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The Great Winthrop Gardens Bake Off
When: Saturday 6th April 11am-3pm Where: Winthrop Gardens, Second Lane, Wickersley Rotherham S66 1EE Entry: Entry forms are available at Winthrop Gardens or you can email winthropgardens1@
gmail.com or downloaded from their website
www.winthropgardens.org.uk
Every Spring, the volunteers at Rotherham
Fundraising Group of Marie Curie look to add some extra sunshine into the world to mark the charity’s annual appeal.
The group are once again partenering with Anna and the volunteers down at Winthrop Gardens to host a bake off competition to raise money and awareness for both Marie Curie and the gardens. Following the success of last year’s event the Great Winthrop Bake Off promises to be even bigger and better.
The perfect setting for all things daffodils, Winthrop Gardens at Wickersley is a blossoming community gardens with a quaint tea room on site. Here, the Rotherham Fundraising Group will be hosting their charity day on Saturday 6th April with Marie Curie products available to buy plus a tombola to enter. Is your lemon drizzle cake up to scratch? Can your scones rise to the occasion? Then why not enter the Bake Off competition all in the name of a good cause. From cakes and buns, scones and biscuits, jams and marmalades to pickles and chutneys, whip up a delicious treat with prizes available for adults and children.
There will be four categories this year to give everyone a chance and encourage the next generation of bakers.
All entries donated to the competition can also
be tried and tasted by visitors for a donation to the causes. Your bakes and preserves can be dropped off
at Winthrop café on either Friday 5th April between 3pm and 6pm or Saturday 6th April between 8am and 9am.
The event will run 11am to 3pm so please come along and support both causes. The Marie Curie group organise charity events and collections to help the nurses caring for people with terminal illnesses while the volunteer-run Winthrop Gardens provides a therapeutic sensory gardens and a memory café for those living with dementia.
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Celebrating the contribution of women as part of the proud heritage of Wentworth and Elsecar is the focus of a creative new textile-arts project that is bringing history to life.
Drawing on personal stories and memories, textile artist Gemma Nemer is creating a lasting legacy to honour the grit and determination of the strong women who through the ages rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in to support their families and wider community.
Gemma is encouraging local people to help produce a unique piece of artwork, in the shape of three giant textile installations, by sharing their stories about the female role models who shaped these notable South Yorkshire neighbourhoods.
Launching in early March to coincide with International Women’s Day, Gemma’s project, ‘Common Threads – the Fabric of Society’, involves a series of free workshops which give people the opportunity to contribute through embroidery, hand-stitching or machine work.
And, if crafts aren’t your strong point, you can simply drop in to a workshop to share your stories and photographs, providing further inspiration for the ambitious venture. For those who take part, there’s a chance your work will be showcased when the finished textiles take pride of place in the Pillared Hall at Wentworth Woodhouse as well as being displayed in Wentworth and Elsecar villages later this summer. Gemma, who is currently Artist in
Residence at Elsecar Heritage Centre, said her project celebrates the achievements and endeavours of the women from both villages, past and present. “Women have played such a big role in our local history but unfortunately some of their stories seem to have been forgotten over the years.
“When we think about the industries such as mining and iron, we often hear about the men who worked down the pits or in the forges but there are also untold stories about the women who played important roles, too,” she said.
While bookings are not essential, you can book your place on a workshop or find out more about how you can get involved in the Common Threads project by emailing Gemma on
gemma.nemer@
hotmail.co.uk or just turn up on the day.
Stitching the local her-story together
WORKSHOPS:
The Mechanics Institute, Wentworth
Thursdays 21st March, 4th and 18th of April 1.30pm to 5.30pm
Elsecar Heritage Centre Saturdays 9th, 23rd and 30th March 10am-5pm
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