What's On Out There? The Bill's Mother's Links & Listings Service - Jan 2025

30 Jan Update: The What’s On Out There links & listings service for The Outdoor City. Full listings and regular updates online for our full subscribers.

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Also Out There (News & Links)

New Hedges - South Yorkshire Woodland Partnership have 24,000 hedge trees for South Yorkshire landowners. Get in touch to get some or learn more.

Fruit Trees at Bingham Park - £2,000 has been awarded for new fruit trees in the park, the Bingham Park Community Group are taking on suggestions about where they might go.

Friends of Concord Park & Woolley Wood - need new volunteers urgently!

Looking Up Sheffield - Wonderful podcaster and writer Loz Harvey launches a Substack on his adopted city with an interview with fabulous folklorist David Clarke.

Hidden in Open Sight - The new substack from Calvin Payne, of Drainspotting fame is well on its way now, full of interesting places you may not yet know about. Overlooked local historical sights, rivers, paths - and railway tunnels.

Orchard at Whirlow - New volunteer days this year launching the community orchard at Whirlow Brook Park, on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

Sheffield Environment Weeks - The city’s original listings and information service started 40 years ago to celebrate events for two weeks in summer by several city organisations. After sterling work to keep going, the site (with an unashamedly simple pre Web 2.0 feel) will be promoting 2025 events during Sheffield Environment Weeks (Saturday 26th April to Thursday 5th June) and beyond, and needs your support. Get in touch here.

Yellowhammers at Wadsley - New winter monitoring project for the increasingly rare finch at one of its local strongholds on Wadsley Common.

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What’s On Out There - Late January

Mon 27th - Fri 31st - Daily health walks in parks and green spaces from Step Out Sheffield, 10 am start

Fri 31st - SRWT Volunteer Session - Greno Woods

Fri 31st - National Trust walk - from Mam Tor (£7.50 or so)

February

Sat 1st - Wardsend Cemetery conservation session

Sat 1st - Sheffield CTC Cycle Ride - Bamford

Sat 1st - Parkwood Springs forest garden volunteering

Sat 1st - SRWT Volunteer Session - Blacka Moor

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