“Co-production is not just a word, it’s not just a concept. It is a meeting of minds coming together to find a shared solution.” In the past, services and programmes were often developed and delivered without meaningful input from the people they set out to help. But there has...
Sheffield-based experts offer introduction to social enterprise
Enterprising people looking to make a positive impact in South Yorkshire are being given a chance to start their journeys from firm foundations with a free introductory workshop delivered by social enterprise experts. Produced for Social Enterprise Exchange by Sheffield Live! and hosted at The Circle, Sheffield on April...
£1.2m government funding for Burngreave youth centre
A Burngreave-based charity from Sheffield is among seven youth centres in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire that are set to share more than £15m in government grants to renovate and build youth facilities. Endeavour, a woodland activity club based in Burngreave, has been granted £1.2m to refurbished its building and to...
Sheffield’s version of The Repair Shop, powered by volunteers
Volunteers are finding that it is not only the vacuum cleaners, furniture and jeans that are being repaired at a new social enterprise in Sheffield, but their own levels of confidence, wellbeing and sense of purpose. Reyt Repair opened in Abbeyfield Park House in October 2022 as a volunteer-powered...
Purchase agreed for historic cinema venue
Sheffield social enterprise Creative Arts Development Space (CADS) has agreed the purchase of Abbeydale Picture House and plan to restore it to its former glory. A dispute with the landlord earlier this year over roof repairs for the main auditorium roof led to an unexpected eviction. Since regaining entry...
Sheffield race equality commissioner poses questions for social enterprise sector
The power of people was picked out as being of paramount importance at a recent conference for social entrepreneurs that was described as “nourishing” and “energising” by attendees. Sonia Gayle was the keynote speaker at the recent Social Enterprise Exchange Conference and spoke plainly and frankly about the findings...
Small Business Saturday – shop local and support small independent firms
Small Business Saturday returned on December 3 – the tenth year of encouraging people to shop local and support small businesses in their communities, both on the day and beyond. The grass-roots campaign began in the US and was conceived and promoted by American Express to complement “Black Friday”...
Social enterprise support in the Sheffield city region
Are you a social enterprise operating in one or more of the South Yorkshire local authority areas of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham or Sheffield; or in one or more of the following local authority areas: Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North East Derbyshire? Social Enterprise Exchange offers a comprehensive programme...
Tramlines funds over 40 local organisations
The Tramlines Trust, created in 2022 and born out of a desire to uplift and give back to the surrounding communities and culture at the very heart of Tramlines Festival, has given out 42 funding grants totalling over £30k. Money has gone to a wide range of businesses who...
Sustainability in focus at social enterprise conference
Social entrepreneurs from across South Yorkshire came together to mark International Social Enterprise Day at a Sheffield conference to address social, economic and environmental sustainability. Social enterprises put people, communities and environment before profit and operate in many sectors of the region’s economy including health and social care, food,...