Anyone can become a member of the group. If you would like to join, or if you have any questions, please email [email protected]. 

A yearly subscription for a couple or family is £8.

A similar subscription for an individual is £5 but if you are 25 years of age or under membership is free.

Membership runs up to 31 March of the following year.

It entitles you to:  

• free entry to most of our talks and guided walks which are usually £3 to guests (at   least 8 such events per year). If we pay for the speaker there is usually a £1 charge to members
• regular e-mail of news and upcoming events
• the opportunity to give your views on issues concerning the wood
• stand for committee
• vote at our AGMs

But most of all, it helps the wood! It gives us a more secure financial footing from which to look after and improve the wood; to run the Friends group; to put on educational events and to undertake important surveys.

Cheques payable to “Friends of Gillfield Wood” should be sent to the Treasurer :

Mick Warwick - 55 Longford Road, Bradway, Sheffield S17 4LP.

Alternatively you may wish to set up a standing order at your bank for annual payments on 1 April to our bank account, please apply for our bank details.

To join, please email your intentions to [email protected] so our secretary can update the membership list and recognise the source of your payment. 

We arrange at least four indoor meetings a year between September and April.  These are held in our local library in Totley on a Monday evening.  The talks are usually illustrated and cover a wide range of topics relating to woodland and natural history.

These meetings are well attended and are a great opportunity to meet other members and members of committee; a lovely atmosphere with refreshments available.

We organise a wide variety of outdoor events in and around our wood throughout the year for members and non- members.  These events can include, for example, bird, flower, fungi and history walks as well as specific survey work.  We also arrange certain events for families and children to join in each year.  

Our forthcoming events are listed in detail here.  Remember, no experience is necessary, please just come along and enjoy yourself, you will be made very welcome.

Our conservation workdays are held once a month on Sunday mornings with a Sheffield City Council Woodlands Ranger in attendance and supervising. We occasionally have midweek and Saturdays too. Tasks have included creating ponds and glades; improving footpaths; thinning of woodland; widening woodland rides, the repair of stiles and gates and the building of dry-stone walls. The tasks involve a mixture of heavy and light work, so we encourage anyone to come along and join in. We do have a lot of fun, plenty of chatting, with tea and coffee provided.  For more details see Conservation Work.  

We always work with the full support of Sheffield City Council's Parks and Countryside Service which is ultimately responsible for the maintenance and management of Gillfield Wood. 

The Friends of Gillfield Wood group have their AGM in April each year.

During the year we hold a number of committee meetings to discuss our programme of events plus current and ongoing issues relating to the wood and other matters. 

Our constitution allows us to have 15 committee members representing the group.  Currently we have 11 serving members.  If you would like to take up one of the available places, say for just one year, you would be most welcome – we are grateful for any new ideas you can bring.  Any interest please email [email protected] or come along to one of our events and have a chat with a member of committee.

A number of our members provide valuable help at events, so if you would just like to help out on certain occasions, rather than be on the committee, we will be very pleased to hear from you.