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Here are some of the latest developments and news from the farm.
Events and Courses
January 2009 – June 2009
Two courses about to begin on organic gardening
Heeley City Farm. Starting Fridays 17 April 2009 for 8 weeks 10.00 – 12.00
Grow Your Own Organic Food!
Learn how on our friendly, practical course.
Beginners welcome. All materials provided.
Eight practical sessions will provide you with the skills and knowledge to start growing your own highly nutritious and delicious fruit and vegetables.
£50 waged, concessions available for others.
For further details and booking, phone 07768 932613
Or email training@heeleyfarm.org
Wortley Hall Walled Garden. Starting Saturdays 18 April for 8 weeks 10.00 – 12.00
Grow Your Own Organic Food!
Learn how on our friendly, practical course.
Beginners welcome. All materials provided.
Eight practical sessions will provide you with the skills and knowledge to start growing your own highly nutritious and delicious fruit and vegetables.
£50 waged, concessions available for others.
For further details and booking, phone 07768 932613
Or email wortleyorganic@rocketmail.com
"5-A Day" Special opportunity for schools and community groups in the Barnsley area
Thanks to funding from Barnsley Primary Care Trust we can offer again for 2009 Barnsley area schools and community groups free 2-hour tours of Wortley Hall Walled Garden, the organically certified kitchen garden, to learn about and sample some of the crops we grow and discover ways of making 5-A Day fruit and veg in our diets tasty and fun. (We are CEVAS accredited). Contact us for further details: wortleyorganic@rocketmail.com or 07768 932613
Sat 25th April, Environment Weeks Launch at Fargate, Sheffield City Centre
Sat 2nd May, 11am – 3pm, “Digging Our Roots” Environment Weeks Event at HCF
- Bronze Casting and farming heritage activities
Sat 9th May and Sun 10th May, 11am – 3pm, “Gardens in the Sky” Environment Weeks Event at HCF Garden Centre
- Learn to create hanging baskets and herb baskets
- Encourage communities to grow plants and vegetables in their gardens, window boxes and allotments
- Peat free plants and HCF compost for sale
Fri 15th May 11am – 2pm, “Fruity Friday” Heeley City Farm Community Café
- Free taster sessions, recipes and advice on all things fruity from the Food in Sheffield Project and Farm Café staff
Sat 16th May 11am – 3pm, Environment Day at Heeley City Farm and South Yorkshire Energy Centre
- Celebration of our local environment
- Environmental Education, Energy Efficiency and Local Food Growing information
- Show Case of the “Digging Our Roots” Heritage Lottery Fund Project
- Stalls, activities and entertainment for all the family
Sat 20th June 12pm – 4pm, “Heeley Festival”
- Free Family Fun Day and Community Event
- Stalls, Entertainment, Music, Food and Drink
- Activity sessions, children’s workshops, environmental crafts
- Archaeological Dig
Want to Help?
A recent violent attack on our animals here at the farm has created a big stir
and, not surprisingly, a lot of outrage at the individuals who could have done such a thing
to defenseless animals. 99.9 percent of people who come to Heeley City Farm benefit
in some way and want to help us with our work so there is absolutely no chance of us
over-reacting to this mindless act - we will continue to be vigilant and have already taken
additional measures to safeguard our animals. If you would like to help us because of this incident
or because you want to support our work in the communities of Sheffield and our environmental
work, this is a good moment to start.
You can sponsor an animal, volunteer, buy on-line from us at
BuyAt Heeley City Farm) or simply donate money by visiting us or at the
GiveNow
web site - just click the button below
For more information on becoming a Friend of Heeley City Farm contact
Rhian Harding 0114 303 9981.
New Events Programme
New Summer Events just added!
Click here for the Events Programme and check back regularly
for updates and new events.
Wortley Hall Kitchen Garden
One of Yorkshire's horticultural jewel's is now open - on the internet.
Take a tour at this excellent web site
Wortley Hall Kitchen Gardens.
Carbon Offset?
Not sure what Carbon Offsetting is? Have heard about it but don't believe you
can really pay someone to balance out the carbon dioxide you release from your car and home?
Donate to Heeley City Farm and we will invest it in our work to promote energy efficiency
renewable energy and the environmental work we do with schools.
Support for Schools!
Jo Laycock recently started work as Environmental Education Officer at
Heeley City Farm. She will be working on projects with schools and communities
in Sheffield and beyond. See the Education and Training page for more information.
Jo is also planning a programme of exciting school holiday activities at the farm!
Events will be advertised on this site. If you are a teacher, or work in education,
and are keen to get involved in eco-friendly projects, Jo would love to hear from you.
You can get in touch by:
clicking here to email Jo or telephone 0114 258 0482.
Getting something right!
Heeley City Farm was a finalist in this year's Academy for Sustainable
Communities Awards. This is in recognition for our contribution to the regeneration of
the area and our work in developing models of social enterprise that can be used
by others. We weren't the final winners, but very pleased to be recognised.
For more information about the awards, click here:
Academy for Sustainable Communities.
The Energy Centre is now open at weekends!
From 12 noon to 3.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
South Yorkshire Energy Centre can also arrange appointments for guided tours,
group visits, advice and consultancy on weekdays. Telephone Nick
Parsons on 0794 107 2313 or 0114 250 5108, or e-mail him
Nick Parsons.
And look at this!! Green Gifts for Christmas at Heeley Farm's Energy Centre. We have a
wide range of items for sale including solar and wind-up radios and torches,
solar battery chargers and toys, sustainable building books - and even a
solar hat!
4,200 miles in a Trabi!
... became 5,300 miles including detours, but the heroic Trabi made it!
Christine and Dominic, Friends of Heeley City Farm, drove from Sheffield to Banjul in Gambia
as part of the Plymouth Dakar Challenge (sometimes known as the Ultimate Banger Challenge).
In the process they have been raising money for Heeley City Farm and another charity,
Seeds for Africa.
In addition, the car and it's contents (not the drivers) were auctioned in Gambia
with the proceeds going to local development charities.
Although they have completed this epic journey and challenge of a lifetime, they are still
raising funds and you can still sponsor the project and see their blog at the
Sunspots Web Site .
A short video of them starting off on Saturday 16th
December is avaialble here:
Video: Banjul or Bust
Did you see us on Gardener's World?
Click the screen for a short video
Please help the farm
We need your help in 2006, so this is our request to you. Please Give Now
to Heeley City Farm through a new facility on this web site. Click the Give Now
logo below or from our Help the Farm page to go to a secure web site from
which you can donate using any credit or debit card. Tax paid on your donations
is even credited to the farm from the Inland Revenue to make your donation
go further!
Shop and Give at Heeley City Farm
You can now shop online and help raise funds for Heeley City Farm!
Simply go to our special site at
BuyAt Heeley City Farm
from where you can 'click through' to over 90 retailers from Amazon to Virgin.
The on-line shops make a donation to us based on how much you spend.
The more you spend, the more we get! Please remember whenever you shop on line
to try BuyAt Heeley City Farm
first to see if your favourite on-line retailer is there and be sure Heeley
City Farm gets the benefit.
Make Yourself Dizzy
Heeley City Farm is now featured on the
Spin Sheffield Web Site. This site's aim is to "totally immerse you in
Sheffield using 360 virtual tours". Try it now and see for yourself!
Look at this!
Fresh Farm Produce
at Sheffield Farmers Market! Farm grown seasonal vegetables, home
cooked produce and crafts are on sale at Sheffield's regular Farmers' Markets
on the 4th Sunday of the month in Barkers Pool (see local press for further info).
Farm produce and young vegetable plants (when in season) are also on sale at the
farm Garden Centre every day from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Produced using organic
principles and having traveled the shortest possible distance to you.
Special Offers
Still some great
offers on plants for hanging baskets and tubs! We are also selling
compost bins at the best price possible - only £18 with free instructions.
Heeley City Farm is the region's only Peat
Free Garden Centre. Come and see our excellent offers. Email: Heeley
City Farm Garden Centre or tel: 258 0482.
