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  • STAG Newsletter #7 17/3/26

    Plaque unveiling As many of you will know, the plaque to the Sheffield Street Tree Campaign was unveiled on Friday 6th March by Rob McBride, international tree campaigner, and the Lord Mayor Safiya Saeed, with a civic reception afterwards. Many of those who worked on the wording of the plaque were present, as was Lydia…

  • Unveiling of tree campaign plaque

    The plaque commemorating Sheffield’s Tree Campaigners, and the saving of 1000s of trees from wrongful felling, has been unveiled at Sheffield Town Hall, close to the plaque commemorating the Kinder Trespass. For more background information, and an explanation of some elements of the plaque design, see the plaque page.

  • STAG Newsletter #6 27/02/26

    Snowdrops are giving way to crocus and daffodils. Frogs are starting mating activity in the ponds. Birds are singing. Buds are visible on trees. We hope everyone has access to see and hear these welcome signs of spring being on its way. Nature is so important for everyone’s well-being. Which of course is why we…

  • Draft Minutes of STAG Members Meeting, 7th February 2026, 2-4.15pm

    Present: Woll Newall, Anne Barr, Fran Kime, Isabel O’Leary, Ruth Hubbard, Mark James, Alison Teal (Chair), Helen McIlroy (Minutes), Wendy Hawksley, Sue Kondakor, Andrew Kondakor, Julian Baker Apologies Sally Weston, Kythe Beaumont, Asha Dube, Mark Brown, Jane Miller, Paul Selby Agenda Items 1 Minutes of the last general meeting held on 11/12/25 were approved. 2…

  • Presentations from STAG Members Meeting 7/2/2026

    The complete presentations given at our recent members meeting.

  • STAG Newsletter #5  17/01/26

    Dates for your diary A reminder that the deadline for voting on the SSTP proposal mentioned below is midnight on 18th JanuarySTAG General Meeting Saturday 7th February 2-4pm Venue: Sharrow Community CentreSTAG Committee meeting Monday 16th February 7.30pmVenue tbcSTAG AGM Monday 20th April time and venue tbc News Street Tree Planting You said….In the STAG…

  • STAG General Meeting Minutes, 11th December 2025 7-8:15p.m

    Held on line PresentMark James (Chair), Helen McIlroy (Minutes), Ruth Hubbard, Woll Newall, Isabel O’Leary, Paul Selby, Christine King, Mark Brown. Gerry Firkins joined later. ApologiesAlison Teal, Sue Kondakor, Andrew Kondakor, Asha Dube IntroRuth reminded attendees of the purpose of General Meetings (member input/decision-making – underpinned by an ongoing organisational conversation for information-sharing to contribute…

  • STAG Committee Meeting 25/11/25

    Present: Helen McIlroy, Paul Selby, Mark James, Alison Teal, Isabel Oleary, Ruth Hubbard, Woll Newall Observers: None Apologies: NA Minutes: Minutes of the 27/10/25 Committee meeting were approved Matters arising Tree Planting STAG Public Facebook Group Old STAG Website Interactive Website for the Plaque Constitutional Review SSTP Update Preparation for the online General Meeting on 11th December 7-8:30 Agenda: 1. Constitutional…

  • STAG Newsletter #4 19/12/25

    Street Tree Planting We are making good progress with the exciting project to fund street trees in low canopy/high deprivation areas of Sheffield using the STAG legal fund. We are confident of being able to order the trees by the deadline of 31st March 2026 for planting in the winter of 26/27. We have had…

  • National Tree Week: Trees for Sheffield’s future

    This is the 9th and final day of National Tree Week! We hope you have enjoyed the trees we selected to highlight for National Tree Week, and the memories of the tree protection campaign so many of you were involved in. You can see all the selected trees on the new STAG website here. STAG…