Cultural Industries Quarter Agency are seeking applications for two Social Enterprise Exchange posts:- Head of Place and Sustainability The successful candidate will provide place, sustainable development and building based support advice to social enterprises, community businesses operating across the Sheffield City Region and business centres whether working in neighbourhoods...
Alpaca trekking in the Andean village of… Crosspool
Holly Hagg farm in Crosspool has become the base for an unusual trekking experience with growing demand for walking tours with their small herd of alpacas. The South American domesticated animals have become a big hit as walking companions on a trekking route that takes in the Rivelin Valley...
Lunch Plus – Social businesses with housing at their core
Friday, 19 April 2017, 12.30pm at Arup Sheffield. With presentations from:- Tony Stacey CEO, South Yorkshire Housing; Ben Keegan CEO, Roundabout; Jon Johnson Director, Reach Homes; together with work from a recent photographic exhibition by Mark Harvey of iD8 Photography focusing on positive aspects of the lives of homeless...
Sheffield charity receives funding boost to provide bikes for the disabled
Sheffield Cycling for All, part of Disability Sheffield, has been awarded a £46,000 grant by HealthRich to provide specially adapted bikes for people with various types of disability. The grant award, from funding raised through the Health Lottery, will enable the charity to offer affordable bike hire and other...
SheFest fringe festival celebrates women and girls
The SheFest fringe festival was in full swing on the streets of Sheffield at the weekend with music, dance, fashion and workshops across the city. Inspired by International Women’s Day the city-wide festival ran throughout the week and culminated in a weekend of celebration of women and girls. Simon...
Lunch Plus – Using digital tech to address social needs and wellbeing
Friday, 31 March 2017, 12.30pm at Showroom Cinema. With presentations by:- Roz Davies, Managing Director, Recovery Enterprises Founded in 2012, Recovery Enterprises is a social enterprises based in Sheffield. Its vision is for a city and region in which the identities, expertise, insights, aspirations, and abilities of people living...
DIY publishers gather for Sheffield Zine Fest
The fifth annual Sheffield Zine Fest took place at the Hallam Hubs, celebrating everything to do with zines, self-made magazines and booklets often given away or sold for the cost of printing. The event included workshops, stalls and exhibitions with a focus not only content, but also designs, styles...
Site Gallery announces ambitious expansion
Site Gallery has announced an ambitious expansion project with over £2.7m investment to create a new gallery and events space on Paternoster Row. Sheffield’s leading contemporary art space specialises in new media, moving image and performance and will treble the scale of its public offer including a new 262...
Community group in bid to buy Gardeners Rest pub
The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend could become Sheffield first community-owned pub following a successful crowdfunding campaign by the newly formed Gardeners Rest Community Society. When the owners of the Gardeners Rest pub, Eddie Munnelly and Pat Wilson, announced their intention to sell up for a quieter life on a...
Sheffield Renewables launches new community-owned solar energy scheme
Sheffielders and renewable energy supporters are being invited to invest in new community owned solar energy installations to promote a low carbon economy. Sheffield Renewables is seeking to raise £70,000 pounds to install solar energy panels which will produce 55 kilowatts of renewable energy and save around 2.5 tonnes...