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Find a cat – at the click of a mouse!

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Cats Protection

Regular listeners to Sheffield Live! will already know that Cats Protection has launched a new Find a Cat service, which has been advertised across our programmes over the last few weeks.

The new ‘Find a Cat’ function on the charity’s homepage allows people to view all the cats available for adoption within a 30-mile radius of their home.

By entering their home postcode, potential adopters are instantly directed to pages showing pictures and fact-files on all the fabulous felines in their area in need of good homes.

Lee Bishop, Website Manager for Cats Protection, said: “Previously, visitors to our website looking to adopt had to use the ‘find us’ page, search for their local branch or branches, and then visit each site separately for their adoption pages.

“The new tool is an easy to use, one-stop shop for your area, and as we are the UK’s largest feline welfare organisation, it will be the UK’s most comprehensive rehoming web function solely dedicated to cats.”

Cats Protection is keen to encourage people to adopt rather than buy if they are considering getting a cat, as figures from the charity’s national helpline currently show that for every one person enquiring about adopting a cat there are 10 people calling to give up a cat or report a stray. The ratio was one to three in 2009 and indicates a bleak future for cats.

Lee added: “We hope that the ‘Find a Cat’ tool will make it easier for people to adopt a cat from us. Adopting from Cats Protection means you are not only giving a home to an animal in need, but you will also have peace of mind that your cat has been examined by a veterinary surgeon, microchipped, vaccinated, neutered (if old enough) and will come with four week’s free insurance.

“With the launch of the new ‘Find a Cat’ function, we sincerely appeal to the cat loving public to visit the page and consider giving one of our marvellous moggies a loving and responsible home.”

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Sun shines on Sharrow Festival

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Sheffield Live at Sharrow Festival 2013

Thousands flocked to Mount Pleasant Park on Saturday to enjoy live music, fun activities, entertainment and visit stalls – including a Sheffield Live! outside broadcast stall – in glorious sunshine for the Sharrow Festival.

The Festival is a flagship event for Sharrow which celebrates the culture and diversity of the area and has been running since 1988. This year’s event attracted over 6000 visitors according to an estimate by Alan Deadman, one of the festival organisers.

Sheffield Live! presenters and team including Lee Price (Vancouver Manoeuvre), Paul Gregory, Kevin Risley (Communities Live!) broadcast live from the festival between 1 and 6pm, with Sangita Basudev in the studio looking after the broadcast of the live feed.

Rust performing at Sharrow Festival 2013 (photo: Jamie Veitch)

Rust performing on the main stage

Sangita commented “it was fantastic that so many people attended this year’s Sharrow Festival – and to get such a great response from listeners to our live broadcasts. It’s a special event for Sheffield Live – the festival is a wonderful, welcoming, diverse and inclusive event, with music, entertainment and activities for all. And Sheffield Live originally started as a two-day broadcast project from Sharrow Festival, before securing our FM broadcast license nearly 6 years ago. We’re all thrilled that there was a record turnout for the Festival this year.”

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Do you think you know about Organ Donation?

Think again.

All the major religions in the UK support the principles of organ donation and transplantation. These include Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism.

25% of people waiting for organ transplants are from the African Caribbean and Asian communities

Yet less than 2% of the people on the organ donor register are from these communities.

Organ transplants are more successful if the donor and recipient have the same ethnic origin.

As a result black and Asian people may wait three times as long as a white person for a kidney transplant.

What can you do?

You can change these facts.

By registering now with the Organ Donor Register go to the link on our website (station web address)

Tell your family and next of kin your wishes. They’re the ones that will make sure your act of kindness happens.

Click here for more information or to register now.

Sheffield Live! Spanish Special

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Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm went live in Madrid for a half hour special to celebrate International Women’s Day.  Women from Spain, The Basque Country, Ireland and France joined Carlota Calderon and Natz Beard to contribute to Communities Live! on March 8 2012.  The programme was simultaneously broadcast in Madrid by host station Radio Vallekas 107.5 FM.

International Women’s Day exclusive: Interview with Tawakkol Karman

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Tawakkol KarmanTawakkol Karman is a journalist in the Yemen. She came to international prominence during the Yemen uprisings in 2011 and was one of three women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year.

Tawakkol visited Sheffield recently and gave an exclusive interview to Sheffield Live! We are broadcasting the interview today to mark International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012

Listen to Tawakkol Karmen interview

– Interview by Paul Gregory, produced by Sangita Basudev –

High Noon

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High noon on Saturday 6 August and there is only one place to be that’s listening to Slam Dunk Cinema on Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM.  Slam Dunk Cinema is our new film show featuring interviews with local people involved in the film industry, reviews and previews, UK top ten and a glimpse of the latest DVD releases.  Join Van Connor and Dave Walker for the first airing of their weekly show on Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM or www.sheffieldlive.org.  You can follow their twitter account on @slamdunkcinema or e-mail Van and Dave at slamdunkcinema@sheffieldlive.org

Local talent goes weekly

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Tune in at 16:00 hrs on Fridays to hear a showcase of Sheffield’s music scene on Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm.

The popular Local Talent show goes weekly with producer Natalie Beard at the helm.  The show will include interviews and live performances from local artists, bands and songwriters with all the up to date information on what’s on where.  To find out more you can tune in on Friday at 16:00 hrs to Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM or on www.sheffieldlive.org.  e mail localtalent@sheffieldlive.org

Sheffield Live! Gig June 29

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Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm presents Tarka Dawn, Double XL, Sour Cherry and Chloe Jade Simmons.  They will be performing at  West St Live on West Street, Sheffield.  Doors open at 19:30 with the first band is due to start at 20:00 hrs.  Four performers for only £3.00 on Wednesday 29 June.   Come down and support the local live music scene here in Sheffield as well as your local community radio station, Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm. C u there.

Simon Thake Marathon Man

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Simon Thake (aka Marathon man)
Hello my name is Simon Thake and I present the Monday Uprising here on Sheffield Live 7-9 every Monday morning. I’m running the Sheffield half marathon this year to raise money for Sheffield Live so if you’d like to sponsor me that would be very lovely of you. See the horribly unflattering picture of me above. I’m the one on the left looking red faced and sweaty.

Please use the button below to sponsor me! Thank you for your support.

EMA: Futures at stake

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

By Amna Kaleem

Policies on education have been amongst the most unpopular initiatives taken by the coalition government. A look at the tuition fee protests all over the country is enough to gauge the anger of students. While most of the protests were focused on rise in tuition fees, almost every protest had a group of students from sixth form colleges and schools who were out to protest the scrapping of Education Maintenance Allowance.

The EMA is a weekly allowance of £10, £20 and £30 paid to students who are 16 to 18 years old. The amount paid varies according to the student’s family income, those living below £20,817 qualify for £30, those between £20,818 and £25,521 are eligible for £20 and the students whose family income is between £25,522 and £30,810 get £10 per week. The money is paid directly into the students’ bank accounts and is stopped if they fail to be punctual or attend their classes regularly.

The fund which was set up by the Labour government in 2004 is now being scrapped, which means from next academic year around 647,000 students across the country cannot claim their EMA. In Sheffield alone, there are little over 6,000 students who benefit from EMA. There has been a lot of debate on the subject, some feel students spend the money on iTunes and PS3 games, a claim which may not be completely unfounded as some students who qualify for EMA do not need it to support their education. However, there are also students who would not be able to pursue education if this small weekly payment is withdrawn.

At Longley Park Sixth Form College around 75% of students receive EMA. Here is an interview with college students Abby Thompson and Shanice Wright and their teacher James Finlayson:

EMA stories

One of the success stories of EMA is James Mills who used the programme to pursue further education and was able to go to university. James now works as a parliamentary researcher and has started the Save EMA campaign. James talks about how EMA helped him and how the campaign to save this fund is gaining momentum, nationally:

James Mills

For more information on the campaign, visit http://saveema.co.uk/

The report was aired on Communities Live on December 17, 2010.

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