Welcome to Friends of Graves Park Heritage website. Join Us if you would like to help us support, improve and protect Graves Park.
Events
join us in the cafe on 14th december for a fundraising event:
Join us at the Millennium Gallery on 25th and 26th January: The Friends of Graves Park will be there!
Graves Park is a large park in the south of Sheffield, combining a unique historical landscape with a rich environmental and recreational space. It was established by JG Graves in the 1920s and 30s and given by him to the people of Sheffield for them to enjoy forever. Find out more about the history of Graves Park here. Generations have enjoyed this remarkable place.
Friends of Graves Park is a small charity run by volunteers which exists to protect and enhance this unique place for the people of Sheffield now and into the future.
News
Rose Garden Cafe Latest:
Rose Garden Cafe Partnership Statement
From Meeting of Friday 15th November
Latest News from the Rose Garden Café Partnership
Chris Hill from Wainwrights, the architect for the project, attended our meeting and reported that cost consultants and structural and civil engineers have now been appointed for the project.
He presented to us his initial RIBA stage 1design plans for the exterior of the building and four options for the internal layout of the seating, kitchen, servery, hire & play space and access points into the cafe, which we discussed and gave feedback to Chris.
Our next steps are to seek further advice from an expert on the flow, purpose and use of the interior layout. Chris was thanked for all his work thus far. We also discussed the feedback we had from the Heritage Lottery Fund and we will be responding to the points they have raised.
We will be presenting an update on our work to the Local Area Committee on Tuesday 3rd Dec and to the Charity Trust Sub-committee on 21st January.
Our next meeting is Friday December 20th.
- For more details of our progress and future plans go to the Partnerships ‘Have Your Say’ page https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/rose-garden-cafe
Just a reminder to everyone that the partnership is made up of representatives from the Save the Rose Garden Café group, Friends of Graves Park and Sheffield City Council.
Please spread the word and let’s get people donating to our fundraiser.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/RoseGardenCafeGravesPark?invite=true
or by BACS transfer, confirming with email:
Please pay “Friends of Graves Park”
Bank Details:- Sort Code 30-97-51 A/c No. 03370075
If you have any offers of support, please get in touch. Spread the word!
Finding Lost Norton Park: Digging Deeper for All Project
November to December Events 2024
Although the Digging Deeper Project is now over, you might be interested in the following events this Autumn. The first one is a chance to revisit the results of the Project. For more details, please visit our Digging Deeper for All page.
Field walks & free indoor talks:
Monday 18th of November 2024 – Evening free lecture at Lees Hall Golf Club – 7 pm, the fungi of Graves Park and surrounding areas – with Steve Clements.
Sunday 1st December 2024, ‘Winter birds in Graves Park’, with Ian Rotherham, 2 pm to 4.30 pm, meet at the Norton Church entrance off Norton Lane.
Monday 2nd December 2024, Evening free lecture at Lees Hall Golf Club – 7 pm, Ian Rotherham on the ‘Winter birds of the park and local gardens’.
Thursday 5th December, 10am to 12pm, Recording Birds Walk led by Karon Mayor, meet next to the Rose Garden Café. This will be a gentle introduction to recording birds using our Graves Park birds’ checklist, beginners welcome. (no need to book).
Click here to browse our Heritage Maps and resources.
Digging Deeper for All was an exciting investigation into the history, archaeology amd ecology of Graves Park, made possible by the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It included a variety of community events and opportunities to get directly involved.
Click here to find out more and see what we discovered!
The Rose Garden Cafe
On 18th October 2023, the Charity Subcommittee met at the Town Hall for a special meeting to decide the way forward regarding the Rose Garden Café. The decision was to work in partnership with stakeholders to develop a Strategy for the restoration of the Rose Garden Café building
This appears to be good news and the Friends of Graves Park will be pushing for action as soon as possible.
Find out more detail about what’s happening here.
On 18th September 2023 the Rose Garden Cafe was listed on the South Yorkshire Local Heritage Register. This helps to support the heritage status of the cafe, but doesn’t provide the level of protection that national listing would.
Newsletter
The Summer 2024 Newsletter is now available here.
Campaigns
We have ongoing campaigns to protect threatened areas of the park and restore the next section of the former Norton Nurseries site. Find out more by clicking on the links below.
Now that Chantreyland Meadow and the Arboretum part 1 are well established in Graves Park, the Friends of Graves Park are ready to start the restoration to parkland of the next section of the former Norton Nurseries site. To donate please click on the link below.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/GravesParkArboretum?invite=true
How you can help:
Become a member for just £3 a year. You will receive regular newsletters and can attend our AGM.
Donate through our Just Giving account.
Support us when you shop online
Sign up to the fund-raising supports below. This is an easy way to help us whenever you shop online and it supports us with a steady income. Please read the details below and use the links to get you started.
There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.
All you need to do is:
- Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fogravespark/?utm_campaign=raise-more and join for free.
- Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
- After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Friends of Graves Park at no extra cost to you whatsoever!
There are no catches or hidden charges and Friends of Graves Park will be really grateful for your donations.
Thank you for your support.
