The Sheffield Star has published a great article on our new Kid’s Cycleway! See what you think – click here!
The article was also printed on the front page of the Gazette this week – so some decent coverage. The cycleway has certainly been getting some good use since Christmas – it seems that lots of children got bikes this year!
Sheffield Star Cycleway Article
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Millhouses Methodist Church Christmas Tree Festival
The Christmas Tree Festival is open every day from 20th December until Christmas Eve. Friends of Millhouses Park has a tree in the festival! (See photo below)
Everyone is welcome, punch and mince pies are available and there’s a Visitor Programme and quiz about all the trees on display from local businesses and community groups. Opening hours are: Tues 20 Dec – Sat 24 Dec 1.30pm – 4.30pm.
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Energy Share Final Scores on the Doors
Thanks for your votes on the Energyshare Website! Unfortunately we didn’t quite make it and were pipped at the post by the North Devon Hospice who wanted some Photo-Voltaic Cells and the Shrewsbury Hydro-Electric scheme. There’s a table in one of these photos which shows the final scores for all the entrants and shows how many people actually voted for us! Thank you to all of you who voted and to Radio Sheffield, Active8 and Mariska Van Steenburgen for her excellent article.
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Millhouses Works County Cricket Club Fitness Training
Shahzad and Billal will be running weekly fitness and conditioning training at Millhouses Park at the weekend for a few of the U15/U17 players for the next 3 months. Senior members are encouraged to attend. It will be a one hour session of circuit training & running drills. All are welcome. Check the Millhouses Works CC Facebook page for further details.
New Article on the Mill Buildings
Marishka Van Steenbergen has written an excellent article about our Mill Buildings which has also been sent to the Sheffield Star. Click HERE to read it.
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Final Days To Vote!
We need your votes!!! Loads of people have REGISTERED with Energyshare, but we need you to go back after registering and VOTE! Watch this video by Jane Hunter to find out why!
Please also vote for Sheffield Renewables in the large category and make community energy in our City a reality! Click the link below to vote for this fantastic project! Don’t worry – you can vote for both! You can click HERE for a flyer for this project…
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Cycleway and Gym Now Officially Open!
Today saw the grand opening of the Children’s Cycleway and Outdoor Gym. Hundreds turned up on this glorious November day to see Sid Sloane from CBeebies and the Lord Mayor Cllr Dr Sylvia Dunkley open our fantastic new attraction.
The soup and delicious ginger cake provided by the Pudding Ladies from Millhouses Park Cafe went down a treat and the Kids loved seeing Sid!
The Cycleway is the latest in a long list of facilities funded by the Friends – and there’s much more to come too! Millhouses Park truely is THE destination park in Sheffield!
Don’t forget to vote for us at ENERGYSHARE and at TRIP ADVISOR! Here are some pictures from the day…
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- Sid from cbeebies, The Lord Mayor, John Brighton and Kate Stow
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- Lord Mayor and Sid Sloane from cbeebies
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- Sid Sloane
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VOTE FOR US NOW!!!
We really need you all to go to the ENERGY SHARE link to the right and VOTE for the Mill Buildings project – it’s really close so your vote really can make a difference! Just click the ENERGY SHARE LOGO!
Don’t forget that you need to register, then vote as well! Registering your support is great – but we NEED your votes!!!
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00lfdlz and go to time index 1:25 to listen to our radio appeal!
Come on guys!!! Only 3% between us now - GET VOTING!!!!
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New Cycle Track, Oak Avenue and Outdoor Gym Opening
We are pleased to invite you all to the official opening of the new Children’s Cycle Track, Oak Avenue and Outdoor Gym on Sunday 27th November at 12:30.
The new facilities will be opened by The Lord Mayor (Cllr Dr Sylvia Dunkley) and with a special guest appearance by Sid Sloane from CBEEBIES who is taking time out from his panto rehearsals to join us.
This area of the park, for so long a bare, unsightly and unused patch of crumbling tarmac where the old playground once stood, has been transformed, in partnership with Sheffield City Council, into an exciting and vibrant exercise and recreation area for young and old alike.
Consultation with skate park users, other park users, schools and youth groups highlighted a need for these amenities and at the same time the opportunity was taken to fell the row of poplar trees which had been declared unsafe, and replace them with an avenue of English oaks.
The scheme was instigated and funded by the Friends of Millhouses Park.
Many thanks are due to all our sponsors, particularly the Big Lottery Changing Spaces Community Spaces fund and the South West Community Assembly, to the Parks and Countryside staff, Community Forestry Officers, and to the numerous Friends of Millhouses Park who have worked so hard on this project.
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Bring and Buy a Great Success
Sheffield Ship Model Society held their ‘Bring and Buy’ sale in the Millhouses Park Cafe. The event was a great success and photographs of the sale can be found at the society’s web page.
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