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Community Website Created by the community for the community!

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This is a Gleadless Valley community website: It’s all about Gleadless Valley! Here you can find out about the neighbourhood, about activities, about community groups and services and read local views.

If you’re a resident or run a community group, you can have a space on here too, it’s really easy you just need to complete a quick and simple 2 hour training session.  If you’re interested please see our up and coming training dates by clicking here or contact Terry or Steve on:

Phone : 0114 2394466        Email: terry.allingham@gvcf.org.uk

or pop into either: Herdings Youth Centre, Morland Road, Gleadless Valley, SHEFFIELD, S14 1TD

or: 187 Blackstock Road, Gleadless Valley, SHEFFIELD, S14 1FX

New Self-Employed Business in Gleadless Valley

Is your garden hedge in need of lowering or trimming?

If so, you need;-

“G V HEDGE TRIMMING SERVICE”

No electric or petrol driven tools are used, all work carried out the good old fashioned way – By hand!

Phone; 0114 265 4349 / 07946 627903

ESCADON IS BEING DISSOLVED

Due to lack of funding and public participation in ESCADON’S Projects and in ESCADON Social Creations (ENG) Limited, application has been sent to Companies House, Cardiff, Wales asking the registrar to strike off ESCADON from the limited companies register and to dissolve ESCADON.

If the registrar feels the application is unfit then he will not dissolve ESCADON and we will need to re-apply for dissolving.
At present ESCADON is still on the register and is still a limited company.

Brian Hanson

Springs Academy Landscape Project

Springs Academy Landscape Project

Pupils from Sheffield Springs Academyhave been involved in a unique project over the past few months with assistance from the Sheffield City Council Community Forestry team.Pupils from the school have designed a community garden to be jointly used by the Academy and the Spires Centre on East Bank road as an outdoor teaching and performance space with Art and Biology gardens and an orchard.

The project has been managed by business and enterprise students from the Academy who have raised over £8000 towards the garden. The pupils have applied to the community assembly for funding and were awarded £1000 towards educational activities around the project.

The management team elected to spend the funding on a chainsaw sculpture designed by the pupils as part of a competition within the school to be mounted as an entrance feature to the new garden.

Lorraine Botterill Chainsaw Carving

The sculpture will be carved by award winning sculptor Lorraine Botterill who will be showing pupils how to chainsaw carve as well as learning about woodland wildlife from the Community Forrester.

The public will have an opportunity to watch the sculpture being carved on the 25^th – 27^th of April on the land behind the Spires Centre on East Bank road. The event will be open to the public after school from 3 till 5pm for those who might like to have a closer look or askLorraine some questions.

Angus Hunter Community Forestry Officer for Arbourthorne said “We would like to use this sculpting event to launch, and raise awareness of, this exciting new project, which has been designed, managed and fundraised by pupils from the Academy. We intend that the garden will be open for use by the public outside school hours for community events and relaxation. We hope to begin putting in the path network in the next few months and involve pupils in every stage of the garden’s construction.”

There are already 2 new poly tunnels built by pupils studying a BTEC in Countryside and Environment, who will soon be filling them with vegetables for the school allotment and flowers to sell at community events.

This event is open to all local people from the Arbourthorne and Gleadless Valley area.  So come down on the 25^th – 27^th and learn more about this fantastic new community project!

REEDBED WILDLIFE, 6.30pm Monday 19th March

Dragonfly

Monday 19th March - Reedbed Wildlife, an illustrated talk by Richard Ashbee, 6.30pm at Newfield Green Tenants Hall.

 

An illustrated talk about the facinating wildlife that lives in these valuable wetlands. If you have never visited one of these sites, like Potteric Carr near Doncaster, this is sure to wet your appetite!

 

For further information please contact the group at: Email: gvwtwildlife@hotmail.co.uk

Phone: 07816 184746

WINTER WANDER, 10.30am Sunday 19th February

  

Guided woodland walk

 

Sunday 19th February - Guided Winter Walk through the Valley’s Woods, meet 10.30am outside the ‘Best One’ shop, formerly Far Lees Pub, junction of Fluery & Leighton Roads

 

Wrap up warm and join the Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust for a walk around the valley. Hopefully we will see tracks and signs of the wildlife of the valley and may see some of the birds visit the valley for the winter or are here all year. The walk will finnish back at the ’Best One’ at approximately 1pm

For further information please contact the group at: Email: gvwtwildlife@hotmail.co.uk

Phone: 07816 184746

Want to save money on your shopping & get a £10 shopping  voucher FREE?

Come along to either Valley Online Centre on one of our drop-in sessions or One 4 All Community Hub (Friday mornings) to find out more!

It’s our Online Shopping Spectacular during February & March.

Get a free supermarket shopping voucher, money off your 1st delivery and all the help you need to get online and start shopping.

ITS ALL FREE!!!! Come and see us at the Valley Online Centre 187 Blackstock Rd, or phone us on 0114 2394888 for more details.

The kettle is always on and you can be assured of a warm welcome.

Just a reminder our drop-in times are

• Monday 10 – 12:30 & 1pm – 3pm
• Tuesday 1 – 3
• Wednesday & Thursday 10 – 12
• Friday  1 – 3

You Can also Drop in at the One 4 All Centre Morland Road on Friday Mornings 10 -12 (Term Time Only)

Come and join us and experience internet shopping (complete with help and assistance) and learn new skills at the same time.

 

HELP NEEDED TO LOOK AFTER GLEADLESS VALLEY’S WOODS AND GREEN AREAS

If you would like to help please come along to the following Council Rangers & Gleadless Valley Wildlife Trust activities

Thursday 2nd February, 1.15 – 3.15pm: Tidy-up Time
Join the Council Rangers, Sheffield Homes and local volunteers to help tidy up the woodland edges and make the area look better for everyone.
Meet 1.15pm outside the ‘Best One’ shop, Leighton/Fleury Road

Sunday 5^th February, 10.30am – 1pm: Woodland Conservation
Selective thinning of young trees in Rollestone Wood to encourage diverse and healthy future woodland. Please wear strong shoes & suitable warm outdoor clothing. 
Meet 10.30am outside the ‘Best One’ shop, Leighton/ Fleury Rd

PLEASE WEAR STRONG SHOES & SUITABLE OUTDOOR CLOTHING FOR THESE ACTVITIES. Tools will be provided. No experience needed, experienced volunteers will give help if required.

For further information please contact the group at: Email: gvwtwildlife@hotmail.co.uk

Phone: 07816 184746

Making this Site Higher Up on Google Search Listings

We are looking at how to make this site appear higher up on the google search listings, as we realise it is not much use if people can’t find it!  We want it to appear on the first page when people type “Gleadless Valley” into google.  If anyone has any advice on how to do this, please leave a comment!

ADD CONTENT AND COMMENTS!

One thing that would help is if people add content and comments!  Thanks to those who have been using this site, but PLEASE could more people use it!  It would then be more useful to you as well.  If you would like to be able to add content to this site (and not only comments), please contact us (see the home page) and we can arrange a training session.  It is really easy – and good fun.

LOST – White Staffordshire Bull Terrier

This white Staffordshire Bull Terrier has a black patch over the right eye.  It went missing from Rushdale Road at 10am on 31st May 2011.  She is 5 months old and answers to the name of Molly.  She was wearing a leather brown collar.  She is having treatment for an ongoing skin condition, so her fur is a little patchy.  She was a 7 year old boys pet and best friend, so please, if you know anything, call the numbers below.  There is a reward for information leading to her safe return.

Any Information ? – Call 0786 756 7818     or     0114 2550665

FANTASTIC NEWS FOR GLEADLESS VALLEY

Clients "Hard at Work" in our Online Centre

We are very proud to announce that Gleadless Valley Community Forum – Valley Education and Skills project has been awarded £372,893 by the BIG Lottery fund.

This means that we can continue helping clients to access training and basic skills courses including help for  unemployed people in our twice weekly Job Club  i.e. confidence building, CV writing and job searches. Job Club runs on Mondays 10 till 12 and Thursdays 1 till 3, but if you can’t make these times give us a call or drop in and we will discuss other arrangements.

Our Online drop-in Sessions will carry on, so that clients can come and use our computers to learn the basics and surf the internet, all FREE of charge, these sessions are held on Monday & Tuesday  12 till 3, and Wednesday & Thursday 9.30 till 12.30. feel free to drop in and see what’s on offer.

We will also still be able to offer accredited courses in subjects such as First Aid, Word Processing, Desk Top Publishing etc. as well as artisan courses, which are short courses in useful skills such as Breadmaking and Baking, Summer Salads and Sewing for Beginners.

If you are interested in any of these courses or have any ideas for new courses that you would like to see happening in the area, then please give us a call on 0114 2394888 and let us know, we value your opinions and would be glad to hear from you.