//By Rachel Cole, Projects Officer
Prior to Thurcroft receiving the £1 million lottery money in 2012, there was nothing much for the young people in Thurcroft. The village has always wanted to have a youth club, but due to funding and a suitable location to hold a club this was not possible.
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//By Jess Clarke, Project Manager
Previously Rotherham Federation had tried to bring together and support a young tenants group, this went well and RMBC worked with the group to make slight changes over the last year. However, recently members have drifted apart from the group setting. Following this Rotherham Federation decided to work to bring this group back to life again and engage with more young people.
Continue reading “Young Parents Group” //By Louise Johnson, Employment Coach
A Client attended an initial meeting in May and we explored his barriers, he said that he was struggling to find work due to his age, being over 60.
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//By Penny Thompson, Community Organiser
I’ve recently been supporting a local resident called Alan Tunstill who came up with the idea to set up a heritage group around East Herringthorpe. Alan has been a resident for many years, he also wanted to celebrate 100 years of social housing. Alan wanted the group to be inclusive of residents who currently lived there but had also moved on from the area, or family members who have memories from the area.
Continue reading “East Herringthorpe Heritage Group”//In March 2017, The tenant scrutiny panel had completed their first tenant scrutiny report which focused on Council services in Housing on the topic of young tenants.
We suggested that the Council make changes in thirteen areas and we are pleased to report that ten of these are now in place.
//By Penny Thompson, Community Organiser
Local residents hosted an event to promote family fun and raise money for charities.
The Easter Extravaganza was held on 20th April at East Herringthorpe social club by sisters Paula Allen, Toni Connell and Elle-Mae Spittle. East Herringthorpe Social Club kindly provided the room for the event free of charge.
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//By Ian Huddleston, Community Organiser
Community organiser Ian Huddleston received feedback whilst speaking to Dinnington residents that the bus route to Rotherham Town Centre had been changed, it no longer went through High Nook Road.
Continue reading “Dinnington’s Bus Route Changes”//Bakersfield Court TARA celebrated their 10 year anniversary with an event on Thursday 16th May 2019
The former mayor and his wife attended, one of the last events he attended as Mayor.
Congratulations to Bakersfield court for 10 years of involvement and social inclusion at the centre!
This was taken from our quarterly newsletter for Summer 2019.
//By Vicky Hilton, Community Organiser
The young people at Ferham School came together to organise their own summer fayre this year with the help of our Community Organiser Vicky Hilton.
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//By Dan Barron, Community Organiser
The Springwell Tenants and Residents Association have now sent out their first newsletter after a lot of hard work and deliberation it appears to have been a successful release for the group.
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