Author: Bess Popplewell

Open House in the Community

Whilst applying for more grants, the team at Open House has been out and about in the community. On Tuesdays (weather permitting), volunteers can be found serving free hot drinks outside the building on Chesterfield Road between 10:00-11:30. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the local people, talk about Open House and to be […]

Free Hot Drinks on a Tuesday!

Since November, the team at Open House, along with friends from our local community have been out serving free refreshments to the people of Woodseats! It’s been so good to meet people, chat to them about the developments and hear their stories from Open House back in the day. It’s very clear that this place […]

We’re on the lookout!

Could you be one of our new trustees? We’re on the lookout for two new trustees to join us as we progress into a new era with Open House Trust. As the building work continues, our increasing focus as trustees is on how Open House will run when it has opened its doors to the […]

Phase One Nearing Completion

We’ve had some wonderful news these last two weeks… we’ve been grant funded £27k! This allows us to complete Phase One of the building work meaning Open House will be sound and structurally secure. But there’s more, with these grants we’ll also be able to begin work on Phase Two, bringing our long-held dreams of […]

October Update

The props are in and the main lintel at the front of the shop is about to be removed and replaced with a steel lintel. Once this has been completed, work will begin on replacing the lintel at the side of the building on Helmton Road.

Building Work Begins

On Friday morning, the hoarding went up on Chesterfield Road! This is very exciting for everyone here at Open House as it means that we can start replacing all the rotten lintels that are only just managing to hold the building up. This is the first part of making the building safe and strong!

Join an Open House Team

At Open House we want as many people to be involved as possible. We believe in a community-led coffee shop and so we’ve created five teams for people to join and volunteer their time, skills and insight. If you would like to join any of these teams, please email us at hello@openhousesheffield.co.uk and let us […]

Building Plans

A massive thank you to those who were able to join us for our Launch Night back in November. At this event we shared the vision and building plans for the coffee shop on Chesterfield Road. The support for this was overwhelming – over £10k was raised to help the building project. Thank you so […]

Launch Night

It’s an exciting time for Open House. After years of planning and praying, the team at Open House are delighted to announce that the first public event will be held on Friday 16th November at St Chad’s Church, Woodseats. This event will be launching the first fundraising phase – the building phase. Come along from […]

Values

We’re pleased to share with you the Open House values. As the project progresses, we hope and pray that these values will become the backbone that helps us make decisions, help others engage with what’s happening and keep us accountable to the local community. We’d love to hear your thoughts! 1. Jesus Focussed In a […]