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By Kathryn Wild, Project Manager

We ran a community listening event, which was attended by 19 people. These included Rotherham Federation staff and board members, local residents, members of the voluntary sector (including the new Social Prescribing Link Workers, Voluntary Action Rotherham, Age Uk Rotherham) and members of the Council, who came together.

By Dan Barron, Community Organiser

The Springwell TARA hosted a Christmas tabletop market after speaking to residents who said a coach trip to markets were too expensive. This prompted the group to host a Christmas market for the community. The TARA have managed to source donations such as food, teas, coffee and cakes from local supermarkets and organisations including Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Toby Carvery and Wilko which helped to fund the event.

By Penny Thompson, Community Organiser

The Colliery group is in its infancy and members are made up of local residents who have previously worked in the mines and also people who have had family members who worked in the mining industry locally. The group’s main aim is to celebrate the rich history of colliery and campaign to have a low carbon footprint colliery museum erected on the old Silverwood mining site for educational purposes.

By Louise Johnson, Employment Coach

I met client 033 at the end of August 2019; she had a degree in social work which she gained in her hometown in Portugal. Over the past 3 years since being in the UK she has completed a business admin master’s and has worked as a family planning officer. Her main barrier was not having her social work qualification recognised in the UK.

By Rob Gooding, Community Organiser

I have been working with Donna on a funding bid for Canklow Rainbow Kids Club. If successful we will secure funding to not only keep the group running for the next three years but also put on extra events and day trips throughout the year.

By Ian Huddleston, Community Organiser

Following conversations with the head teacher at Dinnington High with getting the community boxing group into school as an afterschool club, we also discussed the idea of getting the young people of the school more interactive with the community and doing things a bit differently.

By Kathryn Wild, Project Manager

The RotherFed Good News Stories Facebook group was set up on the 24th September, which is a public group, that anyone can apply to be a member of. The aim was to build up a group, where people could interact with each other, promote events and share what was happening at their groups.

By Rob Gooding, Community Organiser

The spooky Springwell event took place on Thursday 31st October 2019 and was supported by Springwell TARA as well as Wendy and Paul who volunteered to serve free warm drinks and hotdogs, they prepared the buffet before the event started and helped with cleaning throughout the night.

By Rachel Cole, Projects Officer

This month has seen two really great events take place in the village, a firework display and a remembrance tea dance.

On Friday 1 November Thurcroft Big Local held their first Firework Display. Since the Big Local started in 2012 this is something the local community have regularly asked for and this year, we decided to give it a go.

By Dan Barron, Community Organiser

RotherFed hosted a multiagency drop-in which was supported by the local Springwell TARA group who provided free refreshments for service users of the event. The drop in had a good attendance of 19 residents, 2 local councillors and 1 Guinness Housing Partnership Customer Liaison Officer.