The Crosspool Festival committee are pleased to announce that this year’s festival raised £1,300 for Weston Park Cancer Information and Support Centre and the 36th Sheffield Scout Group based on Benty Lane.
Jack Todhunter has also made this video about one of the highlights of the festival, the Summer Fayre:
Get involved in future Crosspool Festivals
Why not get involved with Crosspool’s major annual community event? If you have ideas for future festivals or can spare any time to help, please contact the Festival Chair Frances Eccleston on f.m.eccleston@gmail.com or 0114 267 0006.
Lounge @ Crosspool will host Once Upon a Sensory Story (photo used with permission)
The organisers of Once Upon a Sensory Story invite all 0-5 year olds to come and join us in the telling of Going on a Bear Hunt on Tuesday 30 July from 2-3pm at Lounge @ Crosspool.
Sensory stories allow children to use all of their senses to help retell a story. For example, on the bear hunt the group will be running or crawling through swishy-swashy grass and paddling in the deep cold river, to name but two challenges.
Tickets cost £5 per child and include a snack and drink. Phone or text 07725 228 127 to book your place – hurry as places are limited and are selling fast.
Over the last seven days there have been at least three reports of cars being vandalised overnight in the Crosspool area.
Owners of vehicles parked on Cairns Road, Manchester Road and Watt Lane have found their cars with smashed rear/passenger windows and broken wing mirrors.
The police have been informed but do be vigilant and report anything suspicious by calling 101.
Has your car also been vandalised? If so, please comment below.
The top half of Dransfield Road was closed on Friday afternoon to allow children to play out in safety on the street.
Four local mums were successful in their application for Sheffield’s first-ever ‘playing out’ session, which saw the road closed to traffic from the Barholm Road junction upwards, with stewarded access for residents.
Householders on the road were invited to come out to play or pop out just for a chat after school between 4pm and 5.30pm.
Over 30 children from Dransfield Road and neighbouring Barholm Road and Cardoness Drive enjoyed a fantastic afternoon.
One of the mums, Bron Ray, initiated the event after reading about a similar scheme in Bristol which encourages residents to close their roads for an hour or two. The scheme aims to provide local children with a rare opportunity to ride their bikes, kick a football and play chalk games in the street.
The event on Dransfield Road was a huge success and the residents are planning to reapply to the council to secure future Playing Out events for their children.
As one five-year-old said on the day, being allowed to play out on the road was ‘absolutely awesome!’
The new Rivelin Splash will formally open on Saturday 13 July
The new Rivelin Splash water play area will finally open on Saturday 13 July at 11am.
The refurbished water play area is for children of all ages and includes three large splash pads, a new filter system, water play equipment plus ramped access with handrails. One of the pools will still be for paddling
The toilets will be more accessible and new baby changing facilities have been created. Water pistols, nets and buckets will be available from Rivelin Park cafe.
The water splash was originally scheduled to open in May.
This rabbit was lost in the Manchester Road area about 8pm on Saturday night. Please let us know if you find it by commenting below and we’ll let the owner know.
Update 7 July: good news, the rabbit has come home.
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