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Prior Bank

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Prior Bank House - A Residential Home for the Elderly Prior Bank House on Cherrytree Road, Nether Edge, was opened as a Home for the Elderly on 27 June 1939 by Lady Stevenson and was strongly supported by the first Lady Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Mrs A E Longdon, a past President of Sheffield Soroptimists. The house originally in beautiful grounds had been owned by several well-known families including John Cole of Cole Brothers (now John Lewis) and also Thomas Henry Firth, a local steel merchant.   In 1937 a public appeal was launched for the provision of a home for aged ladies of limited means.   A member of Sheffield Soroptimists, Miss Henrietta Fisher, donated a large sum for the purchase of the house.   Prior Bank was managed by a Committee consisting of members of Soroptimist International of Sheffield, Sheffield Inner Wheel, National Council of Women
Winn Gardens

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Food Bank and Children’s Clubs Winn Gardens is in the top 20% deprived neighbourhoods in the UK and for various reasons it is difficult to engage families, children and young people in positive activities. It is a diverse and multicultural estate, which has around 18 different ethnicities represented, including families of black African, black Caribbean, Chinese, asian, Slovakian gypsy, eastern European and Indian ethnic heritage. There is a foodbank which also has clothing, household items, toys and refreshments on offer. The children’s clubs take place in the holidays and see sessions ranging from computer programmes to poetry, multi sports and origami. The children are provided a packed lunch at each session. 11/08/23 New School Shirts for Winn Gardens Children We have; with the addition of a generous donation from Tesco;  been able to give shirts and blouses to school children from Winn Gardens who were
Mums in Need

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The purpose of Mums In Need (MIN) is to support mothers who are or have been subjected to domestic emotional abuse and violence. Mums In Need provides practical guidance and emotional support to mums who have left abusive partners by empowering them with skills and confidence to move forward with their lives. Over the past few years, Mums In Need has supported over 200 women who have suffered from emotional/psychological abuse (also known as coercive control). Through running their support services, the need for national policy changes became strikingly apparent. Coercive control is now recognised as a crime and yet when victims leave the abusive relationship, they are often left unsupported. MIN carried out interviews with staff and the women who have used the support services. From this research, they have developed a set of policy recommendations which, if implemented, would drastically improve the support