click here for the video

 

 

Christmas at Forge Dam

Forge Dam Park is having a Christmas Fayreforge dam poster
Saturday 14th December (10.30am-3.30pm).
Free Admission.

The Fayre will include, a Lucky Dip, Door Garland Making, Crafts, Face Painting, Mince Pies, etc. and a Vintage Organ playing festive music – all in the amazing environment of Forge Dam Park, Fulwood. (Forge Dam can be easily reached by buses 120 and 83a.)

Proceeds to the  Friends of the Porter Valley 
Forge Dam Restoration Fund 

Who Would Live In A House Like This?tree house

When you’re exploring the park at the Forge Dam Christmas Fayre, see if you can spot this little hobbit door.

Start your Christmas shopping in Crosspool.

A great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping

sheep

Shem the shepherd has lost his sheep’
He wants to go and see the baby, Jesus, who the angels spoke about, but he must find his sheep first!
He knows that he went into the Shops at Crosspool
Will you help him find his missing sheep?

Each sheep has a name and is hiding in the shops around Crosspool.
When you find them write their names in the boxes on the sheets in the shops or download one here
Take your completed Messy Nativity Sheep Trail sheet to St. Columba’s Church for a PRESENT Monday to Friday 10am – 2:30pm Sunday 10am – 12am. until the 20th of December 2019

Make one of the prettiest precincts in Sheffield the place to start your Christmas2019 Christmas tree lights

If you are looking for gift inspiration, baubles, foodie treats and presents, then why not visit the Crosspool Precinct where you can delight in the festive display of Christmas tree lights decorating an exciting variety of excellent Shops Cafés and Restaurants, which are on offer to help.

 

 

 

 

SANTA’S SLEIGH IN CROSSPOOL

The Hallamshire Round Table is planning to raise money for Cavendish Cancer and Bluebell Wood Hospice with a Santa Sleigh run in Crosspool.

At 6 pm on Thursday 12th December, a sleigh,Santa in Crosspool 1
playing Christmas music with Santa on board will begin its journey from the junction of Dransfield Road – Watt Lane and proceed along a predetermined route, leafletted a week ahead.

On route, children will receive some sweeties and the opportunity to say hello to Father Christmas.

Ahead of the sleigh passing by, volunteers will knock on doors to collect monetary donations for the charities.