New Hall wood is the first site that our team will be working on. We are excited to announce our new natural flood management (NFM) project, taking place on sites around Stocksbridge and Bradfield, thanks to £130,000 of funding provided by the Environment Agency (EA).This work is part of the larger Upper Don Source to … Continue reading Work gets underway on natural flood management project.
The Steel Valley Project in 2020
None of us could have predicted how 2020 would pan out and, when the UK government announced a national lockdown at the end of March, we had no idea that this was going to have such a long term impact. Here at the Steel Valley Project, it meant volunteer activities being suspended, day to day … Continue reading The Steel Valley Project in 2020
Steel Valley Project Annual Report: 2019-20
2019-20 was a packed year for the Steel Valley Project team and volunteers. The year ended around the Covid-19 lockdown which unfortunately forced us to pause our operations for around 3 months. However, despite the challenges currently faced by many of us, we wanted to let you know a little bit about the difference we … Continue reading Steel Valley Project Annual Report: 2019-20
New path in Birks Wood, Oughtibridge
One of our Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership projects is to improve the path surface in Birks Wood, Oughtibridge. This small, ancient woodland has an informal circular signed route for walkers to follow. However, at times, it could be very muddy and difficult for people to negotiate their way around the woods. Working with professional trail … Continue reading New path in Birks Wood, Oughtibridge
New ‘Pocket Park’ opened in Stocksbridge
Work has recently been completed on Cedar Road Pocket Park in Stocksbridge, creating a natural play area for children, improving the environment for wildlife and providing an outdoor area for everyone to enjoy. The £20k project was developed following a survey of people in the area, looking at how the outdoors could be improved for … Continue reading New ‘Pocket Park’ opened in Stocksbridge
Exciting proposal to improve green space in the heart of Stocksbridge
We unveiled exciting plans this week for a proposed project which will see improvements to the green space on Edward Street in Stocksbridge but need support from local residents in a public vote on Wednesday 8th May 2018 (6.30pm-8.30pm at The Venue) to ensure it can go ahead. How will the space be improved? If … Continue reading Exciting proposal to improve green space in the heart of Stocksbridge
Planned Steel Valley Projects for the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership
Back in October 2018, an announcement was made that the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership (SLLP) had been awarded £2.6m from funding raised by National Lottery Players for wildlife, heritage and cultural projects in north-west Sheffield. When you add match funding, in-kind contributions and volunteering from the SLLP’s partners to that figure, the total amount available … Continue reading Planned Steel Valley Projects for the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership
Green Woodland Community Project now completed
During the first 3 months of 2018, local Tesco shoppers voted for our 'Green Woodland Community Project' project in the Bags of Help Scheme. Thanks to this support, we received a £2K grant from Tesco which helped us to fund some additional activities towards the end of the project. Fast forward to June 2018 and … Continue reading Green Woodland Community Project now completed
Work completed on the Willow Tit habitat creation project
Work was recently completed on a £30,000 project to improve the habitat for the willow tit, one of the UK’s most threatened bird species. When the Sheffield Bird Study Group found a local population of the willow tit in the Stocksbridge area, funding was put in place to improve the habitat and help to re-colonise … Continue reading Work completed on the Willow Tit habitat creation project
Installing willow tit nest boxes
In the last few weeks, our volunteers have been doing lots of work on the 'Willow Tit Project'. This has been based in Pot House and New Hall woods where we've been improving the environment and creating conditions for the bird to thrive - check this previous post for more information. Our volunteers have also … Continue reading Installing willow tit nest boxes