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Hello to the community!
Hello to all new visitors! Plans are afoot and we hope to see some of you at Small Park, Big Run on Saturday.
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New plans for the Hall
Following the disappointing fall-through of the plans for a school at Meersbrook Hall, a new working group has formed to refresh plans for the Hall and see what direction it can take next. In the short term, this means an effort to breathe new life into the building, clean it up for use, running…
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12-4pm Sun 11th September 2016 – Heritage Open Day and Makers Fair
Take a tour of Meersbrook Hall and hear talks by members of the Guild of St George – the organisation established by John Ruskin in 1871 to make England a happier place in which to live. Through the Guild, Ruskin founded the Ruskin Museum specifically for Sheffield’s workers. He filled it with a collection of…
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Public’s First Look Inside Hall since 1953
Meersbrook Hall recently saw its first public visitors in over 60 years! Over 150 people have taken tours of the Hall within the first month of us receiving the keys and taking over the running of the building. The Friends of Meersbrook Hall celebrated this important milestone at their first AGM, in what was previously…
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New AGM date and tours for members
We would like to invite registered members of Friends of Meersbrook Hall to an open evening and AGM on Thursday 26th May, 19.45. Unfortunately we were a few members short of a quorate meeting for our AGM in April, so we adjourned the AGM business until our next meeting, (please see minutes here). We will…
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We’re in!
It happened! We picked up the keys yesterday and had a brief look around. We are really excited about the opportunities which lie ahead, there is so much potential for the Hall to be an amazing facility for the community to use. It’s going to take at least a couple of weeks for us to…
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Heeley People’s Park officially an asset of community value
Some great news for our partners, Heeley Development Trust! The park that they manage – Heeley People’s Park (previously known as Millenium Park) – has been designated as an Asset of Community Value. Here is what they’ve said: “Hello People’s Park supporters – we’ve just had some good news! Last year as part of our…
