Thanks so much to Caroline Topham who made this ace banner proclaiming her and our love for Sharrow...
Thursday, 28 January 2010
We Love Sharrow: Banner by Caroline Topham
Thanks so much to Caroline Topham who made this ace banner proclaiming her and our love for Sharrow...
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Energy Training Tonight!
We will meet at the South Yorkshire Energy Centre at 5.25 tonight for the Energy Training.
http://www.syec.co.uk/
Alternatively, meet me at the Old Junior School at 4.50 if you would like to walk up there together.
If you have any queries, please give me a call 0114 2508384, thanks.
http://www.syec.co.uk/
Alternatively, meet me at the Old Junior School at 4.50 if you would like to walk up there together.
If you have any queries, please give me a call 0114 2508384, thanks.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Art Trail: Call for facilitators
We are hosting Sheffield Hallam Student Volunteers next month. Their brief will be to create an art trail throughout sharrow...
The workshops will be held on Friday 19th Feb and Friday 26th Feb from 12.30pm... We are currently looking for volunteers to help facilitate...
Our aims for the project are that:
1. The students find out more about the area- and therefore may be more likely to come here/ think more positively about what sharrow has to offer...
2. They draw people who live, work and play in sharrows attention to aspects of sharrow that excite them/inspire them and/or are critical of things- so perhaps comment on the way space is used/ link places together...
3. They have to talk to local businesses/ people at the potential locations of the signs and so converstaions start and negotioations start... people start talking about the area and what is distinctive/ important
3. We create a map of their signs and distribute it around schools/ shops/ local people/ students and get poeple walking aorund at looking at sharrow more generally...
We need facilitators for the two workshops- the first would be presenting the area/ themes in the brief and going for a walk around with the students, provoking them, getting then to look at/ know the area better... then help them to come back and discuss ideas for their groups signs... and begin to design them...
The second workshop would be the making of the signs... we have some bought materials as we have fairly substantial pot of money (about £400) and also will hope to salvage materials etc...
The students could also have a small budget per group (from hallam) of about £40 to buy extras if they needed them...
We are expecting 40-50 students to attend and i thought that they could form 8 groups of 5 students (two groups per theme and area- 'create'- the john street triangle... 'play'- the parks and schools, 'gather'... the community buildings (inc sufc!) and 'trade'- london road area)...
I think it is important for the facilitators to push with how the students would interpret these themes... and get them to be as creative as possible... (so play could be about lots of things- a full page of defintions according to the online dictionary- i like Quick, often irregular movement or action, especially of light or color: the play of color on iridescent feathers.)
so please drop me a line at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you might like to be involved...
The workshops will be held on Friday 19th Feb and Friday 26th Feb from 12.30pm... We are currently looking for volunteers to help facilitate...
Our aims for the project are that:
1. The students find out more about the area- and therefore may be more likely to come here/ think more positively about what sharrow has to offer...
2. They draw people who live, work and play in sharrows attention to aspects of sharrow that excite them/inspire them and/or are critical of things- so perhaps comment on the way space is used/ link places together...
3. They have to talk to local businesses/ people at the potential locations of the signs and so converstaions start and negotioations start... people start talking about the area and what is distinctive/ important
3. We create a map of their signs and distribute it around schools/ shops/ local people/ students and get poeple walking aorund at looking at sharrow more generally...
We need facilitators for the two workshops- the first would be presenting the area/ themes in the brief and going for a walk around with the students, provoking them, getting then to look at/ know the area better... then help them to come back and discuss ideas for their groups signs... and begin to design them...
The second workshop would be the making of the signs... we have some bought materials as we have fairly substantial pot of money (about £400) and also will hope to salvage materials etc...
The students could also have a small budget per group (from hallam) of about £40 to buy extras if they needed them...
We are expecting 40-50 students to attend and i thought that they could form 8 groups of 5 students (two groups per theme and area- 'create'- the john street triangle... 'play'- the parks and schools, 'gather'... the community buildings (inc sufc!) and 'trade'- london road area)...
I think it is important for the facilitators to push with how the students would interpret these themes... and get them to be as creative as possible... (so play could be about lots of things- a full page of defintions according to the online dictionary- i like Quick, often irregular movement or action, especially of light or color: the play of color on iridescent feathers.)
so please drop me a line at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you might like to be involved...
Monday, 11 January 2010
Portland Works: Alternative Futures
The next meeting about Portland Works will be held in the Sharrow Suite of the Old Junior School on South View Road at 5pm on Tuesday 12th January. Please RSVP if you wish to attend.
Treasure Hunt: The Winners!
The Distinctive Sharrow Treasure Hunt was drawn last Saturday by Catherine Crompton and Nic Bate of the Action Group.
The Winners are:
First prize: Signed Sheffield United Shirt 'Ella Havard'
Second Prize: Creative Live!Cam Webcam 'Adrian Woudstra'
Third Prize: Wireless Internet Dongle 'Josh Christie'
Congratulations to our winners and many thanks to SUFC and ESP for their kind donation of the prizes.
The Winners are:
First prize: Signed Sheffield United Shirt 'Ella Havard'
Second Prize: Creative Live!Cam Webcam 'Adrian Woudstra'
Third Prize: Wireless Internet Dongle 'Josh Christie'
Congratulations to our winners and many thanks to SUFC and ESP for their kind donation of the prizes.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Action Group Events in January and February
Saturday 9th January 10am-1pm: Empty Shops and Artists Funding Workshop meet at the OJS
Saturday 16th January 10-1pm: Lloyds Corner Design Workshop at Action Group HQ, the OJS
Wednesday 27th January 5.30pm: South Yorkshire Energy Centre Training, meet at the centre, 5.30pm
Wednesday 24th February: Built Environment and Landscape Students Presentations and Action Group Social. At 6.00pm at the Action Group HQ, the OJS
Please contact me on sharrow_action@hotmail.com for more details about any of the above events. There are also more to come, watch this space!
Saturday 16th January 10-1pm: Lloyds Corner Design Workshop at Action Group HQ, the OJS
Wednesday 27th January 5.30pm: South Yorkshire Energy Centre Training, meet at the centre, 5.30pm
Wednesday 24th February: Built Environment and Landscape Students Presentations and Action Group Social. At 6.00pm at the Action Group HQ, the OJS
Please contact me on sharrow_action@hotmail.com for more details about any of the above events. There are also more to come, watch this space!
Action Group Calender
All public events will now also be posted on the Sharrow Forum Events Calander at: http://www.sharrowcf.org.uk/index.php?option=com_jevents&Itemid=0&task=month.calendar&month=01&year=2010
So please feel free to check or let others know to look out for what is happening over the next few months...
I have now also updated the website:
http://www.sharrowcf.org.uk/distinctive-sharrow
So please feel free to check or let others know to look out for what is happening over the next few months...
I have now also updated the website:
http://www.sharrowcf.org.uk/distinctive-sharrow
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Dates for your diary
o Saturday 9th January, 10am. Empty Shops and Artists, meet at the OJS to go to a cafe to make funding bids.
o Saturday 16th January, 10am. Lloyds Corner design workshop, OJS/ Action Group Room.
o Wednesday 27th January: The Energy Training meet at Heeley Energy House
o Wednesday 24th February at 6pm Student Workshops/ Action Group Social, (Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape students presenting their work to the action group, ranger, local residents).
o Saturday 16th January, 10am. Lloyds Corner design workshop, OJS/ Action Group Room.
o Wednesday 27th January: The Energy Training meet at Heeley Energy House
o Wednesday 24th February at 6pm Student Workshops/ Action Group Social, (Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape students presenting their work to the action group, ranger, local residents).
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Next Action Group Meeting
The next meeting of the action group will be next Tuesday, 8th December at 6pm...
Please try to attend as it will give us a chance to plan the projects for next year...
Three-line-whip!
This includes the next stage of LLoyds Corner, the Art Trail and the Shops Project...We have now got funding for two of these and need to work towards gettting funding for the third...
Please try to attend as it will give us a chance to plan the projects for next year...
Three-line-whip!
This includes the next stage of LLoyds Corner, the Art Trail and the Shops Project...We have now got funding for two of these and need to work towards gettting funding for the third...
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Sharrow Issues & Actions: students' posters
Final year students from the University of Sheffield's Department of Town & Regional Planning will be presenting posters describing work they have been involved in looking at Sharrow and thinking about action plans for the future...
Come along and have a look - meet the students, ask them about their ideas, and maybe challenge them? Where do their ideas make sense to you? What would you agree or disagree with? How can the ideas be made a reality? Should they be made a reality?
Venue: Sharrow Community Forum, The Old Junior School, South View Road
Date: Tuesday 15 December 2009
Come along and have a look - meet the students, ask them about their ideas, and maybe challenge them? Where do their ideas make sense to you? What would you agree or disagree with? How can the ideas be made a reality? Should they be made a reality?
Venue: Sharrow Community Forum, The Old Junior School, South View Road
Date: Tuesday 15 December 2009
Time: from 9am - lunchtime
If you've got any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at e.t.ferrari@sheffield.ac.uk
Thanks!
Ed Ferrari
If you've got any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at e.t.ferrari@sheffield.ac.uk
Thanks!
Ed Ferrari
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Galvanised Festival- Portland Works...
Please come down to the Galvanised Festval at Portland Works, which is running for the following three Wednesdays; the 18th, 25th Novemeber and the 2nd December between 12-2pm...
For more details please contact Andrew Cole at Wigful Tools on 0114 2725681 or email info@wigfulltools.co.uk
For more details please contact Andrew Cole at Wigful Tools on 0114 2725681 or email info@wigfulltools.co.uk
Monday, 16 November 2009
Distinctive Sharrow Treasure Hunt- jpg
The jpg of the Distinctive Sharrow Treasure hunt is avaiable here to print... you can download the pdf at www.sharrowcf.org.uk/distinctive-sharrow The closing date to get your completed answers back to Sharrow Community Forum is 18th Decmeber. Please drop in or post them to: Distinctive Sharrow Action Group, The Old Junior School, South View Road, Sheffield, S3 7SJ
Good Luck!
Friday, 13 November 2009
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
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