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The Routes of Judy Woods

Unfortunately, the Friends of Judy Woods was unsuccessful with its bid to the Peoples Millions, but thank you to all the individuals and groups who have supported our TV appearance! We are now looking at a number of ways to undertake this project, so hopefully we will improve the paths in Judy Woods!

We lost out to Heeley City Farm, but their training arm - Sheffield Environmental and Horticultural Training (SEHT) contacted us after the competition and offered to come over with a team of their NVQ students and undertake some path repair. This three day task took place at the end of February and reinstated the drainage and path before and over Judy Bridge. The students did a fantastic job and it was a great partnership project involving SEHT, FoJW, Royds and the Council. See photo below.

Foreground: Two members from SEHT;             Background: Sal Bullimore from Royds and Denis Waudby from the Friends of Judy Woods

The Judy Woods Project

The Judy Woods Project was jointly funded by the Royds Community Association and a grant from the Local Heritage Initiative. It is a partnership between Royds, other groups and local people.

The Local Heritage Initiative (LHI) (please see 'Links' page) is a national grant scheme that helps local groups to investigate, explain and care for their local landscape, landmarks, traditions and culture. The grant is provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, but the scheme is a partnership, administered by the Countryside Agency with additional funding from the Nationwide Building Society. 

It funded the following items:

- A wheelchair accessible path from the Station Road entrance (please see photo below)

- A programme of environmental education activities

- A collection of local history and folklore, especially from local people

- A Family Fun Day in 2001

- A booklet about the woods

- A leaflet about the woods, which also includes the current events programme

- Signage in the woods, which highlight features of interest, for example, a bell pit 

The Roots of Judy Woods

The Friends have been successful with a second application to the Local Heritage Initiative (please see 'Roots of Judy Woods' page for further details).

'The Judy Woods Project' and 'The Roots of Judy Woods' was/ is funded by the Local Heritage Initiative (LHI), which is a partnership between the Heritage Lottery Fund, Nationwide Building Society and the Countryside Agency