Dear Supporter, We have the following items in this edition of the JUHS newsletter: Best wishes, Joined Up Heritage Sheffield JUHS bi-monthly meetings  A reminder that our JUHS bi-monthly meeting will take place next week on Tuesday 27th May 2025 at 4pm at Abbeyfield House, Abbeyfield Road, Burngreave, Sheffield S4 7AT. The Friends of Abbeyfield Park will give us a tour of the house as well as a talk about the house and the work of the Friends. Click here for the meeting agenda. Find out more about the house and the work of the Friends. This meeting will be in person only – there will be no option to attend online. We very much hope that everyone who is able will take the opportunity to see inside this little-known but lovely historic building. We also love to meet people who are interested in our work and that of Sheffield’s heritage groups, so please do come along if you can. Getting there and access Abbeyfield House is well served by public transport. Bus services 1, 2, 21, 20, 29, 32, 47, 48, 75, 75a, 76, 76a, 76e, 83 and 88 all run close by on Barnsley Road. Car parking is available at no charge on surrounding residential streets (there is no car park within the site). The house is not wheelchair-accessible. There are just a few shallow steps at the entrance, and our meeting and part of the tour will be on the ground floor. The tour will also visit the first floor, accessed via a fairly long and narrow staircase (there is no lift). At our last bi-monthly at SADACCA, CEO Olivier Tsemo spoke movingly about the history and ambitions of this vital community organisation, and JUHS trustee Robin Hughes gave insights into the history of the beautiful historic building that is their home. Listen to Olivier's talk on SADACCA and Robin's talk on the building on the JUHS YouTube channel. You can read the minutes here. A recording of the whole meeting is also available for a limited period at: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/r5Wz_9fzzbg0vIoSW6CK0-YbLKMI2l1lCAxl90MOvf6tpwL7hXmfHbDI9qMQS1XT.HqeSFJ8u6lw-FyKZ?startTime=1742899421000
Passcode: @978WR4# JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage. They are an opportunity to hear from local heritage groups about their work and a great chance to make connections and to discuss problems and opportunities for Sheffield’s heritage. Rose Garden Café appealThe big push to raise funds to restore this much-loved historic building is on. We have applied for funding from various sources, but will be required to contribute up to 10%. We are almost at the £25,000 target we set for Just Giving, but need your help with the final mile. Please donate via this link or sponsor David Hartlebury's walks to take us over the edge. Progress on Conservation AreasEarlier this year, consultants working for Sheffield City Council carried out "listening sessions" with local heritage organisations including the Sheffield Conservation Advisory Group on next steps for the City Centre and Kelham Island Industrial Conservation Areas and options for extending protection to the historic Castlegate area. The process is paid for by funding from the Government and Historic England bid for and won last year by the Planning Department. The consultants have now reported back with their recommendations based on their assessments of areas that were discussed during the listening sessions. The recommendations are based on assessment of evidence for these areas, using an agreed methodology, as is the best practice, with Historic England as joint clients. The Planning Committee will discuss the report at their meeting on 27th May at 2pm, see Agenda for Planning and Highways Committee on Tuesday 27 May 2025, 2.00 pm | Sheffield City Council. During June/July there will be a 6 week public consultation, and information about this will be shared via this newsletter. This will be followed in the Autumn by the Planning Committee decision on the recommended boundary changes. Sheffield Town Hall History TourSheffield's Victorian town hall is one of just five Grade I listed buildings in Sheffield. This guided tour will take you behind the scenes to see the wonderful stonework, striking Italian marble, elegant mosaic floors and incredible ornate plaster ceilings of the city's premier civic building. Join Cllr Janet Ridler, Sheffield City Council's Heritage Champion for a free guided tour on Friday 30th May at 10:30am. Booking is essential as places are limited. Click here to reserve your place and find out more. Early Professional Football - a talk with Dr. Graham CurryJoin Sheffield Home of Football on Wednesday 18th June at 7pm at The 3 Arches, Walker Street, Wicker, for what should be a great talk by one of Britain’s best football authors and renowned historians, Dr Graham Curry. His interests are not only in the sporting side of football but also its social impact on the city. It should be a great night so get your tickets while you can, a snip at just £5 plus booking fee. Graham is a world authority on this fascinating subject of very early business development within the world's biggest sport. Recent research will make the event an informative occasion for a wide range of students ranging from Sport Management to British Social History. Church Explorers Week 2025Churches across the Diocese of Sheffield are opening places of worship to the public, providing a warm welcome to those wishing to explore. Visit the Church Explorers website to see where a church near you - including Sheffield's Grade I listed Anglican Cathedral - is offering such activities as an open day, a guided tour, heritage display, family trail, outdoor activities or simply an open door with refreshments. The week has 5 themes: History & Heritage, Family Fun, Outdoors & Nature, Open Days, and Music, encouraging an appreciation of these unique places of worship through fun, exploration and discovery. There's no need to book, participating churches can be found on our visitor map on the website along with opening times and events. Bower Spring Cementation Furnace restorationRestoration work has started on this Scheduled Ancient Monument adjacent to the inner ring road. The South Yorkshire Industrial History Society and Sheffield Historic Buildings Taskforce are collaborating with the contractors, Pinnacle Conservation. A grant from Historic England has been key to allowing this to proceed. The remains at Bower Spring are part of a structure built in the 1820s and were once part of the Franklin Works. They are important as they show the exposed interior of the furnace, a very rare surviving example of a crucial development in making high quality steel. Once the work has been completed, it is planned to provide explanatory boards and limited public access to the site. Want to get involved? SYIHS is always looking for volunteers to help with maintenance. Contact them to find out more about volunteering and for any enquiries about the history of this important heritage asset. Council for British Archaeology (Yorkshire) Autumn Seminar in SheffieldCouncil for British Archaeology (Yorkshire) is a charitable organisation run by volunteers to benefit those interested in the welfare and understanding of Yorkshire’s historic environment; our aims are to encourage and promote greater public knowledge and involvement, and, where possible, advance and assist relevant research. Our previous Spring Symposium held at St John’s University was structured to include a range of presentations from Community Groups based in Yorkshire, as detailed in the programme. Most of the projects highlighted in this symposium benefited from CBA(Y) support and a range of grants from Heritage Lottery funding and similar schemes. Our Autumn Seminar is to be held in Sheffield Workstation Creative Lounge on Saturday, October 18th, where we are proposing a similar programme of presentation of current postgraduate university studies that demonstrate a broad view of current Yorkshire-based archaeological/ heritage studies. If your group is interested in taking one of several display tables to highlight your activities and ongoing projects or would like to attend, please email info@joinedupheritagesheffield.org.uk. Job opportunity: Senior Engagement Manager in the Heritage and Museums Service at Barnsley CouncilA new opportunity has arisen for a talented and experienced individual to lead the development and delivery of inclusive and innovative engagement and learning programmes across the heritage and museum service. You will be responsible for the co-production, implementation and review of a new Engagement Strategy for the service including new models of delivery and leading our work with schools, young people, families and communities. You will play an important role in the coordination of the NPO programme and creating new relationships with a range of stakeholders across the borough and within Barnsley Council. Closing date – 2 June. Find all information here. National Folklore Survey updateThis national investigation into intangible heritage, led by Sheffield's own Dave Clarke of Sheffield Hallam University, continues to make progress. Work on the survey design is complete and it will go to IPSOS UK later this month for them to test on their panel. We will release the results in the autumn after which the survey will go live online. The recent revival of popular interest in folklore, from calendar customs to folk horror media, demonstrates that individual and community identities are interwoven with the perceived concept of Englishness, expressed throughout mainstream media, social media platforms and podcasts. The National Folklore Survey aims to capture an accurate snapshot of the folklore of multicultural England, producing new knowledge, insights and understanding of contemporary English folk culture at a time when many individuals and communities in England feel what historian and broadcaster David Olusoga calls ‘a conflicted sense of identity’. We hope that findings will directly inform the work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, via the planned ratification of UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage; the AHRC-funded Folklore Without Borders network that is working to develop greater diversity within folklore studies; and the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) via our knowledge exchange with project partners The Folklore Society, The Folklore Library and Archive, and the Folklore Museums Network. Historic England volunteering surveyVolunteers are vital to the heritage sector. They carry out essential duties, such as gardening, welcoming visitors to historic places, and excavating archaeological sites. Historic England have launched a new survey to better understand the diversity of volunteers across the UK heritage sector. The survey helps Historic England and other organisations across the sector understand who is represented, who isn't, and the barriers that are stopping people from participating in volunteering opportunities. It runs from 6 May to 29 July 2025. Introducing the Cultural Education NetworkArts Council England’s new Cultural Education Network supports teachers, freelance teaching artists and staff from creative and cultural organisations in England. We are here to provide you with ideas, actions and opportunities to help you develop your practice in cultural education. The Network now offers free one-to-one advice sessions delivered by a team of Cultural Education Specialists. Our Specialists can help you overcome barriers of time, knowledge or skills. The Cultural Education Network will expand in the year ahead. As it grows, there will be more chances to collaborate with us and help shape the programme. 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