Social Enterprise Exchange invites you to join a series of four online workshop sessions to support your start-up or early-stage social enterprise or community business. This workshop series will enable you to develop your concept, build your business case, plan finances, understand different business models and present your ideas....
Recruiting – Social Enterprise Development Coordinator
Cultural Industries Quarter Agency are seeking applications for a short term part-time post to support their work with Social Enterprise Exchange. The successful candidate will devise and implement a programme of place based and property led growth support for social enterprises and business centres through liaison with key partners...
Greet and Develop set to launch with their virtual networking event
Sheffield based social enterprise, Greet and Develop, will be hosting their debut online event this Friday 30 October at 7pm. The newly established networking organisation aims to bring people together from different backgrounds and work experiences to share personal development strategies. Founder, Colin Jiri, said he is excited to spread the...
New radio stations plan for Sheffield and Rotherham
A group of local and community media organisations have come together with an ambitious plan to expand choice for radio listeners tuning to digital radio in Sheffield and Rotherham. Community radio stations Link FM and Sheffield Live! have joined forces with Sheffield Community Media to establish a new digital...
Support services failing for women refugees and asylum seekers
Women asylum seekers and refugees are facing multiple challenges including mental health conditions and homelessness linked to the coronavirus pandemic according to a Sheffield-based support group. In a new report, the social enterprise Development and Women’s Advancement (DEWA) found 82 per cent of women interviewed reported their mental health...
UnShut arts festival launches virtual events programme
Sheffield’s UnShut Festival of Performance is set to launch a three day virtual events programme of radical and experimental new performance art, online, by post and in the streets. UnShut began as a theatre festival in Sheffield in 2017 and is now home to an array of new talent...
Migration Matters Festival launches online celebration
Sheffield’s Migration Matters Festival, the largest Refugee Week festival in the UK, has launched this year as an online celebration of global sanctuary and the positive impact of migration. The festival will feature music, arts, theatre and debate from Sheffield and around the world but all events are to...
Arts workshop for children goes online
A popular Spring Bank Holiday arts workshop series for 7-12 year olds run by Ignite Imaginations in collaboration with Sheffield Libraries is to be run this year as a virtual event. A series of daily, free, artist-led activities will be available online from Monday with a video and online...
Homeless at greater risk following Archer Project fire
Shaffaq Mohammed, Liberal Democrat leader on Sheffield Council is calling for a citywide fundraising campaign to support the homeless. The Archer Project, a leading homelessness charity, has closed due to a recent fire caused during a break in. Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed also called on other providers to step in...
Disability arts charity adapts to lockdown
Disability arts charity Under the Stars have adapted their work with vulnerable people by embracing online technologies and providing support for home-based activities. The charity supports adults with learning disabilities and has been organising social events and studio-based music, drama and dance workshops in Sheffield for over ten years....