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Christmas trees go up in precinct this weekend – can you help?

Sorting the trees
Help put lights on the precinct Christmas trees on Sunday

This weekend Crosspool Forum will be putting up 20 Christmas trees above shops in the precinct. It will be the seventh year that our local shops have been decorated with them.

The plan is to put them up in the precinct this Sunday, 27 November. If you an hour spare and would like to help with placing the Christmas lights on the trees, pop along to the area outside Direct Travel at 9.30am. We’d love to see you there!

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4,000 more spring bulbs planted in Crosspool

A big thank you to the volunteers who planted 4,000 bulbs last weekend
A big thank you to the volunteers who planted 4,000 bulbs last weekend

Over the past seven or eight years, Crosspool Forum has planted some thirty thousand spring bulbs in and around Crosspool.

A big thank you to the dozen or so volunteers of all ages and abilities who kindly gave up an hour of their time on a bright sunny Saturday morning last weekend to plant 4,000 crocus and daffodils bulbs on Stephen Hill, Manchester Road and on the Dransfield Road/Watt Lane triangle.

The community of Crosspool can be assured of an even better show of colour next spring.

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Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting and AGM, Thursday 27 October 2011

Crosspool Forum Open Meeting
Come along to the Crosspool Forum Open Meeting on Thursday 27 October

You are invited to Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting and eighth AGM on Thursday 27 October at St Columba’s Church. It starts at 7pm.

Come along to give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and council officials. A provisional agenda is below.

Crosspool Forum 8th AGM 27 October 2011 – agenda (PDF, 66KB)

Provisional agenda

Crosspool Forum Open Meeting/AGM
Thursday 27 October 2011 7pm

  • Chair’s welcome
  • Introduction of top table
  • Apologies for absence

Eighth AGM

  1. Minutes of last meeting to be approved
  2. Matters arising
  3. Chairman’s report
  4. Treasurer’s report
  5. Committee members report
    Related activities
  6. Election of Committee members
    No resignations or nominations received; 15 members max

Open Meeting

  1. Minutes of last meeting to be approved
  2. Matters arising
  3. Police Liaison
    An update on policing in the area
  4. Questions & Answers with Local Councillors
    Cllr. Sylvia Anginotti, Cllr. Brian Holmes, Cllr. Geoff Smith
  5. Council officials
    Tammy Barrass, Community Assembly Manager (responsibility for assembly activities)

Any other business

Next Open Meeting at St. Columba’s, Thursday 26th January 2012
Guest speaker Greg Challis, Planning and Highways
Benty lane /Stephen Hill junction with Manchester Road

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Wanted: your spring bulb planting ideas

Manchester Road daffodils
Manchester Road daffodils

Each autumn, members of Crosspool Forum and local residents plant spring bulbs in some of our public spaces and verges in order to brighten up the community with flowers in the spring.

We’ve ordered some more bulbs and want your suggestions for places in Crosspool where we could consider planting them. So if you know a bit of land or area that would benefit from a splash of colour then let us know by filling in the form below. We need your ideas by the end of September.

If you’re interested in lending an hour or two of your time to help plant the bulbs in October then look out for details on here.

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Thank you for your response. ✨

Coppice View daffodils
Coppice View daffodils
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Computer Course Registrations on Friday 6th January 2012

Do you know anyone in Crosspool who is a learner with little confidence or who has not used ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) before?

If you know someone who is having difficulty getting to grips with word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, or using the internet and sending emails, why not suggest that they book a place on one of our two-hourly classes?

A laptop is provided and a projector is used to display lessons on to a large screen.

The Crosspool Forum’s next computer courses, for beginner’s and the more advanced, are scheduled to run for a 10 week term from January 2012. Registrations, 9.30am Friday 6TH January, St Columba’s Church Hall, Manchester Road.

To reserve a place in either class, please contact Ian Hague on 0114 335 1674 or crosspoolforum@fsmail.net

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Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Thursday 28 July 2011

Open Meeting July 2011
Open Meeting July 2011

A reminder that you are invited to Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Thursday 28 July at St Columba’s Church. It starts at 7pm.

A provisional agenda is below. Come along to give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and council officials.

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Thursday 28 July 2011 (Word document, 33KB)

Open Meeting, Thursday 28 July 2011, 7pm: provisional agenda

  1. Chairman’s welcome
  2. Apologies
  3. Minutes of last meeting to be approved
    Bullet points
  4. Matters arising:
  5. Chairman’s report:
    New computer course 
starts 9 Sept beginners, also a class for the advanced (spreadsheets)
    Car Boot Sale (10 Sept)
    Fayre/Festival
    Funding for next year’s Queens Jubilee & Olympics, Floral displays
    Clarion; Website
    Hagg Copse
    Hillside Harvest
  6. Treasurer’s report:
  7. Police Liaison: Police update on the area’s crime and concerns.
  8. Councillors: question time
  9. Planning and Highways
  10. Guest Speakers (approx. 7.30pm)
    Two magistrates, Andrew Bentley, Anthea Peers, accompanied by trainee magistrate Grant Laughton, have volunteered, under the “magistrates in the community” scheme, to attend our meeting to explain and enlighten us on the workings and judgments of a magistrates court.
 A number of attendees may be invited to take part in a mock trial.
  11. Any other business
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Meet new councillor Geoff Smith at our Open Meeting tomorrow

Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011
Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (PDF, 389KB)

Our newly elected local councillor Geoff Smith has his first opportunity since the elections last week to acquaint himself with his constituents when he attends the Crosspool Forum Open Meeting on Monday.

Everyone is invited, so why not come along and have your say? It starts at 7pm at St Columba’s Church.

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (Word document, 33KB)

Open Meeting Facebook event

Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011: provisional agenda

9 May 2011, 7pm

  1. Minutes of last meeting to be approved
    Bullet points
  2. Matters arising:
  3. Chairman’s report:
    New computer course (internet best practice)
    Car Boot sale (Weston Park Hospital)
    Summer Fayre (Full Size light aircraft on site)
    Darwin House open day 18th June (Best of British concert)
    Convenience store latest
    Crosspool Clarion
    Funding
  4. Festival update:
  5. Treasurer’s report:
  6. Police Liaison: Police update on the area’s crime and concerns.
  7. Guest Speakers: Carrie McKenzie (Voluntary Action Sheffield) – a comprehensive awareness of the Digital Switchover, due to take place from 3 August 2011. www.vas.org.uk/services/digitaloutreach/index
  8. Council officials: Due to restructuring , Community Assembly officials are only permitted to attended meetings if there are any relevant items or concerns relating to the assembly’s role within the community.
  9. Planning and Highways: Hopefully councillors will be reporting back on the request, by local residents, to make the Benty lane /Stephen Hill junction
    with Manchester Road safer.
  10. Questions & Answers with Councillors: Invitations have been sent to the current Councillors, Brian Holmes, Sylvia Anginotti and John Hesketh. These may change after the 5th May.
  11. Any other business
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Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011

Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011
Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (PDF, 389KB)

You are invited to Crosspool Forum’s Open Meeting on Monday 9 May at St Columba’s Church. It starts at 7pm.

A provisional agenda is below. Come along to give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and council officials.

Agenda for Crosspool Forum Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011 (Word document, 33KB)

Open Meeting Facebook event

Open Meeting, Monday 9 May 2011: provisional agenda

9 May 2011, 7pm

  1. Minutes of last meeting to be approved
    Bullet points
  2. Matters arising:
  3. Chairman’s report:
    New computer course (internet best practice)
    Car Boot sale (Weston Park Hospital)
    Summer Fayre (Full Size light aircraft on site)
    Darwin House open day 18th June (Best of British concert)
    Convenience store latest
    Crosspool Clarion
    Funding
  4. Festival update:
  5. Treasurer’s report:
  6. Police Liaison: Police update on the area’s crime and concerns.
  7. Guest Speakers: Carrie McKenzie (Voluntary Action Sheffield) – a comprehensive awareness of the Digital Switchover, due to take place from 3 August 2011. www.vas.org.uk/services/digitaloutreach/index
  8. Council officials: Due to restructuring, Community Assembly officials are only permitted to attended meetings if there are any relevant items or concerns relating to the assembly’s role within the community.
  9. Planning and Highways: Hopefully councillors will be reporting back on the request, by local residents, to make the Benty lane /Stephen Hill junction
    with Manchester Road safer.
  10. Questions & Answers with Councillors: Invitations have been sent to the current Councillors, Brian Holmes, Sylvia Anginotti and John Hesketh. These may change after the 5th May.
  11. Any other business
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New Crosspool Computer Courses start on 6 May

Following in the success of our three previous computer courses, and wishing to build on achievements of the students so far, Crosspool Forum has managed to secure patronage for two further National Open College Network (NOCN) 12-week courses.

The courses are due to commence on Friday 6 May 2011 at St Columba’s Church Hall on Manchester Road. The Internet for Beginners course (9:30am-11:30am) will be followed by Internet for the more Advanced (11:45am-1:45pm). Laptops are provided.

Anyone wishing to join either of the above courses you should contact Ian, Crosspool Forum Chairman on 0114 335 1674 or crosspoolforum@fsmail.net.