Creative Arts Development Space (CADS) has taken on their 17th building in the city offering low cost office and studio space for artists and creative businesses. The not-for-profit charity aims to provide creative talent in Sheffield with affordable workspace away from home. CADS has taken over the former Go Outdoors office on Arley Street in Highfield. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke Claire Rimmer, manager at CADS.
A family run café in Hillsborough, Molly’s Café & Deli, has raised over £3,000 to support the humanitarian relief effort for Ukraine. Molly’s have been baking cakes to sell to raise funds and say the generosity of Sheffielders has been amazing. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Lucy Poplawski, manager at Molly’s Café & Deli.
Sheffield City Trust which runs some of the city’s biggest leisure and entertainment venues is to hand them back to Sheffield Council after receiving a £7 million bailout. Opposition leader Shaffaq Mohammed has called it an end game for the organisation with tax payers to be hit one more time to fill the budget gap. Azz Mohammed reports for Sheffield Live!
Tramlines Festival has announced an open invitation to new acts who want to perform at the festival this year. Festival organisers are looking to bring in more new talent from the local community. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Alex Deadman, regional media officer for Tramlines.
A Ukrainian journalist and IT worker in the frontline city of Konotop in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine has spoken to Sheffield Live! about how the war has affected her and her family. Olha Peredera talks about how life is at the moment as well as her reaction to when the Russian invasion started. Sangita Basudev interviewed Olha Peredera for Sheffield Live!
Volunteers from aid charity Go Dharmic travelled to the Polish border crossing to deliver aid to those crossing over to safety from the war in Ukraine. Hanumann Dass, founder of Go Dharmic told Sheffield Live! that even the smaller border towns are seeing thousands of arrivals a day. Azz Mohammed reports.
Sheffield Mencap & Gateway is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the launch of a book of 70 stories of people with learning disabilities. The charity offers a range of support services to help people with earning disabilities to lead better lives. Sheffield Live1 reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Jonathan Raimondi, manager at Sheffield Mencap.
Sheffield Council have launched a new stop smoking campaign together with Smokefree Sheffield to show the impacts of cheap and illicit tobacco in the city as well as highlighting the importance of quitting. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Councillor Alison Teal, executive member for sustainable neighbourhoods, wellbeing, parks and leisure, and Greg Fell, director of public health in Sheffield.
The global day of celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women was marked in Sheffeld by events and activities including a drop-in organised by Together Women. International Women’s Day has been celebrated since 1975. Together Women is a local charity supporting women and girls. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Lauren O’Donoghue, of Together Women.
Kyiv-based graphics designer Denis Dekhtiarenko is working with aid charity Go Dharmic to help move aid from the UK to Ukraine. He spoke to Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed together with Hanuman Dass from Go Dharmic.