Greenotes CIC

03/06/2026

Kindly nominate volunteers from your community that you feel deserve extra recognition for their efforts.

🌟 The Pen*stone Ward Alliance Volunteer Awards 2026 are now OPEN! 🌟

Do you know someone who goes above and beyond for our community?
A neighbour, a young person, a local group or business who makes a real difference?

Now’s the time to recognise them.

You can nominate across a wide range of categories, including Volunteer of the Year, Young Volunteer, Community Group, Environmental Awards, and Outstanding Contributions to Health & Wellbeing, Sport, Arts & Culture, Older People, and Younger People.

📧 For more information or to request a nomination form, contact the Pen*stone Area Team: pen*[email protected]
📞 Or call Rebecca on 07741 168811

🗓️ Deadline for submissions: Friday 11 September

Let’s celebrate the volunteers who make Pen*stone such a brilliant place to live.

02/06/2026

This morning was a great start to the day with the Swaine Bloomers team.

We spent the morning tidying the entrance to the public footpath on Hamper Lane by trimming back overgrown vegetation, clearing silt from the pavement, removing litter, and starting a dead hedge using some of the village’s Christmas trees that had been saved for reuse. 🌲♻️

It’s fantastic to see more and more people from the village turning up and getting involved in making a positive difference to the local environment. Every helping hand contributes to keeping our community cleaner, greener, and more welcoming for everyone. 💚

A big thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their time this morning. Together we’re making a real difference, one project at a time. 👏🏼

Interested in helping out? New volunteers are always welcome, and it’s a great way to meet people while improving the place we all call home. 😊🏡


Hoylandswaine Events Group

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

02/06/2026

Swaine Bloomers held their third successful plant sale at the weekend, raising an impressive £500 through plant sales 🪴 and kitchen ☕️ refreshments. 💷 The funds will go towards supporting future community projects.

Greenotes attended to assist with plant sales, moving and handling, and demonstrated plant bio-rhythms by wiring up tomatoes and lavender, giving visitors a unique opportunity to experience the sounds and signals of plants. 🎶🌱

The event was further enhanced by a Swaine Crafts, Tilly’s Charity, dog treats, and a selection of gardening books, offering something for everyone to enjoy. 📚🎗️🦴

Thank you to everyone who came along to support the event at Hoylandswaine Village Hall A special well done goes to all the volunteers whose hard work and steady efforts helped keep the afternoon running smoothly. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

A fantastic community event, raising funds, bringing people together, and celebrating a shared love of gardening and crafts 🫜🧶

The rewilding garden outside maintained by HB+ looked beautiful! 🌸🌼🌸

Hoylandswaine Events Group

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

02/06/2026

You may have noticed that the old Chestnut Tree bench area has had a well-deserved spruce up recently. 🌳

Greenotes, together with the Friends of Howbrook and Wortley identified the location as a well-used community space that was in need of a little TLC. The area around the tree benches has been weeded, washed, painted, and overhanging branches lifted to improve both its appearance and accessibility. We also trimmed the grass and exposed the kerb edges to give the whole area a cleaner, tidier look. 🪏

To add a cheerful summer feel, we decorated the space with bunting and daffodils to brighten the area for everyone to enjoy. 🌼

If you’d like to see more improvements like this in Howbrook and Wortley, why not join the Friends group? 🤝 The more volunteers we have, the cleaner, greener and tidier our community can be. 👍 Ducks are welcome too 🦆 it’s been nice to have their company this afternoon.

Many hands make light work – and together we can make a real difference. 🌱🙌 💚

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team


Wortley Hall Sheffield

01/06/2026

Join Friends of Howbrook and Wortley for session two 🫟🪏🍃 Let’s get how Howbrook looking great 👌🏼

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

01/06/2026

New community group with a new page 📱🍃

An exciting new team with exsisting environmental volunteers are recruiting for new members to get involved 💚🪏🌸

Follow the Green Oxspring Champions to support new upcoming projects. 👍

https://www.facebook.com/share/196SjDPQtX/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

Previously known as the The Oxspring Titivators, the volunteers help maintain the village green spaces. The group of volunteers are funded by the Parish Council and carry out tasks around the village on behalf of the council and local residents.

31/05/2026

PlantWave demonstration of biorhythms and electrical variations of a village planter translated into conscious ambient music. Electrode grips gently attached from one plant to another measuring micro-fluctuations in conductivity, graphed as waves to pitch and textural messages. 🌼🌱🎶

https://on.soundcloud.com/wZeTNiL7pgirKsxvGI

Crane Moor Community Group
Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

PlantWave biorhythms and electrical variations of a village planter translated into conscious ambient music. Electrode grips gently transferred from one plant to another measuring micro-fluctuations i

30/05/2026

Following a recent planning meeting with Crane Moor Community Group, met with members at Horse Fields to select a range of edible, flowering and drought-tolerant plants for the new village planters. 🌸🌱

Volunteers worked at three locations around the village, preparing the ground, securing the planters and filling them with peat-free compost and finishing them with a bark mulch dressing. Thanks to a fantastic turnout, the whole job was completed in no time! 🪏🔨

The planters, kindly made and donated by Woodview Joinery Barnsley, now provide a warm and welcoming feature at the entrances to Crane Moor. They have been planted with Verbena, Red Army, strawberries, chives, thyme, rosemary, lavender and nasturtiums.🪻🌼

We're looking forward to seeing them flourish, providing colour throughout the season and attracting plenty of pollinators to the village. 🐝🌺🦋

Please feel free to enjoy the edible plants too – whether that's picking a strawberry or snipping a little rosemary to season your roast dinner! 🍓😋

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this project happen. 👏🏼💚👏🏼

Barnsley Council Pen*stone Area Team

29/05/2026

Coming this Sunday afternoon!