Free Art for Wellness Sessions in Barnsley
Art has long been recognised as a powerful tool for wellbeing, with creative activities helping you slow down, express emotions, reduce stress and find moments of calm in everyday life. This autumn, adults across Barnsley and Penistone can experience those benefits for themselves through a series of free therapeutic art...
Family’s cancer risk hidden in their DNA
For most of his life, Barnsley man Richard ‘Adam’ Shaw saw stomach cancer as a tragic pattern in his family history. Three of his father’s siblings died from the disease within 13 years, the youngest being just 38. Although each loss raised questions, there were no clear answers as to...
Celebrating 20 years of world-class classical music in Barnsley
This year, Barnsley celebrates 20 years of a very special musical relationship. Since 2006, Sheffield charity Music in the Round has been bringing some of the world’s finest classical musicians to the town, giving local audiences the opportunity to experience live chamber music without travelling further afield. What started with...
A new chapter for a much-loved Barnsley day service
When someone you love can no longer get out and about as easily, knowing they have somewhere safe, friendly and stimulating to go can mean the world. For families across Barnsley, that reassurance is now being provided by The Old Courthouse Day Centre CIO. The newly established independent charity began...
Barnsley’s most unconventional museum
If you’re drawn to places that do things differently, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum in Barnsley is well worth a visit. What its volunteers modestly describe as a ‘Victorian hotchpotch’ is, in truth, the museum’s greatest charm. In this most unconventional of museums, founded in the 1880s and owned by the...
Cannon Hall: A Story of a House and its Family
For centuries, Cannon Hall in Barnsley has watched the world go by. Visitors have admired it, locals have walked past it and history has settled quietly into its walls, but the family who once called it home has often remained in the background. This May, a new exhibition brings them...
Dodworth facility pioneers VR training to boost cornea transplants
A world-first virtual reality training programme is set to transform how eye retrieval specialists are trained in the UK, potentially speeding up access to sight-saving corneal transplants. Developed by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) through its Tissue and Eye Services and digital learning teams, the VR programme is reducing training...
Barnsley Hospice launches Dragonfly Appeal
This summer, the tranquil walled gardens at Cannon Hall Museum will become the setting for a striking new installation of steel dragonflies. Organised by Barnsley Hospice, Wings of Memory is part of the charity’s Dragonfly Appeal and will see hundreds of handcrafted steel dragonflies hover throughout the gardens between Friday...
New portrait exhibition celebrates Barnsley people
A powerful new portrait exhibition at Barnsley’s town hall shines a spotlight on the people who make our borough special.
A new base for Barnsley’s young people
This January, Barnsley is celebrating more than a fresh start. After years of consultation, construction and community collaboration, the town’s brand-new £10.5 million Base71 Youth Zone officially opens on Monday 19th January. The first youth zone of its kind in Yorkshire, Base71 marks a bold step forward in how Barnsley...
