Newsletters
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Update March 2026
15th Mar 2026
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, National Recognition for Sheffield's Very Own 999 Museum, Sheffield longlisted for City of Culture 2029, New framework set to safeguard Sheffield's library heritage, Sheffield City Council Community Asset Transfer policy, SAVE Britain's Heritage visits Sheffield, Positive News on Meersbrook Hall
Upcoming Heritage Events
20th Feb 2026
We have three upcoming events to tell you about: Getting to know The National Lottery Heritage Fund - 23rd February, Sheffield Town Hall Restoration Update - 3rd March, Made in Sheffield: A Creative Future for Historic Spaces - 6th March.
Newsletter February 2026
3rd Feb 2026
JUHS bi-monthly meeting - recording available, From sword-dancing to Hendos: City heritage leaders call on Sheffielders to put local traditions on the national map, Next batch of nominations for the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List now open for consultation, Portland Works are recruiting a Building and Projects Manager, Scissors Paper Stone - 2026 Events, £1.5 billion will be invested in projects across the arts, cultural and heritage sectors
Newsletter November 2025
23rd Nov 2025
Missed a newsletter? Looking for an item in a previous newsletter? Publicising a heritage event and registering your group are now even easier, JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Can you help to save South Yorkshire Victorian and Edwardian Heritage? New Book: The Abbeydale Picture House, Looking for a new way to recruit volunteers? Sheffield City Council announces major extensions to Conservation Areas, Conservation Area event Thursday 4th December
Newsletter September 2025
14th Sep 2025
Missed a newsletter? Looking for an item in a previous newsletter?, JUHS upcoming bi-monthly meeting - crafty historic maps and Central Library update, Castlegate Festival including history talks by Simon Ogden and Robin Hughes, Sheffield Black History Month 2025: "Standing Firm in Power and Pride" - can you help please?, Help save "Hero of the Blitz" historic fire engine, New book: John Curr: The Man Who Revolutionised Mining, Reminder: Sheffield Conservation Advisory Group seeks new chair, Reminder: Council for British Archaeology (Yorkshire) Autumn Seminar in Sheffield
Newsletter August 2025
20th Aug 2025
Missed a newsletter? Looking for an item in a previous newsletter?, Publicising a heritage event is now even easier, JUHS upcoming bi-monthly meeting - crafty historic maps and Central Library update, Last month's JUHS bi-monthly meeting at the National, Fairground and Circus Archiv, Sheffield Conservation Advisory Group seeks new chair, Heritage Open Days 2025, Bower Spring Cementation Furnaces restored, News from Hunter Archaeological Society, Film celebrates South Yorkshire's hidden racial history, Visit the "Library of Stone" at Sheffield Hallam University or online, Events by Scissors Paper Stone, Historic England fund urgent repairs at Sheffield church, Sad loss at The Leadmill, Sheffield Castle and River Sheaf Tours
Newsletter July 2025
13th Jul 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Conservation Area consultation - deadline 18th July, Portland Works Open Day 19th July - free tables for your group, Council for British Archaeology (Yorkshire) Autumn Seminar in Sheffield, Know Your Place exhibition, Heritage activities over the summer, Heritage Open Days - register by 14th August, Intangible heritage - communities to nominate UK traditions for new inventory, Historic England's Local Heritage Hub is live!
Update June 2025
10th Jun 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Heritage Open Days - be in time for the Sheffield brochure, Conservation Area consultation 9th June - 18th July, Birley Spa structure report, "Holberry" - reading of new historical play by Sheffield writer and historian David Price
Newsletter May 2025
26th May 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Rose Garden Café appeal, Progress on Conservation Areas, Sheffield Town Hall History Tour, Early Professional Football - a talk with Dr. Graham Curry, Church Explorers' Week 2025, Bower Spring Cementation Furnace restoration, Council for British Archaeology (Yorkshire) Autumn Seminar in Sheffield, Job opportunity: Senior Engagement Manager in the Heritage and Museums, Service at Barnsley Council, National Folklore Survey update, Historic England volunteering survey, Introducing the Cultural Education Network
Newsletter April 2025
28th Apr 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Two positive developments at Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Environment Weeks 2025 - Saturday 26th April 2025 to Thursday 5th June, Rivelin Valley Conservation Group update, Rose Garden Café Fun Fundraising Quiz, St. Paul's Wordsworth Avenue Family Fun, Scissors Paper Stone - "Unseen" exhibition and other events for 2025, Historic England Local Heritage Hubs - sneak preview, Heritage Education in Sheffield schools and colleges, Sheffield Remembers: WW2 80 Years On
Bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday 25th March at SADACCA
24th Mar 2025
This is a reminder that the next JUHS bi-monthly meeting is tomorrow - Tuesday 25th March at 10:30am at SADACCA and online. Details about the meeting as well as a couple of other updates are listed below.
Newsletter March 2025
11th Mar 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meetings, Archives and Local Studies - links and contacts, Heritage organisations, Council Growth Plan and JUHS highlights for 2024, Interested in organising a trip to Sheffield Museums?, Sheffield Live TV want to broadcast your heritage, Council launches Conservation Area Appraisals across six areas, Bower Spring Cementation Furnace restoration - volunteers needed, Aerial photography conference, Routes to Roots: A South Asian Heritage Project, Who made Ranmoor? Scissor Makers, Bookmakers and Home-makers, Sheffield Historic Buildings Trust achieves charitable status, Sheffield Castle excavations win Current Archaeology's Rescue Project of the Year Award for 2025
Update January 2025
27th Jan 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meeting, Abbeydale Picture House - can you help uncover its history?, Sheffield City Council is boosting their conservation team, Interested in organising a trip to Sheffield Museums?, Heritage information boards - looking for a supplier, Heritage Funding Directory, Share your stories of Sheffield work and community on camera in a new research project
Newsletter January 2025
12th Jan 2025
JUHS bi-monthly meeting, Can you help JUHS with social media?, URGENT - How will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 affect your group?, See Sheffield's heritage on show at the Heritage Fair, Historic Environment Forum features JUHS in their Heritage Sector Resilience Plan Interviews, Your vote counts: help Sheffield Castle dig win national award, Sheffield City Council puts heritage at the heart of its Growth Plan, Welcome Birley Spa Preservation Trust, Help to find WW2 air hero Donald George Bayliss RAFVR, Sheffield Quaker history comes to the streets of Sheffield, How you can help the Ancient Woodland Inventory Update project, Portland Works on the BBC website, Free access to the 1921 census, Protecting built heritage - DCMS Select Committee enquiry