A beloved café is to be saved after the council declared they will restore it following a new charity partnership.

The Rose garden cafe, located in Graves Park, is set to be refurbished and reopened after community and charity group ‘Friends of Graves Park’ campaign for its restoration.

The council’s charity trustee sub-committee has agreed to the plans of restoring the café after its closure due to structural stability.

Caroline Dewar, chair of the Friends of Graves Park said: ” The local community desperately want their cafe back and they want to retain this much loved building.”

The charity, founded 26 years ago, has declared a recent partnership between themselves, Sheffield City Council and Save the Rose Garden Cafe campaign to communicate ongoing plans and advocate for community concerns.

Liz Hnat, partnership member and Chair of Save the Rose Garden Cafe said; ” The partnership with the council does provide a relationship between the community and them. It means we are having open and challenging conversations but in a respectful way and making sure all sides are heard.”

The park was gifted to the people of Sheffield and the Norton Area by JG Graves, giving the park great historical significance to the community and serves as a vital meeting place .

Miss Hnat added; ” Providing safe open spaces for our community to connect and share are integral to wellbeing, especially for marginalised or forgotten community members.”

The charity has raised almost £10,000 on just giving and commissioned an independent survey of the roof to save it from immediate demolition.

Rebecca Nixon, representative of Sheffield City Council in the partnership, said: “It has been a real process of co-creation within the partnership to bring methods of how we consult.”

Plans for the refurbishment of the cafe are currently underway with an extraordinary committee meeting on Thursday 21st March scheduled.