Rose Garden Cafe Restoration Latest!

From the Partnership meeting of 25th October 2024

• We held a positive meeting with the National Lottery Heritage Fund this week, to discuss our plans to bid for funds for the restoration at the end of December.

• We’ve also set up a community fundraising group which met on Monday, to progress some excellent ideas for fundraising activities and events for the café restoration appeal, (join us on 25th November at 6pm if you’d like to come along for the next meeting)

• A team at Sheffield Council have been meeting regularly to outline proposals for the layout of the café based on last Summer’s public consultation and they will present their options at our next Rose Garden Cafe Partnership meeting on 13th December.

• We’ve raised an impressive £12,761 from our (Friends of Graves Park) JustGiving page and other donations and 10p from every coffee sold in the café is also being donated to the appeal from the Dukes team at the café.

• The Council is developing an asset management strategy for all it’s heritage and other assets across the city and this includes the Rose Garden Cafe.

• We’ve requested the £25,000 of funding promised by local councillors in Graves Park, Greenhill and Beauchief, towards the preliminary costs (design architects, surveyors etc) and the council is also contributing £150,000 from its own essential compliance and maintenance fund.

• For more details of our progress and future plans go to the Partnerships ‘Have Your Say’ page https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/rose-garden-cafe

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