Category: volunteering

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PPE Crowd Funding

Tapton School is crowd-funding to manufacture plastic face shields for the NHS and other front line care workers during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Tapton schoolThe Design & Technology teachers at Tapton School Academy Trust have begun to make face shields for NHS doctors and nurses.

They need your money to purchase the materials; these are 0.5mm polypropylene sheet and 0.1mm (1 micron) clear acetate, polycarbonate or PVC, to help our front line workers when they need it most during this difficult time.

You can donate via Money gi♡ing

If you are a plastic supplier and are willing to donate these materials then please get in touch via enquiries@taptontrust.org.uk

Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

 

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Help Create a Community Quilt

During the current lockdown, Amy Chambers would like to encourage you to stitch, draw, embroider, paint or stamp on a square of cotton or lightweight material, (15x15cms with a 1 cm border), to make anything that shows how you are feeling at this unusual time. The squares will then be sewn together to make a Community Quilt. Afterward, this piece of memorable history will be on public display in the community.

I’ve got a feeling we can make something beautiful between us!
Please share the idea with neighbours who may not be on social media, (obviously maintaining safe social distancing!!)
I’ve posted pictures below of ones we and Lydgate school have done so far.
Once you have done your square/s, Private Message Amy for further information.

 

 

 

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Help Vulnerable People in Crosspool

Dear All
If you contacted us to say you are happy and would like to volunteer to Help Vulnerable people through this difficult and unprecedented time, during the isolation period for the Corvid 19 Virus,
Here is the Update for Crosspool:
St Columba’s and Crosspool Care are the Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS) Hub.church
St Columba’s contact number is: 0114 267 0006
St Columba’s will be registering people who would like to volunteer or help.
They will be signing people up for various jobs depending on whether they are DBS checked or not, they will then be triaging people to the many, voluntary, faith and community groups in the Crosspool area.

Community Support Staff are only taking Emergency calls on 0114 2057120, for people over 70yrs who need help with Gas, Electric or Food.

Voluntary Action Sheffield is Co-ordinating all the Hubs in Sheffield and providing free DBS checks and training for Volunteers through the local Hubs.

For any medical needs, you should contact 111 or your GP surgery.

There are already scams going around so please go through your local Hub and register to keep you and the people you want to Help Safeguarded.

Thanks and Take Care.
Cllr. Anne Murphy

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Coronavirus – Helping the Vulnerable and Self-isolating

Coronavirus – Helping the Vulnerable and Self-isolating

Cllr Anne Murphy met with the leaders of the Crosspool Forum and other Crookes and Crosspool groups today.

Adult health and social care workers, housing officers, community wellbeing staff, Crosspool Care and other members of the Voluntary Community Forum sector were present at the meetings

As a result of those meetings a very clear message came out that we want to give to everyone:

This is an update to all those kind people wanting to be Volunteers and give support to local vulnerable and self-isolating people in their local areas and roads.

  • Please DON’T send letters out to people asking them to respond to you if they need help, you may be putting yourself and others at risk.
  • Please DON’T do any work with vulnerable people without the knowledge and appropriate protection of the relevant leaders in your area from the above groups who are co-ordinating volunteers and staff for people in your area.

Please follow the Voluntary Action Sheffield advice and ensure anyone wanting to help is DBS checked.

VAS is meeting tomorrow 17th March 2pm at the Town Hall Jill Malcolm is co-ordinating attendants please contact her for any information or if you intend to go to the meeting.
j.malcomson@vas.org.uk
Public Health Sheffield along with VAS is also able to give out help and advice

Phone 111 if you require any NHS advice and support

Please contact Cllr Anne Murphy with any issues you feel you don’t have access to advice on.                 Tel: 07788917981

 

 

 

 

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

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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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

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Crosspool Women’s Institute

CWiThe Crosspool Women’s Institute (CWI) has an exciting mix of events planned for 2020, something for everyone, the opportunity to get involved in the local community, make friends, learn new skills, listen to interesting speakers, enjoy outings and activities.

The CWI meet twice a month, St Columba Church on the 3rd Monday (7-9pm) and Stephen Hill Methodist Church on the 4th Monday (1-3pm).  Visitors and Members are welcome to go to both or either meeting.

The Crosspool WI always has something going on. Download your hardcopy of their
2020 Programme of Events or pick one up at either Stephen Hill Church, St Columba Church or in the NEST Café

For more information check out the CWI website – http://www.crosspoolwi.moonfruit.com or facebook.com/CrosspoolWI   
Alternatively email the Secretary Leonie Souster: – crosspoolwi@live.co.uk

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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.

Presentation to McMillan Cancer Care by members of Stephen Hill Church
Bob Hodges (Stephen Hill Church) handing over an identical cheque to Tess Thompson (Support Dogs)

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.

 

 

 

 

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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