Rotherham Federation Group Awards
Involving People – Sponsored by Home Instead (David Coldrick)
Gold – The Lings Monday Club
The LMC has been running now for 6 years to bring residents together and tackle social isolation. Pat and Pauline (Secretary and Treasurer) of the group do a fantastic job and the group meet every Monday at the Lings Club, Bramley. They do quiz, coffee, cake, raffle, day trips and evenings out.
Silver – Swinburne Social Club
Swinburne is a fairly new group formed in East Herringthorpe to bring neighbours together, tackle social isolation and combat loneliness. They invite everyone in the area to the weekly sessions and recently held a fantastic Mother’s Day lunch which went down a treat among residents.
Making a Difference – Sponsored by Mears
Gold – Swinton Community Focus Group
In 9 months as a group, they have organised litter picks and clean ups within the community. They organised a very well received poppy and remembrance event, mounting poppies on lamp posts and railings around the area. They organised a Christmas fayre attended by over 350 people which was a tremendous success and from the Christmas fayre a St George’s day event was arranged by the group and over 450 people attended. The group have just started promoting mental health in the local area and plan for much more community events based on what local people want
Silver – Canklow Rainbow Kids Club
From a few residents getting together great things can happen. The group in Canklow formed as there was nothing in the area for local children to do. The group, with the help of Rotherham Federation, set up a bank account, attended necessary training courses and opened a weekly youth club for children in the area. It proved very popular, and demand is high for places. The group, 1 year on are still running weekly sessions and hold raffles and apply for further funding to keep the group going.
Governance – Sponsored by Together Housing (Mohammed Daji)
Gold – Bakersfield Court TARA
The group hold monthly meetings and an AGM every year. All the committee members are elected at the AGM and adhere to the constitution. The group try to plan activities at least a month in advance to allow time to reach a greater number of people. They always make sure that all trips/events are accessible to everyone, whatever their disability. They try to involve people of all the community and people feel comfortable to come to them and talk about things they would like to do or change. They make a difference to the local community because they include everyone and work to prevent isolation.
Silver – Manor Farm TARA
Manor farm TARA is a small but regular Tenants and Residents Association. They involve everyone in their local area and try to sign post people to the correct agency and try to help people in any way they can
Communication – Sponsored by Fortem
Gold – Friends of Rawmarsh & Parkgate Green Spaces
FOR&PGS are a fairly new group who have just joined Rotherfed. They are out every week litter picking in the local area and can always guarantee to find a traffic cone! The group advertise on Facebook promoting various events and link up with other likeminded groups in other areas. Fantastic work
Silver – Friends of Rosehill at the Pavilion
Nikki and her group are leading from strength to strength with their group. The group consulted with the community to get better equipment for Rosehill Park (including disability friendly equipment). The group have been successful in obtaining over 10k in funding and working closely with The Council.
Policies – Sponsored by Rotherham Federation
Gold – Kimberworth Park TARA
The group led by David Senior continue to go from strength to strength and have now secured a new building with fantastic amenities. Community Café provides affordable food, stops isolation in the community and they have a local charity shop – run by volunteers – selling clothes and bric-a-brac to raise their own funds for trips and galas. The group also raise money for charity. Everyone is always welcome, and they continue to try and get more members to the group
Silver – Crafty Ladies of Swinton
The group has made a huge difference to people’s lives in the area. They set up the group to overcome loneliness, help people through periods of grief or depression. The group help each other out and have recently been to craft show and barge trips to help them forget about problems/illness they face – even if it is just for a few hours. The group has so many smiles again it’s fantastic to see. The group also work with other local groups in the area and welcome everyone.
Finance – Sponsored by Rotherham Federation
Rotherfed provide treasurer support, training, and year end accounts preparation to their member organisation for FREE. Please contact us if you feel we can help. Having your accounts prepared by Heera Singh automatically enters you into the finance award.
Even if you do not have you accounts prepared by Heera, please forward us your accounts to be entered into the finance award in the future.
Gold – Aston TARA
Once again Sharon has done a great job with her record keeping, even though the group have several funding streams to account for all in the same period Sharon has come up with a great referencing system which makes tracking the funds nice and easy. Also, as in previous years, the supporting documentation is kept in a good order.
Silver – Treeton Community Centre
Year on year the books for Treeton have improved even as the activity and number of transactions have increased. Terry has done a great job taking on board any suggestions for improvement and has even starting using QuickBooks for the groups book-keeping.
STAFF AWARDS
These awards are chosen by the Tenants of Rotherham who nominate a member of staff who has done that little bit extra to help people in 2018/2019
MEARS
Josh Moss – Very Kind and helpful. Josh was polite and got on with the job. He did a good job.
Mick Parkin – Exceedingly helpful and responsive. Professional, Approachable and Dedicated in the support offered during works carried out on our property. Particularly as my husband had just passed away.
As a group – Keith Housley, Lee Richardson, Neil Mitchell and Mark Davies – Through the whole repair the team interacted well and was very polite and made the atmosphere very pleasant. The repair was carried out without leaving any stone unturned! Wish they could do all my repairs. Good luck lads you deserve to win!
FORTEM
Mick Spooner – I would like to thank Michael Spooner for fixing the problem with my toilet. I have ad 4 people out to the toilet and each one told me there was no problem. Mr Spooner arrived and fixed the problem. I would like to say a big thank you for fixing the problem.
Lee Maskery – Fantastic – Lee carried out my gas check, fixed a long-term issue which had not been found by 3 previous companies. Very personable and chatty, very courteous, chirpy, and understanding. Very patient and requested a repair for Mears to come and fix. I want to pass this over as I feel that not enough people compliment and are too quick to criticize. Always happy to feedback good news!
As a group – Lee Parkin, Paul Beeley and Andy Prosser – we have recently had our bathroom converted into a walk-in shower due to serious health issues. We were very impressed with the manner in which the work was carried out. They were a pleasure to have in our home. They explained exactly what would happen and tried to keep the noise and mess to a minimum. The quality of work is excellent, and the result is first class.
ROTHERHAM COUNCIL
Gillian Barnes – Gillian cancelled her annual leave to compile an urgent panel case for the tenant would be able to bid on properties. The extended family were extremely appreciative of what Gillian had done.
Beverley Rennie – Beverley helped a tenant who was suffering with Mental Health issues. Beverley contacted the tenants GP and got her the help she needed. Thanks to the quick thinking of Beverley and all the help she gave. The outcome could have been very different.
As a group – Denise Kuru and Paul Beever – I would love Denise and Paul to get praised. They made a lot of effort to take their time and meet me to gain access to a garage where my brothers belongings were stored. My brother passed away recently and they helped me. They were civil, polite, courteous, and very helpful at a most stressful time.