Sean Maloney for East Ecclesfield Reform UK

24/08/2026

Last Pint Night of the Summer, Tuesday evening 25 August 2026, from 18:30

See you at the Barrel, where Corey has kindly invited us.

Open invitation to all residents, in an informal setting.

Your opportunity to ask the questions that matter to you and share your ideas.

See you tomorrow

https://thebarrelchapeltown.com/

24/08/2026

🏏 Charity Cricket Returns to Norton Oakes! 🏏

Join us on Friday 4 September as South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue take on Norton Oakes Cricket Club in our annual charity Twenty20 match in support of the Fire Fighters Charity.

Last year's match was a fantastic evening of cricket, community spirit and fundraising, raising £975 for a great cause. This year, we're hoping to hold onto the bragging rights from our hosts!

Whether you're a cricket fan, supporting friends and family, or simply looking for a great way to spend a summer evening, we'd love to see you there.

📅 Friday 4 September
⏰ Play from 5pm
📍 Norton Oakes Cricket Club, S8 8BA

Good luck to both teams, and thank you to everyone supporting the Fire Fighters Charity!

24/08/2026

Cllr Matt Smith - Park & Arbourthorne is right

Sadly it’s not just the city centre

I’m sure nobody is looking forward to driving into Chapeltown and Ecclesfield when our schools reopen

“We, as a council, need to do better to encourage people to come in, instead of doing everything we can to stop them.”

22/08/2026

Last weekend of my daughter’s dogs’ holiday and my wife and I headed to their favourite spot – Chapeltown Park.

Always so calm and peaceful here.

Got to sit by the Covid memorial. Proper sombre and poignant.

For anyone who doesn’t know the history:

It was unveiled on 9 April 2022 by the Friends of Chapeltown Park after an 18-month community fundraising effort that raised around £15-16k.

Local sculptor Andrew Vickers of Stoneface Creative created it, taking inspiration from designs submitted by local schoolchildren.

It’s a stone arch with a semi-circular bench looking out over Chapeltown, with children’s decorated pebbles built in and spaces for flowers.

The inscription reads: “We all came together as the world stayed apart. Covid Pandemic 2020. Now we sit side by side and remember.”

It stands in memory of those lost from Chapeltown, Burncross, Thorncliffe, Ecclesfield, High Green and Grenoside – thought to be the first such memorial in the city.

I was talking to a retired nurse yesterday who’d been on the front line. She felt isolation was a major contributor to the mortality rate.

Sadly you didn’t see people, then you just heard that they’d passed away.

There are various views on the effectiveness of lockdowns and I have mine.

The economic and social costs were huge, but to the bereaved and deceased the price was overwhelmingly personal.

RIP.

18/08/2026

Countless residents of East Ecclesfield have asked us to recognise the brilliant volunteers who keep East Ecclesfield looking great:
the litter-pickers, the planters, the people who look after our green spaces, community hubs, memorials, our libraries.
The list is exhaustive.

Last week at the Pint Night in the Miners Arms, we discussed and agreed to do exactly that.

So here it is – the first East Ecclesfield Excellence Award to recognise our Volunteer Group of the Year, for the groups and individuals who get stuck in, unannounced, keeping East Ecclesfield a place that we can all be proud of.

This is your community award, your vote and your decision.

The winner will be awarded a nice plaque in recognition.

How it works:
• Nominate one or more Volunteer Groups by responding to this post with the name of the Volunteer Group (and a photo if you have one).
• Nominations close 31 August.
• Voting opens 7 September and runs until 30 September.
• Winner announced 14 October.

Local companies are very welcome to sponsor this fine initiative– just drop us a message if you’d like to get involved.

This whole process will be run professionally and fairly by Fox Politics, who manage all our social media:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589105385890
Right then, Residents of East Ecclesfield – over to you.
Whom do you want to recognise?

Thank you again

Sean

17/08/2026

The rain overnight was welcome, and cooler weather is on the way, but the fire risk across South Yorkshire is still higher than normal.

Please help us prevent fires by:

- Reporting deliberate fire-setting to Firestoppers on 0800 169 5558 (This is completely anonymous)
- Swapping BBQs for picnics when you're out and about
- Avoiding garden bonfires, which can quickly get out of control in current conditions
- Taking your rubbish home and disposing of cigarette ends responsibly

By working together, we can help keep South Yorkshire's people, homes and countryside safe. ❤️🔥

16/08/2026

We had a fantastic resident “Pint Night”last week at the Miners Arms.

We are expecting an equally successful “Pint Night” on Tuesday 18 August at 18:30, at the Commercial.

https://www.facebook.com/TheCommercial?

Paul, thank you for your kind invitation.

Please come alone and discuss ways to make make your lives, as residents of East Ecclesfield, better.

See you Tuesday