Over 50 social enterprise leaders have come together in calling on the Mayor of South Yorkshire to formulate an ambitious strategy and framework for growth of the region’s social economy. In an Open Letter, launched on International Social Enterprise Day, social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and sector stakeholders called for...
Open Letter to the Mayor of South Yorkshire: Strategy for the Social Economy
Over 100 social enterprise leaders have come together in an open letter to the South Yorkshire Mayor published on International Social Enterprise Day 2023. We are calling for a regional strategy and framework for action to grow the social economy in South Yorkshire and to support the work of...
Motion Exercise launch digital wellbeing platform
Sheffield based social enterprise, Motion Exercise CIC, has launched a new digital platform for activity coordinators working with care home residents. With the support of Sheffield City Trust the company has launched Motion Wellbeing designed to enhance physical and mental wellbeing through exercise. Sheffield Live! reporter Baillor Jalloh spoke...
Community hub seeks helping hands
An enterprising Rotherham mum is using her entrepreneurial skills honed as a personal fitness trainer and aerobics instructor to help strengthen a healthy sense of community. Last year, Jodie Goodall “swooped in” to take over the lease of a long vacant community centre in the Brecks area of Rotherham...
Digital platform delivers wellbeing activities in care homes
Motion, a Sheffield social enterprise on a mission to create moments that move people, is working with activity coordinators in local care homes to break down the barriers and address challenges around delivering meaningful wellbeing activities for residents. A revolutionary digital platform hosts a range of activities on demand...
Autism charity wins lottery cash
Sheffield based charity, Autistic Children and Carers Together (ACCT) has been successful in the public vote stage of the National Lottery funded People’s Projects. The charity has won a vital grant of £70,000 to support its work with more than 500 children and their families in Sheffield. Here’s a...
Union Street shows 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,...
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...
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...
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...