http://invitationstojoinin.blogspot.com/Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Masterplan for Lloyds Corner
This is a plan of action for Sheffield City Council produced by Distinctive Sharrow Action Group to help them make decision on how to improve Lloyd’s Corner for the benefit of local people, ensuring it is placed in context with other local community buildings.(please click on images to enlarge)
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Empty Shop Fronts: minutes May 2009
The minutes of this meeting have now been removed. Please contact the action group at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you would like a copy of these minutes
Thriving Centres
This summer Sheffield City Council are starting research for the ‘Thriving Centres’ initiative where they will look at district and local centres throughout the city. The project will consider how social, economic and physical factors contribute to the creation of vibrant and distinctive places for people to live work and play in.
In Sharrow's case, this will include London Road and an area 400m surrounding this.
Community consultation events will be run during the summer, so if you would like to be involved or know more, please contact Julia Udall at julia@sharrowcf.org.uk
Maps show area to be considered by Thriving Centres in the Sharrow neighbourhood. Please click to enlarge.
In Sharrow's case, this will include London Road and an area 400m surrounding this.
Community consultation events will be run during the summer, so if you would like to be involved or know more, please contact Julia Udall at julia@sharrowcf.org.uk
Maps show area to be considered by Thriving Centres in the Sharrow neighbourhood. Please click to enlarge.
Lloyds Corner Brief
‘Lloyds Corner’ is a highly visible small urban space, which currently doesn’t have a strong identity or design. However, local people have identified that it has potential to contribute to the quality of the public realm and the community life.
The Action Group has currently commissioned two projects, the first being Community design flags for sites along London Road, the district centre. The second project is a ‘Welcome to Sharrow’ signpost, the project launch for which was celebrated with giant lanterns as part of the annual lantern festival.
The Action Group has currently commissioned two projects, the first being Community design flags for sites along London Road, the district centre. The second project is a ‘Welcome to Sharrow’ signpost, the project launch for which was celebrated with giant lanterns as part of the annual lantern festival.
Project aims and objectives:
• Regenerate this key public open space in London Road
• Contribute to making visible the identity of Sharrow
• Engage local people with their urban environment.
• Regenerate this key public open space in London Road
• Contribute to making visible the identity of Sharrow
• Engage local people with their urban environment.
For a full copy of brief, plese contact Julia Udall on julia@sharrowcf.org.uk .
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Empty Shops Information: Arts Council
The Town Centre’s Initiative was announced by Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government and Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, on 14 April. It is a government initiative to help reinvigorate ailing town centre’s by enabling vacant retail space to be put to alternative uses.
Hundreds of arts organisations across the country are already doing a lot of this, for example the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Shops Upfront in Liverpool and Bedford Creative Arts, and we hope this new fund will enable many more such schemes to happen. It’s good for the artists and it’s good for the towns.
The Arts Council has set aside £500,000 of our lottery income as a fund to which artists will be able to apply for grants of £1,000 to £10,000 to help them carry out artistic activities in empty shops made available to them through the scheme.
To qualify for an Arts Council town centre’s grant, the activity must be art based. The precise criteria are still being finalised but it is likely they will be very similar to those for Grants for the arts. It’s important that the Arts Council can ensure that the art funded is of the highest standard. Any artist or arts organisation can apply. It is more likely to be individual artists due to the smaller size of the grants available through the scheme.We are now talking to the various government departments involved to determine the best way for the scheme to be administered, and so that we ensure the quality of the art that is funded.
We will post more information on our web site as soon as details are available. Go to www.artscouncil.org.uk/actiononrecession to check for updates on the application process.I Hope you will find this information helpful
Hundreds of arts organisations across the country are already doing a lot of this, for example the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Shops Upfront in Liverpool and Bedford Creative Arts, and we hope this new fund will enable many more such schemes to happen. It’s good for the artists and it’s good for the towns.
The Arts Council has set aside £500,000 of our lottery income as a fund to which artists will be able to apply for grants of £1,000 to £10,000 to help them carry out artistic activities in empty shops made available to them through the scheme.
To qualify for an Arts Council town centre’s grant, the activity must be art based. The precise criteria are still being finalised but it is likely they will be very similar to those for Grants for the arts. It’s important that the Arts Council can ensure that the art funded is of the highest standard. Any artist or arts organisation can apply. It is more likely to be individual artists due to the smaller size of the grants available through the scheme.We are now talking to the various government departments involved to determine the best way for the scheme to be administered, and so that we ensure the quality of the art that is funded.
We will post more information on our web site as soon as details are available. Go to www.artscouncil.org.uk/actiononrecession to check for updates on the application process.I Hope you will find this information helpful
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Vacant Shops: governement support
1. Standard 'interim-use' leases - landlords need to be assured that there is a proper legal basis for any temporary uses and that they will be able to take the empty premises back as soon commercially viable. To help minimise the cost of setting up such arrangements, Government will create specimen legal documents that landlords can use for temporary occupiers.
2. Temporary leasing of shops to councils - Not all landlords will want to lease to temporary occupiers. In these cases local Councils can step in as an intermediary and agree new temporary, or "meanwhile", leases that enables the Council use the property by granting an interim licence to a local group for community uses.
There has also been some funding secured for this initaive- around £500,000 from the arts council
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1201277
2. Temporary leasing of shops to councils - Not all landlords will want to lease to temporary occupiers. In these cases local Councils can step in as an intermediary and agree new temporary, or "meanwhile", leases that enables the Council use the property by granting an interim licence to a local group for community uses.
There has also been some funding secured for this initaive- around £500,000 from the arts council
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1201277
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Lloyds Corner Brief
The Lloyds Corner Brief has now been drafted by the Distinctive Sharrow Action Group and will now be discussed with Sheffield City Council Officers. To obtain an electronic copy of this draft email Julia Udall at julia@sharrowcf.org.uk.
good news !
The planning application for flags on London Road has been granted by Development, Environment and Leisure services. The flags will be at 154, 160, 186, 232-234, 280, 173-175, 187-189, 195, 207, 239 and 253 London Road, Sheffield. The permission will last for 5 years from 27/2/2009- 22/4/2014.
The flags will be put up around the the time of the Sharrow Festival in July. So look out for them!
The flags will be put up around the the time of the Sharrow Festival in July. So look out for them!
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Next Meeting
I can confirm that we will hold the planning meeting for the Action group on Tuesday 19th May at 6.30pm in the meeting room at the Old Junior School.
It would be great to have as many of you to attend as possible as it will be to plan our activity over the next six-twelve months. This is your chance to influence what we plan to do, who we need to involve and what kinds of skills and knowledge we may need to develop.
If you are unable to attend and still wish to contribute, please email me your thoughts... Also please email me any agenda items... so far it looks like this...
Action Group Agenda
Tuesday 19th May 2009, the Old Junior School, 6:30pm
1. Apologies
2. Matters arising form previous minutes
3. Brief project update
3.1 Lloyds Corner
3.2 Flags
3.3 Sharrow Signposts
3.4 Shop Fronts
4. Forward planning
4.1 Next Priority?
4.2 Promotion and engagement of others
4.3 A space for the action group?
4.4 Thriving Centres: Our role?
5. Sharrow Fringe Festival
6. Next Meeting
It would be great to have as many of you to attend as possible as it will be to plan our activity over the next six-twelve months. This is your chance to influence what we plan to do, who we need to involve and what kinds of skills and knowledge we may need to develop.
If you are unable to attend and still wish to contribute, please email me your thoughts... Also please email me any agenda items... so far it looks like this...
Action Group Agenda
Tuesday 19th May 2009, the Old Junior School, 6:30pm
1. Apologies
2. Matters arising form previous minutes
3. Brief project update
3.1 Lloyds Corner
3.2 Flags
3.3 Sharrow Signposts
3.4 Shop Fronts
4. Forward planning
4.1 Next Priority?
4.2 Promotion and engagement of others
4.3 A space for the action group?
4.4 Thriving Centres: Our role?
5. Sharrow Fringe Festival
6. Next Meeting
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
feedback on lloyds corner
Some of the views expressed about the images for lloyds corner......to magnify this image for better viewing, please click on it... thank you
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Next meeting: Lloyds Corner Sub Group and Vacant Shops Sub Group
The next meeting for the Lloyds Corner sub group is Tuesday 21st April at 12.30pm
The next meeting for the art and vacant shop units sub group is Wednesday 6th May at 6.30pm
Wednesday 6th May 2009, the Old Junior School, 6:30pm
1. Attendance and Apologies
2. Project planning
-What do we want to achieve?
-How do we get artists on board? Who would like to take this forward?
-How do we get the landlords and their agents on board? Who would like to take this forward?
-How do we maintain and promote the process?
-Who will administer it?
3. Sharrow Signposts
4. Sharrow Fringe Festival
5. Next Meeting
information for lloyds conrer brief
Nether Edge neighbourhood group have repaired and reconnected their gas lamp... CV will be in touch to give us more information about this process to add to the brief...
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