Second round of Community Chest announced

Following the success of the first round of the Community Chest, Rawmarsh Ward Councillors have agreed to a second round.

Ward Councillors would like to invite community groups and organisations within the ward to bid into the Community Chest for capital projects between £500 and £2,000.

The deadline for applications to Community Chest is 31st October, 2020. If you would like an application form or have a project that you would like to discuss further or any other queries please contact Julie Colley using the contact details below.

Some of the successful projects from the first round are:-

• High Street Centre - Reception Extension
• Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School - Children's Allotment Project
• Rawmarsh St. Joseph's Junior Football Club - Club House Covid-safe Measures
• Friends of St. Joseph's Primary School - Forest School
• Rawmarsh Nursery School and Children's Centre - Summer Memories Creative Project 2020.

Library Order and Collect

A new ‘Order and Collect’ service is now available at Rawmarsh Library.

If you are interested in a particular author or book you can look at the online Library Catalogue to see if the book or books are on the shelf in the library, and then fill out the online form to make a request to order them for collection from that site.

Library staff will then agree a date and time for you to come to the library to pick up the books. This will help manage queues safely and efficiently and in line with social distancing.

Order and collect from Rawmarsh Library here

The Order and Collect service is also available at Aston, Brinsworth, Dinnington, Greasbrough, Riverside House, Swinton, Thorpe Hesley, Wath, Wickersley and Maltby Libraries.

There are also lots of fun activities for all the family on Rotherham Libraries Facebook page. And if you are not a library member it is easy to sign up online.

Extending our Welcome

Caroline Langston, Centre Development Manager, High Street Centre has given feedback on the funding they have received from the Community Chest, as follows:-

"Thanks to funding from 18 different organisations including the Community Chest work is now underway to create a new reception extension at The High Street Centre in Rawmarsh.

"This project has taken three years to plan and we are delighted that work has finally started. Once completed there will be a new large reception space on the south side of the building and a new ground floor meeting room.  To find out more please have a look at our website  and you can follow us on Facebook where we will be having regular updates on this and all the activity that takes place at The High Street Centre.

"Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us in getting the project started."

Speedwatch Operation

South Yorkshire Police has conducted a number of Speedwatch Operation sessions in the Rawmarsh area over the last few months.  The results of which are below:-

• 11th August, 2020,  Barbers Avenue 100 cars checked and 3 letters are being sent to vehicle speeding.
• 10th July, 2020,  Claypit Lane -  50 vehicles checked non exceeding the limit.
• 16th June, 2020,  Barbers Avenue - 116 vehicles checked 3 exceeding the limit.
• 10th June 2020 Harding Avenue - 120 vehicles only 1 vehicle speeding.
• 2nd June, 2020 Barbers Avenue - 145 checked, 7 speeding.

All vehicles speeding have been sent advisory notices.

Friends of Rawmarsh and Parkgate Green Spaces

Friends of Rawmarsh and Parkgate Green Spaces are continuging with litterpicking activities, albeit socially distanced litterpicking, meaning that only six of group can meet up.

For further information take a look at the Rawmarsh and Parkgate Greenspaces Facebook page