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 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”...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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’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...
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...