A firearm amnesty has been called in Sheffield until the 21 November. Anybody who is in possession of a gun that they do not have a license for can hand them in without fear of prosecution. However if the gun has been used in a crime then it will be investigated.
A funday held at Weston Park looked at how literacy has changed and developed over the last 100 years. People who attended the event, got the chance to use a type writer and type their name by using the morse code.
A campaign to clean Sheffield up by prosecuting fly tippers has began. Nearly £80,000 was spent on investigating this in the last year.
Hermi O’ Connell is one of the women being projected on to buildings in the centre of town. She took part in a project that looked at how women are portrayed in the media.
Child hunger, the need for food banks and access to locally sourced food are some of the issues effecting South Yorkshire, that were discussed, at a locally held event. The conference looked at food security and food justice which wants all food to be be safe, healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate and accessible to everyone.
Children and parents are celebrating as they found out that their lollipop lady, Janice Clarke, was going to be returning to Anns Grove School. Parents held protest on Gleedless Road when they found that their lollipop lady was going to be removed and no replacement was planned.
Images of older Sheffield women were projected on to icon buildings like the Town Hall and City Hall as part of a project looking at how older women are portrayed in the media. The project is run by Dr Lorna Warren aims to highlight that 25% of Sheffields’ population are women over the age of 50 yet they are hardly ever seen in the media.
A new report from the World Economic Forum has shown that the gap between womens’ and mens’ earnings has widen. The UK has fallen eight places in the table to twenty sixth.
Firefighters from across South Yorkshire joined the picket line at Dearne Community Fire Station on the third day of a four day national strike over pensions and the retirement age. Firefighters want to retain the right to retire at 55 years of age claiming that to do the job effectively up to the age of sixty is putting lives at risk.
Fire fighters in Sheffield joined a national four day strike over pensions. They are now being expected to work until the age of sixty instead of fifty five. Fire Minister Penny Mordaunt described the strike action as “unnecessary and the aim of which is unclear”