Author: Steve Barker
-
Small Wins for our First Birthday
đź‘‹ Ay-up neighbours! On 26 August, our Community Interest Company (CIC) will celebrate its first birthday. We thought we’d mark the occasion by having a look at some of our recent small wins. Major objectives such as improving the rain gardens, reducing vehicle speeds in the area, improving the safety of the Mansfield Road junction and ridding the Dales of weeds are difficult and take time, not least because they require active participation from organisations such as the police and the council. While it sometimes feels frustrating that these projects are still ongoing, we shouldn’t lose sight of the many…
-
Daley News – Volume 2
Here is the second volume of Daley News, distributed in early August 2026 alongside an important survey about the Mansfield Road junction, a quiz about our website and a leaflet about the council-funded Thriving Nottingham service. We hope you received all four through your letterbox. If anything was missing, please let us know via our contact page. We chose a printed door-drop because some neighbours are still unaware of our community group, while others prefer printed information. Below you’ll find digital versions of the newsletter, survey and quiz. Daley News – Volume 2 Survey: The Mansfield Road Junction Please take…
-
G-lenda Steady Hand!
Ay-up neighbours! đź‘‹ Massive thanks to Ennerdale Road resident Glenda Templeton for taking matters into her own hands and giving the Ennerdale Road sign a much-needed fresh lick of black paint. We hope you’ll agree from the photos below that the sign looks much better now. If you have any other ideas about how we can work together to improve the area, please leave a comment below. You’ll need to be logged in to comment – if you have any issues, please let us know using our contact page. If you want to volunteer your time, please check out our…
-
An Update on the Mansfield Road Junction
Ay-up neighbours! đź‘‹ Following a number of reports of accidents and near-misses at the junction between Ribblesdale Road and Mansfield Road, we wrote to Nottinghamshire County Council, the body responsible for the junction, to raise our concerns. We have received a response from them, which is included below. As you’ll see, they have said that other areas with higher accident statistics are their priority, and that they have no plans to make alterations to the Ribblesdale Road/Mansfield Road junction. We feel that this response isn’t satisfactory. We are concerned that it may only be a matter of time before there…
-
Upcoming Events, Tree Cutting and Rain Gardens
Ay-up neighbours! đź‘‹ Upcoming Events 🗓️ We’ve got three events coming up that we hope will be of interest. As always, keep an eye on our events page for more ways you can get involved with our community. Pub Quiz 🍺 First up is the pub quiz on Thursday 26th March at The Vale Hotel pub. We field a team there once a month and never quite embarrass ourselves, but are often some way off the leaders. If you think you can help us change that (or just fancy a fun night out), do join us. We tend to get…
-
Update on Progress – February 2026
Ay-up neighbours! đź‘‹ We thought we’d take some time to update you on recent progress made by our community group. You can also check our achievements page at any time for a list of recent wins. As a reminder, last year you told us that your three main priorities were: If you have any other items you’d like us to look at, please submit them for consideration via our Request page. Here you can submit your ideas, or vote for ideas suggested by other residents. Daley Surveys 🗳️ Before we get into our update proper, we’d be grateful if you…
-
Update on the Rain Gardens
Ay-up neighbours! After what feels like months of plugging away, we’re now seeing some progress with the council when it comes to the rain gardens. They’re looking to work with us as a community to improve them and have made a bid for an internal grant to cover replanting, which we hope will be successful. Whatever the outcome, the gardens need clearing in readiness for the next steps. Judith Penney has kindly offered to lead the charge on getting them cleared out, but she needs your help. As this will be our first community-led gardening initiative, we’d like to arrange…
-
Happy Holi-Dales
Ay-up neighbours! Wishing all our members on the Sherwood Dales very happy holi-Dales, and all the best for 2026. Thank you for your support and donations this year – we’re very much looking forward to putting more of our ideas into action next year! Tarrah for now, mi ducks! Rob Mabbott and Steve Barker – Co-Chairs
-
Summary of the First Members’ Meeting
Ay-up neighbours! Thank you to everyone who attended our first Sherwood Dales Neighbourhood Watch and Community Group members’ meeting on Thursday 27th November. It was great to see over 60 neighbours in attendance and to have such lively discussions. We were pleased to welcome some new faces, hear new perspectives, and have Councillor Nayab Patel join us to speak and answer your questions. Below you’ll find the slides we presented on the night. One of the key messages we want to emphasise is that we aim to act in line with the majority view. We want our actions to reflect…
-
Leaf Clearance Dates
Ay-up neighbours! We have received the following dates from the council for leaf clearance: 24th November – 25th November: 26th November – 27th November: 28th November: 1st December: 2nd December – 3rd December: We ask that, where possible, residents avoid parking on their street on the dates listed above so that all leaf matter can be removed. Some options include: Please feel free to use your street-specific WhatsApp groups to coordinate drive sharing. We have also asked for the following three passageways on/into the estate to be cleared: We’ll update you if we receive any further information. Tarrah for now,…
