Butterthwaite Roads Happy Street party!

Our Happy Street campaign, sponsored by Morfitt Smith Estate Agents, came to a close on Sunday with a huge celebration with residents of Butterthwaite Road, who came together to win the Happy Street competition, raising a fantastic £2,410.65 for Cash for Kids.

The party took place at the on Green Lane in Sheffield and the early showers didn’t dampen the community spirit.

The show was hosted by Hallam FM presenters and Richie Pearson. They introduced the guest of honour, Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Anne Murphy and her consort, who opened the party with Butterthwaite Road residents Gary and Michael who presented a cheque of their fundraising achievement and paid tribute to everyone involved that made it happen.

Children who attended were offered the opportunity to have the best view in the house thanks to the huge climbing tower provided by health and wellbeing organisation , part of Sheffield City Council, who were also promoting their campaign to reach out to community groups and clubs to become more active.

Fairground rides provided by William Percival’s Farrar’s Funfairs also proved a hit, alongside lots of inflatable fun from Cream Castles, who had the kids bouncing all day on the bouncy castle and tall slide.

Movie star comic book characters including Deadpool and Black Widow, provided by Yorkshire Cosplay Con, who recently announced the (https://www.manicmascots.co.uk/) gave the kids a photo opportunity they can cherish.

Additional entertainment included an inflatable football goal provided by .

The delicious food, including a Queen’s Pie donated by the Topping Pie Company, doughnuts donated by (http://www.timecafebar.co.uk/) of Crystal Peaks barely left any crumbs by the time food had stopped serving!

Drive time host Simon Morykin and daytime host Richie Pearson introduced all the acts throughout the day, looked after by Fox Auido Hire. Local dance troupes , who wowed the audience with a performance including fire eating and juggling fire sticks.

Richie and Simon later invited volunteers to the stage to take part in a Top Ten at Ten quiz aiming to guess the year of the clips of hits from back in the day. The participants all received prizes to give to children.

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The Happy Street party came to a close with a group photo of all the families and everyone behind the fundraising efforts. The campaign brought streets and communities together across South Yorkshire and collectively raised £8,646.59 for Cash for Kids.

Hallam FM’s Cash for Kids would like to say a huge thank you to the team at Civil Service Sports Club, our volunteers on the day, the staff at Hallam FM and all the local companies and entertainment acts that supplied their time, services and marketing materials on the day in order to make the event happen.

Thank you to St John Ambulance and Shireoaks based security firm Greymen Security Solutions who ensured the health and safety of all our guests on the day.

The venue was decorated by Arion Print who provided the stage banners, Saint Promotions who provided the bunting displayed across the site and Direct Print & Promotions who provided the flags for all the guests on the day.

To see all the pictures from the day you can click here to visit our online gallery or search #happystreet on Twitter.

If you want to host your own fundraising party and raise money for Cash for Kids, call 0114 209 1100 or email cashforkids@hallamfm.co.uk