Lottery funding a Pivotal step towards improving health and wellbeing
Rotherham’s Pivotal Health and Wellbeing CIC are offering free health and wellbeing sessions across the town after securing over £150,000 in lottery funding. The Eastwood-based organisation was awarded a grant of £153,788 from The National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. This will fund a three-year project to deliver new sessions to...
Rotherham’s Crossroads Care calling for more volunteers
If you find you’ve got more time on your hands in 2024, could you use it to support Rotherham’s unpaid carers? For the last 35 years, Rotherham based Crossroads Care have been providing a range of services to give unpaid carers a break from their caring responsibilities. One in five...
Free art and design sessions for Rotherham teenagers
Teenagers in Rotherham are invited to take part in free weekly art and design sessions at Rotherham College as part of the National Saturday Club. This is a great opportunity for young people aged between 13 and 16 to develop new skills, make new friends, achieve a Bronze Art Award...
The elves are busy working at Rotherham Christmas Toy Appeal
The Rotherham Christmas Toy Appeal is running again in 2023 to make sure no child or young person goes without a gift to open on Christmas morning. The annual appeal is co-ordinated by Ann Levick of Families First, plus a team of dedicated elves who all volunteer to ensure the...
Gold-star graduation for Rotherham youngsters
It might be ten or even fifteen years before they get their degree diplomas. But scores of Rotherham schoolchildren donned their caps and gowns for a special graduation ceremony at University Centre Rotherham in June. The evening was a celebration of learning beyond the classroom, with the 100 pupils in...
Bailey bridge installed at Rotherham’s Forge Island
There’s a striking new feature to the Rotherham skyline as a pedestrian bridge has been installed to connect the town centre to the Forge Island leisure development. The design is inspired by Rotherham-born civil engineer, Sir Donald Bailey, who designed and developed the world-famous Bailey bridges that were used by...
Rotherham Remembers
November marks a time of remembrance as we say thank you to our armed forces for their service and commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. In Rotherham, a sombre and moving tribute to the military community has been installed at the Centenary Market with a cascade of 22,000 hand-knitted poppies and...
Rotherham photographer launches new seascape book
Photography provides us with a return ticket to those special moments when time seems to stand still. But for Rotherham’s Nicola Jones, her new book of seascape photography transports us to the raw beauty, incarnate energy, and immersive emotion of some of Yorkshire’s most stunning nautical scenes. Black and White...
Rotherham’s oldest charity, The Feoffees, continues to care
As Rotherham’s oldest charity, the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham have been giving back to the community for over 700 years.
Andy’s Man Club: Breaking down the stigma of men’s mental health
Andy’s Man Club in Rotherham is a male-only peer support group which aims to get men talking and reduce the stigma of men’s mental health.
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