Valleyside Garden Centre in Crosspool will open its doors for a Christmas Open Evening later this month.
There’ll be special offers on Christmas decorations and gifts, including a vast selection of traditional and contemporary decorations, indoor and outdoor lights, real trees, artificial trees, wreaths, garlands, baubles, LED figures, candles and much more.
Plus, there’s a free glass of mulled wine and mince pie in the cafe.
The evening runs 6.30-9.00pm on Thursday 27 November.
Update: sorry, this event has now sold out. Unfortunately we won’t be able to let you in unless you have a ticket.
Crosspool Forum is hosting a Childrens’ Christmas Disco on Sunday 7 December, 2014.
The event for children between 3-11 years will run from 1.30-3.30pm in St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child and complementary refreshments and nibbles will be served for everyone.
You can get your ticket from Crosspool Pet Shop. They cost £5 per child and the accompanying parent or guardian is free. You can also contact the Forum on crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or 07713 687 955 for tickets and more information.
Thanks to everyone who bought their trees along last Sunday for recycling. Crosspool residents deposited around 200 trees, which were later on reduced to lorry load of mulch chippings.
Crosspool Forum was able to do its bit to help our community and the environment thanks to Paul Rushby at Direct Travel, a team of Crosspool forum volunteers and the generosity of Andrew Fisher of Complete Tree Solutions and his team.
Residents that dropped off trees also made donations of £115 for Crosspool Forum, which will be used in the community.
You can bring your Christmas tree along to the area outside Direct Travel on Sunday 5 January between 10am and 12 noon for free recycling/disposal by Andrew Fisher from Complete Tree Solutions.
A festive thank you to Father Christmas for stopping off at the Crosspool Children’s Christmas party during the busiest period of his year.
While handing out presents he was given sweets by excited youngsters who had been entertained earlier in the afternoon by Fablo’s Childrens’ Disco.
It did not take long for the one or two children to overcome their shyness and join in with the traditional party games. Most of them won spot prizes for taking part in the various activities.
Spar kindly donated the refreshments and nibbles for the party and an enjoyable afternoon was had by everyone.
Thanks to everyone who attended the party and all the helpers that made this year’s festive afternoon a success.
Paula and Kate with the Crosspool Christmas Red Box
A red box has appeared at The Lounge @ Crosspool this week. It’s not a post box, it’s collecting a different kind of gift for Christmas – food.
Kate Hill, a local mum of two, is encouraging residents of Crosspool and the surrounding area to buy one extra item whilst food shopping to drop into the box.
She explained: “The Red Box idea is a simple way to get the community to come together for a great cause. Christmas is a time to remember that we are part of a community and it’s hard to imagine struggling to buy food for our children but the fact is that an increasing number of families just like ours need the support of the Sheffield Food Banks.
“I set up this appeal to support the food banks across Sheffield, primarily the Firth Park Food Bank because it’s an area that I know well.”
With support from Paula Stacey at The Lounge @ Crosspool and other members of the local community, the appeal is to run until Friday 20 December as the last day to drop food donations in.
Pastor Sam Okerenta, of the Royal Assembly church, who runs Firth Park Food Bank said: “There are 15 food banks around Sheffield run by church volunteers, up from eight a year ago. We are now helping up to 60 people a week, from about 15 when we started.”
According to the local food banks, demand is set to increase massively following various benefit cuts.
“If we can make the Crosspool Christmas Red Box Appeal a success in Crosspool then there’s no reason why this kind of community support cannot be extended the whole year round across Sheffield,” added Kate.
Kate is also the founder of the free community network and directory FunMeFit (www.funmefit.com), which encourages families across the UK to get involved in their community and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.
To get involved in the appeal or for more information, contact Kate info@funmefit.com or pop into The Lounge @ Crosspool.
Highlights include St Columba’s Community Angel Festival on 21-22 December, where local community groups are putting their best creative heads together to decorate large willow angel sculptures to be displayed in the church over the weekend. There’s still a few left if your community group would like to decorate one – contact Diane Ryan at st.columbas@hotmail.co.uk. You can see the angels at St Columba’s on Saturday 21 between 10am and noon, or on Sunday 22 between 2pm and 4pm.
In addition to the church services there will be carols, mince pies and mulled wine at Hallam FC’s Sandygate Road stadium on Thursday 19 December in the 1860 Suite. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Full details of Crosspool church services:
St Columba’s Church of England
Sunday 22 December 10am Family Communion; 4pm Angel Festival Carol Service
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Candlelight Storytelling Nativity
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Festive Holy Communion
The Beacon at Stephen Hill Methodist
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Christingle Service; 11.30pm Midnight Communion
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Morning Service
St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
Tuesday 24 December 4pm Children’s Navivity Service; 8pm Christmas Night Mass
Wednesday 25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass
Tapton Hill Congregational Church
Sunday 22 December 2.45pm Carol Service
Wednesday 25 December 10.15am Christmas Day Service
Crosspool Forum is hosting a Childrens’ Christmas Disco on Sunday 15 December, 2013.
The event is for younger members of the Crosspool community and will run from 1.30-3.30pm in St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child! Complementary refreshments and nibbles will be served.
You can get your ticket from Crosspool Pet Shop. Tickets are £5 per child and the accompanying parent or guardian is free. You can also contact Ian at the Forum on crosspoolforum@fsmail.net or 07713 687 955 for tickets and more information.
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