Grassland Hasmoor

GHBL is supporting families through the pandemic with food bags. They have done this during the school holidays by providing bags with everything you need to make a meal.

Fairs and events may be cancelled and lights switched on with no audience but GHBL will still create the magic! They are encouraging as many people as possible to put Christmas lights up in their windows through a local competition.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local produces regular information to promote what it is doing and the number of hours people have volunteered

Big Local supported families with food during the summer holidays.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local ensured that people could celebrate VE Day despite the lockdown. Everyone was encouraged to take afternoon tea in their own front garden.

GHBL Open Forum took place on Saturday 14th March and gave local residents of Grassmoor and Hasland a chance to meet their local Partnership Board members, speak to the various working groups about the projects they are involved in and learn about the success stories of 2019-2020 including an amazing £491,698.15 additional funding secured for the area.

In June 2019 Our Bigger Story hosted a 2 day event for all the case study areas. During this time, each of the OBS areas mapped their journey. Here are a few photos.

This is a film of Grassland Hasmoor Big Local's Open Forum in March 2019. The Open Forum includes elections to the partnership - GHBL has a healthy turnover of residents and the film provides a opportunity to hear why those seeking election wish to be involved. The Open Forum also includes a participatory grants process and reports on how money has been used to benefit residents over the previous year.

GHBL started creating yearbooks to archive and showcase projects in a more accessible way. The year books stay in the reception area at one of our Hub's and make for brilliant reading whilst waiting! This has also proved a handy tool for measuring change through the years and assisted in the reflection on positive changes we have achieved & sustained!

This ‘Time for a Change’ event brought together residents, voluntary and community organisations and local authority officers and members who have some connection with Grassland Hasmoor Big Local. This is a summary of the discussions around: • what is changing in Grassmoor and Hasland, • the extent to which Grassland Hasmore Big Local is contributing to making a difference in the area, • how residents can drive change in their communities and the implications of this for future policy and practice. The Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham is carrying out a longitudinal evaluation of the Big Local programme. Grassland Hasmoor is one of fifteen Big Local areas that volunteered to be a case study. The ‘Our Bigger Story’ evaluation uses a range of media to record progress and learning; this can be viewed at ourbiggerstory.com

The Open Forum is an annual event where new partnership members are elected. In this film, people at the event share what they know about GHBL, the kinds of things going on in the area, and why some of them wanted to get more involved.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local has supported this Men in Sheds project. This film tells the story of how it began and why, and the importance of delivering projects that people want.

A film showing the Pit Stop Diner which provides a meal made from surplus food for the local community. The Big Local chair, local residents and partner agencies, talk about how Big Local is making a difference. People in the film highlight how residents are making change and their long term strategy to engage local communities and change mindsets and local authority ways of working.

This film shows how residents have responded to a need to help people remain active through partnering with the local authority to create a petanque court - a relatively low maintenance sport. Already, the club has a member waiting list.

Members of Thurnscoe, Big Warsop and Elmton, Cresswell and Hodthorpe Big Locals attended the GHBL Autumn Network Event 2016. The event included a mini bus tour of the GHBL area, presentations by the groups to the groups & a pie and peas lunch.

Community Cinema brings the love of film to the heart of the community. GHBL invited families to enjoy a film together, in a warm, friendly environment. This event was sponsored by GHBL in partnership with Grassmoor Community Centre.

On 24/9/2016,Grassmoor Community Centre opened it's doors to GHBL's 1st Super Kitchen - the Pit Stop Diner. 75 residents of both communities came together to share a home cooked, low-cost meal, followed by art & crafts and the Community Cinema.

Members of Grassland Hasmoor Big Local partnership discuss how they have identified needs in their area, made a difference to local needs and are working to make the villages of Grassland and Hasmoor even better places to live.

During the summer holiday 2016 Grassland Hasmoor Big Local sponsored picnics and activities in Barns Park, Grassmoor and Eastwood Park, Hasland. The events took place on two days of each of a five weeks period in both parks, a total of 20 days.

Hasland Gala photos, Eastwood Park Sunday 12th June. Gate counters registered over 4000 visitors on two of the five entrances. The Mayor and Mayoress attended the Gala and opened the petanque piste. GHBL was promoted throughout the day.

Mill Lane Allotments, Grassmoor, held their annual Open Day on Saturday 6th August. The event was supported by various local charity groups and GHBL. Mill Lane Allotments hosted GHBL to create the setting for community engagement.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local volunteers were much in evidence from set up to take down and throughout the day our volunteers were out and about flying the flag for Big Local. Lots of people visited the big red tent to find out more about Big Local.

In this film members of the Grassland and Hasmoor Green and Open Spaces Working Group talk about their plans for environmental improvements in the Grassland and Hasmoor Big Local area. They talk also about using environmental strategies.

Grassland Hasmoor held a sixties night in Hasland Village Hall. The event was open to the Big Local area. Sixty plus local residents enjoyed good music, dancing and a buffet supper. The event was organised by the Friends of Eastwood Park, Hasland and spon

GHBL had a community focus in Grassmoor, we needed a similar facility in Hasland. We signed the lease on 3rd August. Unit 2 Penmore Business Park needed renovation and furnishing. Ribbon was cut by GHBL Chairman, Steven Wright.

See previous post "The Creation of Hasland Hub"

Two Refresher Events were held to re engage the community in GHBL. Both were held in the evening to enable working people to attend. This podcast explains what happened.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local project took a stand at the Grassmoor Funday. The Funday attracts hundreds of residents from Grassmoor and surrounding villages. Many of the visitors came to the Grassland Hasmoor big red tent to find out about the Big Local

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local took a stand at the Hasland Gala Day. The Gala attracts 3000 to 4000 residents from local communities. Many of the visitors came to the Grassland Hasmoor big red tent to find out about the Big Local project.

Grassland Hasmoor “Lift Off” 9th May 2015. The Lift Off event celebrated being awarded £1 000 000. Grassland Hasmoor, Chairman, Stephen Wright, welcomed 20+ volunteers and members of the public.

Grassland Hasmoor Big Local established working group, Green and Open Spaces, in action in 2015 improving the accessibility of footpaths joining together the Grassmoor and Hasland areas.