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Sharrow Today September 2019 4,000 copies distributed BUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE The Building Block Building jobs for people in Sharrow by Rachel Cosens A brilliant project has been creating brand new construc- tion jobs for people in Sharrow and the local area. The Building Block aims to support local people to retrain into careers in the construction industry; vital skills which will support an ambitious scheme of building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years in Sheffield. Already the scheme has seen 216 people start the train- ing, 127 people become Employment Site Ready, and 70 achieve employment within the industry. Specialist skills training includes plastering, plumbing, electrics, roofing, and joinery as well as many other aspects of construc- tion. Trainees will benefit from an intensive ‘crash course’ followed by on-site work experience, and will lead to the opportunity to apply for the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card. If you would like to find out more or get involved then con- tact Zaheer or Tammy on 0114 2132307. Lansdowne Sharrow’s Support- Fun at The Word art Urban ‘Vanilla ing young Adventures Sheffield from a Meadow Gorilla’ refugees watch- local poet maker Inside Page 3 Page 3 Page 7 Pages 8-9 Page 11 Page 12 Views expressed in Sharrow Today are not necessarily those of Sharrow Community Forum. Contact Sharrow Community Forum on 0114 250 8384. 2 Sharrow Today September 2019 Sharrow and Abbeydale Community Contacts The Councillors for the Sharrow and Nether Edge Ward are: Other Useful contact details What do I do if large waste items have been dumped near Cllr Jim Steinke (Labour) Tel: 07583 018289 (mobile) me? Phone Streets Ahead to report it on 0114 273 4567 Email: [email protected] 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Who do I contact to get litter removed from my street? If it is The regular Labour councillors’ surgeries are on: blue bins or black bins in the street then call Veolia, if it is fly- tipping then Streets ahead on 0114 273 4567 1st Saturday of the month from 11.00 am until 12.00 at Dalton Court Community Centre, 2 Dalton Court, Sheffield, S8 0YU. How can I help the regular litter picking team in Sharrow? See The centre is located off Abbeydale Road. No appointment the Sheffield Litter Pickers Facebook Page and look out for needed. posters about monthly Sharrow Litter Picks that you can join in Strip the Willow or the Old Junior School noticeboard and in 2nd Saturday of the month between 12.00 and 1.00 pm at many other places. Highfield Library, London Road, Sheffield S2 4NF. No appoint- ment needed. Who should I contact about any vermin / pests in /or near my house? Contact Environmental Protection on 0114 273 4567 How do I report anti-social behaviour in my local area? Phone Cllr Peter Garbutt(Green Party) Tel: 0114 27 35380 101 to report it. If there is immediate danger phone 999. You Email: [email protected] can also make reports online at https://www.reportingcrime. uk/. You can also volunteer to help the police on www.south- Cllr Alison Teal (Green Party) Tel: 07500765419 (mobile) yorkshire.police.uk/content/volunteer-vacancies Email: [email protected] 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) My neighbours are really noisy – what can I do about it? The regular Green Party councillor’s surgery is on: Phone 101 to report it. If it is ongoing phone 0114 273 4567 and speak to environmental protection 3rd Saturday of the month between 10.30 and 11.30 am at Highfield Library, London Road, Sheffield S2 4NF. No appoint- I’d like to help at the Autumn Carnival: email vicki@igniteim- ment needed. aginations.org.uk / [email protected] I’d like to help with Sharrow Festival: email Colin Havard at [email protected] Paul Blomfield is the MP for Sheffield Central ward, which cov- I want to help improve Mount Pleasant Park– how do I do ers Sharrow. that? Join the Friends of Mount Pleasant Park Group. See the Friends of Mount Pleasant Park Facebook page for more infor- He can be contacted on 0114 272 2882 or via paul.blomfield. mation. [email protected] His consituency office is Unit 4, Edmund Road Business Centre, 135 Edmund Road, Sheffield S2 4ED. His I live on the Lansdowne Estate and want to know more about website is www.paulblomfield.co.uk. what’s going on there: Contact the Lansdowne TARA on [email protected] Regular surgeries are held on: 4th Friday of each month be- tween 4.00 -5.00pm and 2nd Saturday of each month (except I run a business in the Abbeydale Road area and I’d like to work with others to improve the local economy and address April and Dec) between 9.30-10.30am. Please tel. 0114 272 issues affecting local businesses: Join Abbeydale Retail Com- 2882 frst to check the dates and book your appointment. munity (voluntary group) email [email protected] September 2019 Sharrow Today 3 Community News Lansdowne Urban Meadow By Lansdowne TARA Lansdowne’s urban wild flower If you are interested in helping meadow planted by the Pictorial you can donate money via the Meadows has been turning many Lansdowne TARA’s Urban Wild heads this spring and summer. Flower Meadow GoFundMe The meadow has attracted a lot page. (https://www.gofundme. of attention especially from bees com/f/urban-wild-flower-mead- and has turned an unloved patch ow) . of grass nestled in amidst the Every little helps, and it would concrete and traffic of Sheffield be wonderful to see this wild city centre into a riot of colour. meadow returning next year Some readers may be aware of and beyond. other urban wildflower meadows and verges in our region, for ex- If you’d like to get involved in ample Rotherham Borough Coun- the Lansdowne TARA, please cil has been planting wildflower email lansdowne_tara@yahoo. seeds on a stretch between the com. town centre, Catcliffe and Bram- The group organises a wide ley since 2013. In suitable areas, range of activities for local resi- planting wildflowers and/or allow- dents, which included a coach ing grasses to grow long can save trip to Scarborough this summer. local councils money, as well as View of the meadow from Cliff Street looking up Cemetery Road encouraging wildlife and provid- ing habitat to vital pollinators like nual seeds but means the mead- Rosie, a local resident, who regu- bees and butterflies. Of course, ow will be more sustainable and larly walks past the meadow on they are also beautiful to behold! benefit local people and wildlife her way to and from the city Lansdowne Tenants and Resi- for years to come. centre said: dents Association (TARA) paid for the planting of the annual mead- “Both my girls love the meadow. ow via the levy money received We have seen people taking from it’s members, but they need photos next to the flowers, and it to raise £2000 for it to be replant- was wonderful seeing the colours ed next year. change as different flowers came through. It would be great to If the TARA can raise more than have a path going through it next this, they may be able to afford year so people could really get to plant a perennial turf meadow immersed in the meadow. It has which will regenerate each year transformed the area and made with minimal maintenance. This is people feel proud and excited – more expensive than planting an- it’s a real focal point.” Local Boxing Champ turns professional By Brendan Warburton The Vanills Gorilla Sheffield City Boxing Club - based Cheered on by nearly 250 of his Head coach Brendan Warburton if you like, and now he wants to at the Old Junior School in Shar- supporters, Callum won every was impressed with his display. take it as far as he can go. Also, row - has had more success in the round of the 4-round bout. While “It couldn’t have gone any better he is a great coach and still runs ring lately. In July they had their this was light heavy-weight Cal- for Callum for his debut. He was sessions at the gym. Most impor- first boxer to turn to the profes- lum’s first professional bout it was very cool and composed, and he tantly he is a great role model for sional side of the sport: - Dube’s 96th bout! Beardow,who boxed to instructions. He’s got a the gym too.” competes with the ring name bright future in the sport. He was Callum Beardow (23yrs old) “The Vanilla Gorilla”, volunteers a decorated amateur winning Callum hopes to be back in the stepped through the ropes at his time coaching at Sheffield City a national title and is the current ring before the end of the year the Magna Centre in Rotherham Boxing Club while training full time English champion at his weight. - so keep up to date with his against Elvis Dube from Derby. as a boxer. He’s served his apprenticeship progress in Sharrow Today! 4 Sharrow Today September 2019 Health and Wellbeing Agony of de-feet! By Yvonne Wray, Chair of Sharrow-based Action Collective. I’m sure most of us at some point “I’m wearing shoes that are kill- in our lives have heard the words ing my sole; heels that are too ... “Nice Shoes!” high and tight. I can’t breathe in But how many of us have heard man-made materials no matter the words ..