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Sheffield City Council was awarded £3millionfrom the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Parks for People programme as part of an overall £3.8millionprogramme of investment which safeguards the General Cemetery for the benefit of present and future communities.
The project was a further step on the journey to revive the General Cemetery as a well-used heritage green space, enjoyed by local and special interest communities alike, where everyone feels welcome to relax and connect with the natural environment and buildings and cultural heritage of the Park.
The repair, conservation and improvement works should have balanced the needs of biodiversity, conservation of historic structures and optimising the health and well-being benefits of access to green space for local people. The project has improved information, interpretation and visitor welcome, stabilised the unique Catacombs, repaired significant memorials and improved the accessibility of pathways, as well as supported community activities and volunteering. As part of this project, the Parks and Countryside Service will develop a 10 year management plan to provide for the long term care of the General Cemetery.
A vision at the start of the project was:
Sheffield General Cemetery Park will be a regular part of Sheffield people’s lives; a magical, safe and inspiring space where anyone can explore and connect with nature, discover local stories and architecture and enjoy the unusual and unexpected’.
We want to know your thoughts about the completed works and project as a whole. Please add your comments via the "Your Views" tab below.
Do you have any questions about the Lottery Project at Sheffield General Cemetery - please ask them below via the Questions tab.
Sheffield City Council was awarded £3millionfrom the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Parks for People programme as part of an overall £3.8millionprogramme of investment which safeguards the General Cemetery for the benefit of present and future communities.
The project was a further step on the journey to revive the General Cemetery as a well-used heritage green space, enjoyed by local and special interest communities alike, where everyone feels welcome to relax and connect with the natural environment and buildings and cultural heritage of the Park.
The repair, conservation and improvement works should have balanced the needs of biodiversity, conservation of historic structures and optimising the health and well-being benefits of access to green space for local people. The project has improved information, interpretation and visitor welcome, stabilised the unique Catacombs, repaired significant memorials and improved the accessibility of pathways, as well as supported community activities and volunteering. As part of this project, the Parks and Countryside Service will develop a 10 year management plan to provide for the long term care of the General Cemetery.
A vision at the start of the project was:
Sheffield General Cemetery Park will be a regular part of Sheffield people’s lives; a magical, safe and inspiring space where anyone can explore and connect with nature, discover local stories and architecture and enjoy the unusual and unexpected’.
We want to know your thoughts about the completed works and project as a whole. Please add your comments via the "Your Views" tab below.
Do you have any questions about the Lottery Project at Sheffield General Cemetery - please ask them below via the Questions tab.
Your views and comments will be greatly appreciated.
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There is a vast improvement to the structure of the cemetery and the quality of the work done is high. Congratulations to the craftsmen for the expertise and care they have clearly put into this project. Community engagement is fantastic too, with a real buzz about the Cemetery and opportunities enabled by the lottery funding to undertake exciting projects. I find it sad though that the work of the landscape volunteers was not respected during the works and we are left with an unnecessarily large backlog of work to do. The opportunity to have an "one-team culture" was sadly missed.
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There is a vast improvement to the structure of the cemetery and the quality of the work done is high. Congratulations to the craftsmen for the expertise and care they have clearly put into this project. Community engagement is fantastic too, with a real buzz about the Cemetery and opportunities enabled by the lottery funding to undertake exciting projects. I find it sad though that the work of the landscape volunteers was not respected during the works and we are left with an unnecessarily large backlog of work to do. The opportunity to have an "one-team culture" was sadly missed.