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21st December 2023
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PARK Plans submitted A resurfaced and redesigned, free to use, multi-use games area with basketball and football markings as well as floodlighting. A nine-hole, pay and play mini golf course. An open space for exercise, spectating and socialising. Two pay and play covered padel courts. A new café with indoor and outdoor seating, and public toilets. Plans have been submitted to build a new Multi-Activity Hub in Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park, which will include all new tennis courts, a multi-use games area, mini golf, a new café and more.
the transformation of local parks – to create the activity hub. They will be bringing additional investment that will allow for the redevelopment of the tennis courts and multi-use games area.
Sheffield City Council say the aim of the new hub is to create a high-quality facility nestled in green space, that will help people to be more physically and socially active in their local area.
The proposal for Hillsborugh Park Multi-Activity Hub includes the development of:
They have enlisted the help of partner Courtside CIC – who are dedicated to increasing physical activity through
Three full sized, pay and play tennis courts, with high quality, considerate floodlighting.
Isobel Wells, Contract Manager at Courtside CIC, said: “It’s a very exciting time for Hillsborough and Sheffield as we submit plans for the development of our multiactivity hub in Hillsborough Park. Hillsborough Park has been identified as the most suitable location in the city for the new hub, due to its popularity as a destination park and its excellent transport and access links.
Two charged for burglary in Hillsborough
A 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged following a series of burglaries in Hillsborough. Shaun Tavernor, of Holme Lane, Sheffield, and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with burglary. On 28 March and 2 April, it is reported that forced entry was made to four business premises at the Hillsborough Barracks Shopping Mall. It is reported that an amount of cash and computer equipment were stolen from the premises. Tavernor and the 16-year-old boy have been bailed and will appear before Sheffield Magistrates' Court on 17 January 2024.
Thief jailed following burglary
A thief who cruelly targeted an elderly and vulnerable woman has been jailed. On 2 August at 1.10am, 50-year-old Lee Green targeted the home of an elderly woman on Nelson Road, in the Stannington area. Green broke into the property and stole a bag containing a purse and money.
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The court heard how shortly after the burglary Green was caught on CCTV using the victim’s bank card at a nearby fuel station.
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Along with the footage, forensic work identified Green as the offender through blood found at the scene when he broke into the property.
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Lee Green, of Deer Park View in Sheffield, appeared before Sheffield Crown Court on 8 December and was handed a five-year custodial sentence for burglary after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing on 11 November.
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Wendy takes to the greens for Sheffcare golfing challenge Fore! It’s never too late to get on the greens and practice your swing as Wendy Jackson proved when she teed off for a special day of sporting exercise at Hillsborough Golf Club. Wendy is a resident at Midhurst Road Residential Care home in Fox Hill, one of the group of homes operated across the city by charity Sheffcare. And it is also one of the homes that has been taking part in a new project which was launched earlier this year on the greens at nearby Hillsborough Golf Club by the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge, aiming to help people remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for as long as possible. Free taster sessions are offered to people living with a range of conditions, includ-
ing dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke, loneliness, and depression. No previous golf experience is needed and the majority of participants have never picked up a club before attending a session. “We are delighted that we have been able to offer residents like Wendy this wonderful opportunity to develop a new skill,” said Midhurst Road manager Joe Hughes. “The benefits of exercise are well documented and at Sheffcare we believe in maintaining a healthy and independent lifestyle for all our residents wherever possible. “It was great to see Wendy taking on a new sporting challenge and are sure that other residents will now be keen to follow her lead and take to the greens.”
