Hello from Sally at Active Dearne

I'm Sally and I will now be looking after Active Dearne in Wath. Some of you may know me as Sally Shortcake as I once had a cafe in Wath.

I'm here to find out what support you would like from us at this time? Do you want to get moving or simply want someone to talk to? Are you feeling isolated? Are you worried about your health?

Please get in touch and let me know how the Active Dearne project could help you. You can message me on the Active Dearne Wath Facebook page (please follow us if you don't already) or you could email me Sally.Corns@yorkshiresport.org  

Christmas Arrives in Wath Town Centre

The Wath Events Team are delighted to see the lights now lit in Wath Town Centre. They would like to thank Next for their generous donation towards the cost of providing the Christmas tree and lights this year even though the Events Team were unable to hold their usual lights switch on event. 

The Christmas tree outside Montgomery Hall this year has been sponsored by Community Connect so thank you to Community Connect for their support to bring a little Christmas cheer to Wath. 

Wath Hall - Bought by the people for the people

In late July, after six years hard work, Wath Hall Limited succeeded in buying the old Wath town hall from Rotherham Council for the community of Wath. This was possible because of the fantastic success of a community share issue in June 2019. More than £90,000 was raised and that was matched by the Community Shares Booster Programme.

Nothing like this has ever been done in Rotherham or South Yorkshire  -  local folk raising the cash to buy the freehold of an historic building! Wath Hall is 250 years old and for many years its grounds have hosted Wath’s community events – town gala, church garden parties, Wath Folk Festival. The big plan for the Hall is to house a heritage centre and develop office space for start-up businesses, particularly in the creative-industry and community support sectors.

Since taking ownership of the Hall at the end of this July we have been very busy getting it ready for business:

• Tree survey completed to plan conservation of the parkland (financed by the ward devolved budget).
• Volunteers cleared ground and planted ferns, hostas and persicaria to create a Shade Garden.
• Deep-cleaning operation completed to make the building Covid-19 compliant.
• Employed local companies for work on the Hall
• Fire alarm system and electrical circuits in rooms and corridors rewired
• New external security lighting fitted.
• New kitchen fitted (supplied free of charge by Howdens Joinery).
• Old gas boiler in the cellar made safe and central heating system drained down
• Large skip used to clear material from the Hall, remove green waste and clear autumn leaf fall.

 In the challenging social and economic environment created by the current Covid-19 virus emergency, our project is all the more urgent. If you would like more information visit our website.

Alex Fleming, Wath Hall Limited

www.wathhall.co.uk

Latest coronavirus advice

Rotherham is in the Tier 3: Very High Alert level of Covid-19 restrictions as of Wednesday 2 December.

Under Tier 3 retail, gyms and close-contact beauty services like hairdressers can open but many venues including pubs, restaurants, hotels and indoor entertainment such as cinemas and bingo halls must remain closed.

You must not meet people from outside your household or support bubble socially, either indoors or in most outdoor places. This includes in any private garden and most outdoor venues.

You can meet others in a group of no more than 6 people at some outdoor public spaces, such as parks or countryside accessible to the public or a heritage site – this is called the ‘rule of 6’. Social distancing must be used.

Further information and advice can be found on the Coronavirus pages of the Rotherham Council website. 

Hello from your local Neighbourhood Policing Team

Did you know that you have a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team based at Rawmarsh Police Station? We are a team consisting on an Inspector, two Sergeants, seven PC’s (including a Youth Engagement Officer) and 7 PCSO’s who are committed to resolving the problems you are experiencing in your community.

If you would like to get in touch you can do this by telephone 01709 832629, follow us on Twitter @RothNorthNHP and Facebook RotherhamNorthNHP.

Visit South Yorkshire Police's website for more info or to report non-emergency crime online. Call 999 if it is an emergency.  Call 101 for general enquiries or to report a crime in a non-emergency. Call Crime Stoppers to give your information anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Sign up for SYP Alerts to get messages, updates, information about your area.

Snow Warden Scheme Recruits Volunteers

Would you like to volunteer as a Snow Warden? A Snow Warden helps to keep footpaths and pedestrian areas clean from snow and ice.

As a volunteer the Council will provide you with:

• Snow shovel
• Rock Salt
• Gloves and High-Vis Vest

To volunteer for the scheme please email wintermaintenancernq@rotherham.gov.uk  

Rothersteps Competition

Do you enjoy walking? would you like the chance to win Amazon vouchers while you walk? then why not join in the fun with the Rothersteps project.

Once you have signed up to take part in the project you will receive a welcome email and a free #rothersteps water bottle. Steps will be recorded by participants taking screenshots of a step tracking app on their phone and uploading them to our Rothersteps Facebook pages. Monthly prizes are drawn for south, central and north Rotherham and prizes are amazon vouchers as follows:

• Most Steps
• 1st Prize - £25
• 2nd Prize - £15
• 3rd Prizes - £10
• Pot Luck - You will get an entry into the pot luck draw for each week that you submit your steps, so if you enter steps for four weeks on the Facebook page, you will get your name in the draw four time. There will be three prizes drawn and the categories will be Under 18s, Adults and Over 55’s. The prizes will be £10 each.
• There will also be a prize for the best photograph taken whilst you’re out doing your walk/steps.  Once you have submitted the photo it will be uploaded and other people who have signed up to Rothersteps can vote for their favourite.  The prize for this will be £15 so get those cameras snapping.

Places are limited so sign up on your own or with you children and #stepintoyourcommunity with #rothersteps.