Rose Garden Cafe Restoration Latest!

From the Partnership meeting of 9th August 2024

‘We welcomed Councillor Richard Williams the Chair of the council’s Charity Trustee Sub-committee, who visited us to observe the partnership discussions. We discussed the successful reopening of the Rose Garden Cafe on Wed 7th August and we were overjoyed at the reaction of the residents of Sheffield and supporters who returned in their hundreds to enjoy the café, its internal seating and facilities. We reviewed the new 10 year Heritage Lottery Strategy to understand their four funding principles and how our ambition and funding requirements for the restoration of the cafe fits within these principles.

We discussed the initial design cost estimate for the full restoration and refurbishment works which are circa £2m. We also reviewed the design team fees for the independent quotes to take us up to the critical RIBA Stage 2 design which will be sufficient to satisfy a funder. The Rose Garden Cafe Partnership has already identified a budget of up to £75,000 needed for those fees from funds made available by the council from LAC funding and its own Essential Compliance and Maintenance Fund.

We heard a positive report from the last meeting of the Council’s Charity Trustee Sub-Committee which will next meet on 9th September and will focus on the funding element and the reopening of the cafe. Our next Partnership meeting is Friday 6th September 2024.’

Just a reminder to everyone that the partnership is made up of representatives from the Save the Rose Garden Café group, Friends of Graves Park and Sheffield City Council.

Please continue to donate and spread the word about our Restoration Project! If we can raise £25,000 ourselves, this will show potential funding providers the local commitment to our cause.

Please be confident that your donations will be used for the restoration of the Rose Garden Café and the Friends will make sure that all money is very wisely spent.

As before, we will continue to keep you updated; in the meantime, now that the restoration option has been approved by the council and the partnership between the council, the Save the Rose Garden Café group and the Friends of Graves Park is actively working to restore the café builidng, any and all offers of help and donations will be gratefully received.

Please spread the word and let’s get people donating to our campaign!