Meersbrook Park Users Trust has been granted £1,557 by the @National Garden/Scheme Fund to create garden centre type wooden plant stands in the wonderful Walled Garden in Meersbrook Park.(see the area for the plant stands in the pics below)
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13 Football Blue Plaques, 5 different Guided City Walks, 1 iconic piece of public art sculpture unveiled, 1 UNESCO application for ‘Memory of the World’ recognition and 1 new Children’s Football Book
Sheffield is shouting and people are hearing us ! @katejosephs.bsky.social @tomhunt100.bsky.social
Morpeth in Northumberland UK is one of the loveliest towns in the North of England with great history and heritage. Carlisle Park has a wonderful statue of Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison too.
What a great Lions book fair in the Library today @nlandarchives.bsky.social @nlandalerts.bsky.social
Cake and Harry Hotspur in beautiful Alnwick, Northumberland
Martin Westby was one of the founders of the charity 'SHOF' Sheffield Home of Football (sheffieldhomeoffootball.org) On Friday 13th March 2026, SHOF unveiled a scuplture created by his brother, renowned sculptor David Westby which is dedicated to Martin's life and work..
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Great series on the fight back against the County Lines drug dealers by the @thetimes.com Northern Editor @david.collins@sunday-times.co.uk
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One of the best little beaches in the UK
Alnmouth, Northumberland
Sheffield has a new piece of football sculpture in the city centre, marking the only time in history when an FA Cup fixture was decided on the toss of a coin. ‘Heads or Tails’ was created by sculptor David Westby for the charity sheffieldhomeoffootball.org
The Hawley Tool Collection has been awarded £228k @HeritageFundUK to catalogue and showcase its unique collection ‘Pride, Passion and Skills-Made in Sheffield’ will capture disappearing crafts, protect priceless industrial knowledge & inspire young people to learn new skills
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We’re all about supporting voluntary & community groups to acquire the skills, knowledge and confidence to successfully fundraiser for their group, projects, events and activities. Contact us if we can help you.
More at syfab.org.uk
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New £51m Sheffield leisure Centre to be named The Uriah Rennie Leisure Centre in memory of the first Black Premier League Referee and a champion of numerous community, sports and charity organisations in the city following the unveiling of his Legends Star at Sheffield Town Hall
Join us to honour a true Sheffield and global legend on Monday 2nd Feb 2026 at 11.00am at Sheffield Town Hall. Uriah Rennie, Britain’s first Black Premier League Referee officiating at more than 300 Premier League games and a role model for so many young people.
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12th Football Blue Plaque from Sheffield Home of Football. Another great day !
Another great turnout for our 12th Sheffield Home of Football Blue Plaque dedicated, this time to Herbert Chapman a giant in football management who transformed the fortunes of Huddersfield Town Fc and Arsenal FC.
He was born in the South Yorkshire villlage of Kiveton near Rotherham. Relatives pic
Our partnership with Sheffield City Council is progressing well. Here’s our statement from today’s Rose Garden Cafe Partnership. @sheffieldcouncil.bsky.social
The park is beautiful in the winter sunshine plenty of sledging fun has been had here and today it’s the round Sheffield runners absolutely treacherous under foot
We’re doing quite a bit of funding advice and development work in Doncaster at the moment. Join us for our Meet the Funder at CAST Theatre on Weds 18th March 2026 or at one of our advice surgeries. @mydoncaster.bsky.social
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Very nice ! We’re trying to restore a popular cafe in this park which the council attempted to demolish but we saved it with a huge local campaign and now we have some beer to help with the fundraising !
Read the full story in this issue of Active8
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Three new free Funding Advice Surgeries from syfab.org.uk for voluntary and community groups, small charities and social enterprises in Doncaster in 2026
More info and booking details here.
Thanks to funding from our partners @coalfieldsregen.bsky.social
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SHOF Walks Programme for 2026 now open for booking via Eventbrite
Walk 1: Football's Historic City Centre bit.ly/4pEn330
Walk 2: Lost Grounds & Youdan Cup : bit.ly/4p1vOD
FOUR Guided Walks taking in the locations, people and events focussing on the unique heritage of Sheffield’s footballing history
Sheffield does not need more McDonalds. Great piece by @sammgreg.bsky.social nowthenmagazine.com/articles/as-...
How a bright idea turned into a funding stream for three local charities? Want to know more? Get in touch.
Our banners and pull ups are all up and we’ve collected another batch of this delicious golden IPA. Come and buy yours in time for Christmas and we’ll gift wrap
It if it’s for someone else. We can also deliver 4 or more within 20 miles of Sheffield.
All proceeds in aid of the restoration appeal.
This Saturday 29th November, come and pick up a Christmas gift in the Rose Garden Cafe. We are selling our Rose Garden IPA in the cafe from 10.00am-4.00pm We are licensed to serve with meals or take-away
We can gift wrapped if you order two or more in advance Orders to rosegardencafeappeal@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who attended our 11th Sheffield Home of Football Blue Plaque unveiling today for 1966 World Cup Goalkeeper Gordon Banks at Jameson's Tea Rooms on Abbeydale Road.
It was unveiled by Gordon’s son Rob in the presence of 6 members of the family and the Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
It’s the unveiling of our 11th Blue Plaque in Sheffield City Centre on Friday 7th November 2025 marking the birthplace of FIFA World Cup winner Gordon Banks OBE
We are honoured to have Gordon’s nephew Nick Banks, unveiling it for us
Nick is a member of Supergroup PULP
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We’re marking the world‘s first football club to emerge from a works or factory Lockwood Brothers FC achieved amazing things in their time and today we erected a blue plaque for them in Sheffield City Centre. We are making Sheffield’s invisible, football history visible!
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An absolute triumph ‘Dear England’, the @nationaltheatre.org.uk production at the Sheffield’s wonderful Victorian Lyceum Theatre . It’s the story of Gareth Southgate’s tenure as England football manager and his new brand of leadership and team management . Fantastic ! @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social
