Author: Steve Barker
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Car-nage on the Dales!
👋 Ay-up neighbours! We’ve had quite a few reports recently about two vehicle-related problems affecting our estate: suspicious activity around parked cars and vehicles speeding through our streets. We’ve been speaking to the relevant authorities about both issues, and there are some things we can all do to help. In particular, we’re looking for volunteers to help establish a Community Speed Watch scheme. Without enough people coming forward, we simply won’t be able to get it off the ground! 🚨 Suspicious Activity Around Vehicles Several residents have reported groups of youths walking around the estate in the early hours of…
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Scams: Don’t Get Caught Out This Christmas
👋 Ay-up neighbours! As we approach the festive season, it’s more important than ever to be vigilant about scams. Fraudsters often use this time of year to exploit people’s generosity, excitement and goodwill. We’ve recently received reports of various scams, including fake People’s Postcode Lottery scratch-card Advent calendar offers and telephone number spoofing — where scammers make their calls appear to come from someone you know or trust. Our advice is simple: treat any unexpected request for money or personal information as suspicious until you’ve independently confirmed it’s genuine. Scams come in all shapes and sizes: emails, text messages, WhatsApp,…
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Knock, Knock… Or Not!
Hallowe’en can be a time of great fun and excitement, particularly for children. But for others, it can be an unsettling or even frightening evening, with uncertainty about who might come knocking at the door. To help everyone enjoy Hallowe’en (or avoid it!) in their own way, we’ve produced two simple A4 posters that residents can print and display in their windows. Yes, trick or treaters welcome! Let people know you’re happy to join in. No trick or treaters please! Politely let visitors know that you’re not taking part. Of course, there are other signs that a household is joining…
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Leaf It Out!
We’ve launched a new Street-Tree Debris Collection Service for registered Sherwood Dales Community Group members. The free service allows members to use officially labelled bags for leaves and other natural debris from council street trees, with coordinated collections once the bags are full. The scheme is being run in cooperation with Nottingham City Council and is in addition to the annual council leaf clear. Find out how it works and join the service via our dedicated Street-Tree Debris Collection Service page. 🦆 Tarrah for now, mi ducks! Rob and Steve – Co-Chairs
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Small Wins for our First Birthday
👋 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…
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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…
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G-lenda Steady Hand!
Ay-up neighbours! 👋 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…
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An Update on the Mansfield Road Junction
Ay-up neighbours! 👋 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…
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Upcoming Events, Tree Cutting and Rain Gardens
Ay-up neighbours! 👋 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…
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Update on Progress – February 2026
Ay-up neighbours! 👋 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…
