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The Crosspool community website run by Crosspool Forum
St. Columba’s church will be celebrating Easter morning, Sunday 20 April, with a bonfire and service held on Carver Fields at 9am.
The short service will be followed by breakfast, Easter egg hunt and celebration service in church.
To join St Columba’s for the bonfire, take the footpath off Hagg Lane opposite the junction with Den Bank Drive and walk across the field.
The date of the next Crosspool Forum Open Meeting has been changed to Friday 25 April. It was previously Thursday 1 May.
Open Meetings are your chance to have your say on community issues and put questions to local councillors and the police.
April’s Open Meeting takes place at St Columba’s church and starts 7pm.
Do you have a question you’d like to put to council leaders? Come along to St Columba’s church on Thursday 13 February 6-8pm for a question and answer session.
You can submit your question on the evening or by emailing CabinetintheCommunity@sheffield.gov.uk.
Download a summary of bullet points from last Thursday’s meeting.
Crosspool Forum’s next Open Meeting will take place on Thursday 30 January at St Columba’s church. It starts at 7pm.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and officials.
Guest speakers this time include:
A new six-week course that will teach men how to cook a tasty, healthy meal using fresh ingredients is starting next month in Crosspool.
Men’s Magnificent Meals takes place at St. Columba’s Church Hall on Fridays from 28 February 2014. Sessions are taught by an experienced and qualified tutor and run from 10.30am-12.30pm. No previous cooking experience is necessary.
The course costs £42/£21 (you choose what you pay). Pre booking is essential: ring Kate in the St Columba’s Parish Office on 0114 267 0006 or email st.columbas@hotmail.co.uk.
A similar course which ran in 2013 was a success.
Is one of your new year’s resolutions to lose some weight? If so, there are two Slimming World groups that meet locally.
Crosspool Slimming World group is held every Wednesday at 5pm and 7pm at St Columba’s Church on Manchester Road. The Crookes group takes place every Monday at 5pm and 7pm and every Tuesday at 9:30am in Wesley Hall.
If you’re interested in attending you can simply go along. More information is available from Emma on (0114 233 5205), www.slimmingworld.com or Slimming World Groups in North West Sheffield on Facebook.
The fourteen angels created by schools and community groups in Crosspool have created a stunning Christmassy display at St. Columba’s for the Community Angel Festival.
The angels will stay in place until Epiphany, which is 6 January. Â For details of service times visit stcolumbacrosspool.org.uk.
On Friday evening (13 December) deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg held a constituency question and answer session at St. Columba’s church in Crosspool.
Chaired by Councillor Rob frost, nearly 90 local residents attended the meeting, which lasted just over an hour. Questions covered subjects including the national rise in food banks, flood defence zoning issues and the rankings of Lydgate Junior and Infant schools.
About a dozen Tapton School students were present with their teacher. Their questions covered tuition fees, and poor election turnout and political disillusionment among 18-25 year-olds.
Other topics included the recent gagging bill, and political disillusionment
with middle-aged voters – it seems that politics isn’t flavour of the month.
Things then got rather animated when a discussion about the banking crisis of five years ago caused considerable disagreement amongst several of those attending.
Closing questions covered Eric Pickles’ Public Development Act, politicians’ blaming tactics – which is unlikely to ever go away – and the criticism that the European Union has recently come in for. The deputy prime minister took the opportunity to reinforce his party’s support for the EU.
Thanks to John Holliday for this report.
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