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Union St continues to show that there are other ways of working

Union St cemented its place in the Sheffield social enterprise ecosystem recently, hosting a popular networking event for the region’s social entrepreneurs. It is essentially just bricks and mortar office space in a convenient location, albeit with a nice aesthetic of industrial-looking upcycled furniture and artwork on the walls,...

  • May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
  • Tom Austen
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Foodbank calls for more support for families in need

Hillsborough-based charity S6 Foodbank has welcomed the new cost of living payment to help struggling families but say more support is needed. Speaking to Sheffield Live! Alison Wise said more help is needed for poor households as the number of people using their foodbank has rocketed in the last...

  • May 3, 2023May 9, 2023
  • Tom Austen
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Local charity to distribute healthy meal packs

Sheffield charity Element Society has completed a successful crowdfunding to teach cost-of-living kitchen skills and provide ingredients for 1800 meal parcels. The project, started during lockdown, was originally funded to give young people the kitchen skills to cook from scratch, so they were able to help support their families...

  • April 22, 2023May 9, 2023
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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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...

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  • April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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£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...

  • April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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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...

  • February 8, 2023February 15, 2023
  • Tom Austen
  • Case Studies, News
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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...

  • December 19, 2022
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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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...

  • December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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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”...

  • December 5, 2022
  • Tom Austen
  • News
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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...

  • November 29, 2022
  • Tom Austen
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