Following the disappointing fall-through of the plans for a school at Meersbrook Hall, a new working group has formed to refresh plans for the Hall and see what direction it can take next.

In the short term, this means an effort to breathe new life into the building, clean it up for use, running events to engage the wider community and raise awareness. In the medium to long term, it means another attempt to secure the future of Meersbrook Hall in partnership with the Council and the community.

•  A number of the group were given an initial tour of the building by the facilities management team and were encouraged by the state of the building. Photos from this visit are available here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qPUqCHteKSDrc1Rz7
•  The council is prepared to set up an access license to use the building. They have asked for a list of the spaces that will be used and the different activities that might be organised, for which health and safety assessments will be needed.

Extraordinary General Meeting – Become a Member!

We are holding an EGM to welcome in the fresh energy and elect a new management committee, and will announce the date for this in due course. 

In order to vote at our EGM and elect our new officers, you will need to become a member. You can do this by filling in this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCfP5t7NUy0PcZ7C3Z3kduQ9cFQPQUlnkCBXtuclJFp2ikww/viewform.

Working Group Meeting

There is a next meeting of the working group next week at 21st April 6pm at St Paul’s Church

Please come along if you can, see the agenda here: MH_Working_Group_Meeting_AgendaV5.pdf

If you can’t attend but would like to feed in thoughts on any of the agenda points, email info@meersbrookhall.org.uk

And join the working group email and whatsapp group in the meantime, fill in this separate googleform https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSegdmNAI20…/viewform

Officer Roles

At the meeting on the 21st there will be discussion of how the refreshed organisation will work and what officers and roles might be needed as part of the official structure of FoMH.

The officer roles we are required to have are Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. FoMH have had in the past a Heritage Lead, an IT Lead and a Communications Lead. There may be the need for other officer roles e.g. Fundraising, and Building Management.

So far in the working group there are subgroups taking action on:

• building management and health and safety, 
• publicity and communication, and
• building clean-up.

Could you be an officer?

Please read the previous role descriptions in this document:Election of Management Committee.pdf and the terms of reference of the management committee here:Terms of Reference – Management Committee.odt.pdf

Please read through and consider if you may be willing to be an officer of any sort and on the management committee – think about it, listen to how the roles might be defined on the meeting on the 21st. 

You may prefer to get involved via working groups and activities – that is also invaluable.

Events and Activities in the Hall

At the meeting there will be a discussion of upcoming and planned/potential events, including (so far) clean up sessions, a pop-up campaign desk and heritage open day tours.

So please have a think about any other activities/action days you might like to run or help to run in the spaces in the short term or medium term. Things that would raise awareness, engagement, show the potential of the building and/or highlight its heritage.

Press and Publicity

You may have seen the articles in the latest edition of Active8, and there is a similar update in the upcoming edition of the Joined up Heritage Sheffield newsletter.