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Issue 1045
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24th January 2019
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Steel Valley Project complete collaboration OVER a seven-month period in 2018, the Steel Valley Project carried out work on a project for Sheffield City Council Housing and Neighbourhood Service. The project helped people in council housing who were struggling to keep on top of their gardens. The Project’s usual working environment sees them in local woodland, parks and moorland, so this added a new dimension to their work. However, it fits perfectly with one of the key aims, which is to “help people understand, value and care for their local environment to help create healthy and sustainable communities.” Environmental Project Officer, Richard Saunders, described our intervention as a “helping hand” with volunteers clearing gardens back to a manageable level so that tenants felt able to continue with the
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to work on one of the gardens.
Over the length of the project, SVP worked on 11 different gardens in the Stocksbridge, Deepcar, High Green and Stannington areas. Strimming was the most commonly required work but some gardens also needed overgrown hedges cutting back. This meant the purchase of a new hedge trimmer for the charity and additional certified training for staff and volunteers.
Speaking afterwards, she said: “I was delighted to go out and work on the project for a day. I’m very sad to see it come to an end as I saw first-hand the positive benefits it made to residents who have no other assistance. Well done to the Steel Valley Project staff and volunteers who have been supporting residents in the Upper Don Valley through this project.”
Tenants benefitting from the project are now able to use gardens which were previously too overwhelming to tackle and had become no-go zones. In one case, reduced mobility problems had made it difficult for the tenant to continue looking after a hedge. Another garden had become so wild that it took two vanloads of garden waste to clear. Mayor of Stocksbridge, Julie Grocutt, spent a day volunteering with the Steel Valley Project
Speaking on behalf of the Steel Valley Project, project manager Tom Newman said: “It’s been a good project for everybody involved, helping individuals in the local community, giving our volunteers new skills and training, and supporting Sheffield City Council’s Housing and Neighbourhood Services. I have also seen the sense of satisfaction which our volunteer teams experienced from helping people and completing the gardens.”
STOCKSBRIDGE CYCLIST APPEALS AFTER DECEMBER HIT AND RUN A STOCKSBRIDGE cyclist has spoken out against a driver that hit him and didn’t stop in December of last year.
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Stewart Smith, 51, was struck at around 3.10pm on Wednesday December 12 on the A616 Stocksbridge Bypass, between Wortley and the Fox Valley complex. Stewart suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital. He remains in hospital. The car involved is described as being a metallic blue Toyota Avensis, believed to be model from 2007 onwards. The vehicle failed to stop and is believed to have left the scene in the direction of Flouch roundabout. Stewart said of the incident: “I was hit from behind by a metallic blue Toyota Avensis, 2007 onwards. The driver didn’t stop. The police know it is this make of car because of the debris that was left behind. “I still can’t work out as to why the driver didn’t see me, it was daylight, visibility was good, there were
two lanes to drive in, I had over £500 of working lights on my bike - both switched on, fluro North wave winter boots and a white Stocksbridge Cycling Club issue jacket. “I was wearing no dark clothing and yes, I was wearing a helmet. If you are the driver and your conscience is eating away at you, hand yourself in. As it is almost a month ago, clearly you haven’t got a conscience but someone knows who you are. “If anyone knows of a blue Toyota Avensis that has had work done to the nearside please phone 101 quoting incident number 488 of the 12/12/18. “Stop this driver from doing it again and hopefully, it won’t be you that gets a phone call saying a loved one has been seriously injured or been killed by this piece of scum.” Were you in the area? Did you witness the collision? Please call 101 quoting incident number 488 of 12 December 2018.
