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Our newly formed Housing Advisory Panels bring together local tenants and councillors together to discuss and address local community issues. For more information about these Panels, please visit their webpage here: Housing Advisory Panels
These Panels are also responsible for awarding community grants, called HAP Residual Levy Grants.
These grants are funded by the Council’s “Residual Levy”, which is tenant levy money collected from tenants who currently have no local Tenants and Residents Association (TARA) to represent them.
The grants are awarded to help build stronger, successful communities by making funding available to local voluntary organisations, self-help groups and community projects that want to make a difference in their community and benefit those council tenants not already covered by a TARA.
The awards are currently a pilot only available in the north-east area of Sheffield, but if they are successful then consideration will be given to rolling them out across the city to other wards.
We need your views!
Over the last few weeks, local community groups have been busy putting in bids for one of these grants. All of their projects are aimed at improving the community for council tenants who aren’t already covered by a TARA.
Later this month, a panel of local tenants and Councillors (nominated from each of the local Housing Advisory Panels) will meet to assess the bids and decide which ones are successful. As part of their evaluations, they want to hear the views of other tenants living in the area about the bids being considered.
So please see details of each of the bids below, and leave your comments on any of the bids that you would like the panel to consider. Simply click on the 'Go to discussion' button to have your say.
Please ensure that any comments left are respectful and abide by our 'house rules' which can be found in a document attached at the bottom of this page.
You have until 19th October to give us your views on the bids
Our newly formed Housing Advisory Panels bring together local tenants and councillors together to discuss and address local community issues. For more information about these Panels, please visit their webpage here: Housing Advisory Panels
These Panels are also responsible for awarding community grants, called HAP Residual Levy Grants.
These grants are funded by the Council’s “Residual Levy”, which is tenant levy money collected from tenants who currently have no local Tenants and Residents Association (TARA) to represent them.
The grants are awarded to help build stronger, successful communities by making funding available to local voluntary organisations, self-help groups and community projects that want to make a difference in their community and benefit those council tenants not already covered by a TARA.
The awards are currently a pilot only available in the north-east area of Sheffield, but if they are successful then consideration will be given to rolling them out across the city to other wards.
We need your views!
Over the last few weeks, local community groups have been busy putting in bids for one of these grants. All of their projects are aimed at improving the community for council tenants who aren’t already covered by a TARA.
Later this month, a panel of local tenants and Councillors (nominated from each of the local Housing Advisory Panels) will meet to assess the bids and decide which ones are successful. As part of their evaluations, they want to hear the views of other tenants living in the area about the bids being considered.
So please see details of each of the bids below, and leave your comments on any of the bids that you would like the panel to consider. Simply click on the 'Go to discussion' button to have your say.
Please ensure that any comments left are respectful and abide by our 'house rules' which can be found in a document attached at the bottom of this page.
You have until 19th October to give us your views on the bids
Life After Crisis Organisation is a community initiative which was setup five years ago to support those who are in a state of crisis for instance those who are bereaved, single-parents, those in abusive relationship and anyone in crisis. We exist to respond to these individuals and walk them through the process of recovery by organising, co-ordinating and co-producing and co-delivering recovery positive activities, give them support and creating awareness. We also hold creative workshops, do physical exercises like Afrobeat dance, chair aerobics, arts and crafts (knitting and crocheting), sewing, singing, journaling, walk in the open spaces (parks), cooking sessions to promote physical and mental wellbeing, share experiences and information, raise awareness to these individuals, and encourage participants to seek help of health services. Beneficiaries are between the ages of 25-65 who have experienced trauma. Our aim is to create safe, empowering environment where participants can process trauma, regain confidence and develop skills for employment or further education. Where peer support group encourage individuals to connect with others who have shared experiences, fostering strong community bonds. We call these safe space “Care Café”. The project is referred to as Recovery Positive Activities which is a combination of many of the activities mentioned above. Our group members have mixed skills of health care, nursing, student therapist and teachers.
The project aims to expand our existing after-school and job clubs, so they are accessible to everyone, regardless of age, race, or gender. We want to provide accredited training in IT, Maths, and English, delivered by qualified tutors, to help people develop vital skills for self-development, progression, and better job prospects. Our goal is to reduce social isolation and remove barriers to learning by offering inclusive support, guidance, and a safe, supportive environment where everyone can access learning, advice, and signposting to other relevant services. We are also planning to work with local schools to deliver starter music sessions as a further expansion to the after-school club, beginning in January 2026, with 26 lessons run across schools and the library, and instruments stored in our building. Additional activities may include new group sessions for Kung Fu, based on community demand, but not yet finalised.
The aim of our Welcome Spaces initiative is to create an inclusive meeting space for everyone in the Southey ward, regardless of age, race, or gender. Our goal is to reach those who are often hard to engage and help reduce social isolation in the community. The Welcome Space will offer a friendly environment where people can have a coffee and chat, meet new friends, socialise, relax, and play games. It will also serve as a place to access advice, support, or signposting to other agencies and services. Additionally, we plan to arrange monthly drop-in sessions with the local Councillor and Police, giving residents the opportunity to discuss community matters.
Our Coffee Drop-In is a weekly coffee morning / warm space for local people from Southey, where around 15-20 people come each week to chat, have a hot drink and a piece of cake and to meet with each other. A number of those people also volunteer to sort food for our Foodbank, which meets on a Friday. Whilst we do not charge for this group, we are looking at ways to make is more sustainable. As a Church, we have started a new fundraising appeal to increase our income, both from Church members and from the local community. Over the next few years, we are looking to redevelop our site which would enable us to rent our spaces out to local community groups - bringing in a source of income.
JOY is a group for babies and toddlers, their parents/carers and older members of the local community aged 60+. The first half of the evening is a 'typical' toddler group - although you will often see Rita, aged 94, and Mick, aged 80, playing Dominos with 2–3-year-olds or holding a sleeping baby whilst their parents have a coffee and a chat. Towards the end of the session, we come together for a story and some songs; then, at 12pm, a hot meal is delivered by Cafe Express on Southey Hill, and we eat together.
To make this green space accessible to all of the community whatever age they may be. Make this beautiful place welcoming and become an integral part of the community.
We called the project A Welcoming Place to be because that’s what we want to achieve for all of the community. With the support of the LAC, Ranger service (Parks & Countryside) and Housing. We will endeavour to bring back the wildlife that has been lost over the past decades by educating children of all ages to join in with making things like Bug houses, Hedgehog houses where they are safe to hibernate for the winter, wildflower meadows for bees to thrive.
We will add benches and consult people about where they should be placed so that people can sit down and look out on this beautiful wildlife site and take in some fresh air which is brilliant for everyone’s wellbeing. We put in two benches at least three years ago and they have not been vandalised in anyway. This is quite a big site so a couple more benches would be wonderful.
Ryan Atkin is the local Ranger for Tongue Gutter and he loves this site for many reasons including the people of this community and he is always keen to encourage them to learn about the animals the trees and the plant life etc by doing activities with local school children (Hartley Brook Primary being the closest) such as building the Bug hotels and making safe places for the insect life which is vital for the birds. Ryan gives us one day per month in Tongue Gutter to do all sorts of things so we would use this time wisely.
Litter picks are a regular thing in Tongue Gutter especially by myself, I will be doing a questionnaire whilst out and about to find out what locals would like to see and inviting them to the activities we will plan on the back of this. We will need a notice board where we can let the community know what’s going on especially in the school holidays. Below are the type of activities we would love to do Bug Hotels Hedgehog Houses Tree and plant recognition walks Tree planting Wildlife Walks Stream clean up Create wildlife meadows Spring bulb planting There are so many things that we can do to improve our green spaces and hopefully pass on the knowledge to the next generation.
