A campaign has been launched to save one of Sheffield’s historic buildings, Abbeydale Picture House, with the aim to restore the building and bring it back into public use. Since 2017, Sheffield arts charity CADS has had a long term lease on the building but a dispute over roofing...
Another milestone for Sheffield Live!
Sheffield Live! is heading to DAB+, another milestone for the radio station that recently celebrated 15 years of continuous broadcasting on FM. Director Steve Buckley spoke to Sheffield Live! reporter Baillor Jalloh about the history of Sheffield’s longest running community radio station, and its future.
Sustainability and social enterprise in the spotlight at Sheffield conference
Entrepreneurs that are helping to make our society and environment better places to live are gathering in Sheffield this week to discuss a sustainable future. Social Enterprise Exchange Conference 2022 on November 17 is set to cover a host of topics ranging from the cost of living crisis to...
Sheffield Live! marks 15 years on air with DAB launch
Sheffield’s longest running community radio station, Sheffield Live! has joined a growing number of radio services available on DAB in Sheffield and Rotherham. The station was born over two decades ago as a weekend broadcast at Sharrow Festival. It was later awarded the first full-time FM community radio licence...
Homeless charity opens print shop in Orchard Square
Award winning social enterprise, Printed By Us, has opened a retail shop in Sheffield’s Orchard Square selling T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and other printed products to raise funds for homeless people. Printed by us is a not for profit organisation and part of the Archer Project which helps homeless people...
Emergency services museum wins national award
Sheffield’s National Emergency Services Museum has won a national award as the UK’s most family friendly museum. The independent, self-funded museum and charity faced closure following the Covid-19 lockdown period and was saved by a crowdfunding campaign. Among its exhibitions and features are historical vehicles and equipment including a...
Community repair shop opens in Burngreave
A community repair service shop has opened in Abbeyfield Park House, Burngreave, to offer low cost repairs of all sorts of broken items that might otherwise go to waste. Reyt Repair is a social enterprise set up to support repair and re-use of broken items for just a small...
Rising energy costs
A report from Sheffield Live! on rising energy costs and the impact on our communities. Through a new government Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the government is providing a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic customers (including all UK businesses, the voluntary sector like charities and...