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JB Gill launches new Show Business School

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JB Gill, former member of the band JLS today helped launch Sheffield Colleges new Show Business School. Speaking to Sheffield Live!, JB Gill shared his thoughts on who the course might appeal to.

“The course is obviously going to help people who want to be artists, dancers or singers, but it’s also going to be an opportunity for people who don’t want to do that; those who want to manage the artists or want to work on stage in a theatre. There’s so much here for people to tap into”.

Today also marks National NVQ day, an annual celebration of vocational qualifications. Earmarking such qualifications as the one gained through the show business school, Julie Byrne, Principal of Sheffield City College spoke of their importance and where they can lead.

Courses, like this one are absolutely vital to employment growth and lead onto careers or university, and we know that employers value vocational qualifications as much as academic ones”

Gill’s enthusiasm for the course was something which resonated with students as they gathered after the session for a photo call. Queen Uwacu, 22, said “I was really impressed by the fact that JB is giving something back. That’s really important when you’re a celebrity who a lot of young people look up to”.

Aimed at assisting young people interested in breaking into the entertainment industry, the show business school offers a two year course working towards a vocational Extended Diploma equivalent to 3 A-Levels. Modules including event management, music production and public relations will be primarily taught by college business lecturers, but will also feature a number of guest lectures including at least two master classes a year from Gill himself.

JB Gill was on site this afternoon to host an hour-long Q&A session to share his knowledge and insider expertise on what to expect from the entertainment industry,telling themhis own experiences which have led to him claiming Brit and MOBO awards along the way.

Full details regarding course content and entry requirements can be found on the Sheffield College website http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/

JB Gill speaks to Sheffield Live! Sam Newton

Wake Road fire cause revealed

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Wake Road fire cause revealed

Fire and police investigators have revealed that the most probable cause of the fire on Wake Road, Sheffield in which five people tragically lost their lives was an electrical fault involving a faulty charging device.

The five people who tragically died in the blaze in Wake Road, Nether Edge were Shabina Begum, 53, her daughter Anum Parwaiz, 20, Adyan Parwaiz Kayani, nine, Amaan Parwaiz Kayani, seven, and nine-week-old Minahil Parwaiz Kayani.

Miss Parwaiz was aunt to the three children and Mrs Begum was their grandmother. Post-mortem examinations found that all five family members died from smoke inhalation.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have given out the following general safety advice

Do not leave things to charge overnight or beyond the recommended charging time

Do not buy cheap, unbranded chargers

Make sure chargers are compatible to the device you are using

Keep electrical items away from flammable materials when charging

Do not overload sockets – long strip adaptors are safest but only take a maximum of 13 amps.

Head of Strategy and Engagement at South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, Steve Chu spoke to Sheffield Live! George Torr.

Join our news team

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Employment, volunteering and work placement opportunities

With a planned launch date for Sheffield Live! TV of autumn 2014 on Freeview, and a news operation starting from July via our new website and through Sheffield Live 93.2FM, we are seeking to recruit talented, passionate staff and volunteers committed to help make our vision become reality.

Head of News

Full time. Salary, according to experience

Please note the closing date for this role has been extended to 6 June 2014.

Sheffield Live TV (SLTV) is the new local television channel for Sheffield co-located with Sheffield Live community radio and part of a new cross platform media offer for the local community. News programming will be at the heart of the new cross platform approach with regular bulletins on both radio and TV, a flagship early evening local TV news programme and a news feed to web and mobile.

The Head of News will be responsible for leading a team of radio, TV and online news reporters including news journalism apprentices, student reporters and community correspondents. They will build a network of sources including hyperlocal news partners and will build relations across the city with the public and private sector and with neighbourhood-based and specialist organisations.

Download the job description including person specification here:

JD-SLTV-Head-of-News (microsoft word)

JD-SLTV-Head-of-News (pdf)

Community Reporters

Interested in broadcast and online news reporting?

We are building a team of community reporters to seek out and produce local news items for radio, TV, web and mobile. Community reporters are volunteers who contribute to our news workflow on a regular or occasional basis. We are offering opportunities to join our news room team at our broadcast centre or to act as a ‘neighbourhood stringer’, seeking out hyperlocal stories and sending them through. You may have experience in news blogging or student journalism, or just want to get involved in making news on Sheffield Live. We will be offering training in reporting, editing, production and presentation, together with access to our studio facilities and news gathering kits. We are also looking for volunteers in the short term to assist with reporting (interviewing, camerawork, sound, editing) from Sheffield’s summer festivals including Sheffield Food Festival, Peace in the Park, Orgreave anniversary and other events.

To find out more write to: sangita@sheffieldlive.org

Media apprenticeships

Learning and work experience opportunities

In partnership with The Sheffield College, Sheffield Live is also recruiting for the following apprenticeships: Production Assistants, Apprentice Journalists, Technical Assistants.

Further information on apprenticeships is available by writing to: apprentices@sheffieldlive.org

We may, in the future, have other roles available – please get in contact via jobs@sheffieldlive.org if you have skills and experience you can offer.

Nathan’s football roundup

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Sheffield Live volunteer Nathan Murray with the latest football roundup.
Nathan Murray

Nathan Murray

3rd May: Sheffield United end the season on a high with Ben Davies and Ryan Flynn on Target for Sheffield United win over Coventry City (Sheffield United 2-1 Coventry City)

For Coventry Nathan Delfouneso ran onto John Fleck’s pass to score in the 39th minute.

In the 62nd minute, Ryan Flynn equalised with a laid back finish with a left foot form the centre of the box.

Ben Davies then scored the winner with a left footed shot, which was assisted by Conor Coady.

That was Coady’s second assist of the day.

Sheffield United end the season in 7th place.

Attendance: 20,723

3rd May:Sheffield Wednesday lose on the final day against Ipswich Town (Ipswich Town 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday)

Tommy Smith opened the goal scoring account for Ipswich Town in the 37th minute with a tap in.

In the 55th minute, Kieran Lee then equalised with a left footed shot from the Centre of the box.

Paul Green then grabbed the winner for Ipswich with a header in the 67th minute.

Wednesday end the season in 16th

Attendance: 20,862

Last chance to give your views in our listener survey – great prizes up for grabs!

What do you love and hate about Sheffield Live; what would you like to hear more of on air?

You can give us all your feedback about the station and your favourite shows in our listener survey – AND you’ll have a chance to win one of many FANTASTIC prizes from some some great local businesses.

TAKE THE SURVEY HERE

Prizes include:

  • £100 voucher from Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op, 300 Broadfield Road, Sheffield S8 0XQ
  • Meal for two* at Otto’s Restaurant (authentic Moroccan and Mediterranean cuisine, Sharrowvale Road)
  • Two tickets for Strictly Come Dancing Live at the Motorpoint Arena on 28 January 2014
  • Two cinema ticket vouchers for the Showroom Cinema
  • Two course meal for two** at Graze Inn, Ecclesall road – an innovative menu with a focus on sharing
  • Two separate prizes of 6x Six Pack tickets for Owlerton Stadium, which include admission, race card, chicken in a basket meal, and more – a fun evening with friends
  • The comprehensive and beautifully laid-out Peak District Bouldering Guide from Vertebrate Graphics
  • The Peak District Mountain Biking – Dark Peak Trails Guide – crammed with exciting routes to ride in the Peak
  • A two-course meal for two*** in the affordable, sustainable, local and ethical Avid Farm Shop
  • A super-warm Mora Snowsuit OR Skogen Winter Overall OR Snowflake baby snow suit from KoziKidz
  • Go climbing! An instructed session for two adults, with all necessary equipment, at the Foundry Climbing Club at the Foundry Climbing Centre

All you need to do to enter the competition is complete the listener survey – which takes less than 10 minutes (and you’ll be able to tick against which prizes you are most and least keen to win!) Entering is in line with our standard terms and conditions.

Your feedback in the survey will be incredibly useful to Sheffield Live in planning future shows.

TAKE THE SURVEY HERE – MAKE SURE YOU DO SO BEFORE 5PM on SATURDAY, 18 JANUARY 2014

Thanks to all the local businesses who have donated prizes – and thank you in advance for completing the listener survey!

[There is no cash alternative to any of the prizes].

*Otto’s Restaurant: Voucher for meal for 2. Food from a la carte menu to the value of £40. No drinks included. Sunday to Thursday in January. Booking essential; please mention voucher on booking.

**Graze Inn: Voucher for two-course meal for two people. No drinks included. Booking essential; please mention voucher on booking. Other terms may apply.

***Avid Farm Shop: Free two-course meal for two. Valid any day. Excludes drinks.

Local TV call for programme proposals

Sheffield Live – SLTV,  the local digital television channel for Sheffield, is now opening a first call for the submission of programme proposals for inclusion in our launch programme schedule.

Individuals and organisations interested in pitching programme ideas to SLTV are invited to participate in a Programme Proposers Workshop. Our next workshop will be held at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield from 6.30pm to 8pm on 21 February 2013. To register for the workshop please go to:

SLTV – Programme Proposers Workshop 

Please note the deadline for submission of programme proposals in this first call is 15 March 2013.

Proposal forms are available online by clicking on the link below.

SLTV – Programme Proposal Form [doc]

SLTV – Programme Proposal Form [text]

Programme proposers should be prepared to contribute their own voluntary time or other resources. Selected programme proposals will benefit from development support, access to production facilities to produce a pilot programme, and potential for inclusion in the SLTV launch programme schedule.

[post updated 06/02/13 with new workshop date details]

Sheffield Live! celebrates five years on air and looks forward to next five

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Sheffield Live! 5 years celebration

Local community radio station, Sheffield Live! 93.2fm, is celebrating five years of FM broadcasting since its launch in October 2007. The group also confirmed approval of a five year licence extension to 2017 by communications regulator Ofcom.

Sangita Basudev, Chief Executive, said: “We are delighted not only to be celebrating this milestone but to be able to confirm approval of our licence extension to 2017. It is a testimony to the tremendous work of all our volunteers and the support of our listeners that we have come this far. We are looking forward to the next five years.”

Sheffield’s first licensed community radio station started as a two day broadcast project for Sharrow Festival. The team involved gained experience broadcasting to other local festivals and on the internet before the full time service started in 2007.

Now, with five years of FM broadcasting and over 100 volunteers involved, Sheffield Live is looking to new media opportunities. The not-for-profit group is also part of a local consortium awarded the licence for Sheffield’s first digital local TV channel.

Graham Marshall, presenter of rock show Spirit of the Wapentake, said: “I have been a volunteer now for 8 years with Sheffield Live. It has been a fantastic experience. I have learnt new skills, had broadcast training and made a lot of new friends.”

Sheffield Live broadcasts on FM to Sheffield and Rotherham, while its internet service has enthusiasts worldwide including listeners in Australia, Brazil and Russia.

SLTV wins licence

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Sheffield Local Television (SLTV) has been awarded the licence to operate Sheffield’s first digital local television channel.

The decision, taken by communications regulator Ofcom, follows 20 months of campaigning by the Sheffield-based consortium which includes Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM.

Steve Buckley, Chair of SLTV, said: “We are delighted to hear that SLTV has won the local TV licence for Sheffield. We extend a huge thanks to all our supporters who have backed the SLTV bid and contribute to its development. SLTV will be an open, diverse and inclusive channel, locally owned and not run for profit.”

Richard Motley, Managing Director of Sheffield’s Cultural Industries Quarter Agency, said: “The local TV channel for Sheffield is a great opportunity for the city to showcase local talent and creativity and to build the digital and creative economy.”

SLTV represents a consortium of Sheffield-based organisations launched in 2011 and led by Community Media Solutions Ltd (CMS), a Sheffield-based media development agency, and Cultural Industries Quarter Agency (CIQA), an urban regeneration and economic development agency with a focus on Sheffield’s creative and digital industries.

Participants include Sheffield Live, Kinematic Media, South Yorkshire Film-makers Network, Sheffield Independent Film Training (SHIFT), Visualis, Sero Consulting, Sheffield Media and Exhibition Centre, Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, Tramlines Festival, Studio of the North, Sheffield University, Sheffield Hallam University and The Sheffield College.

The consortium has been supported by Sheffield City Council, Creative Sheffield and Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.

SLTV hopes to commence broadcasting by the end of 2013 and will offer local news and information, cultural programming, a platform for independent and community producers and opportunities for local business and public sector organisations.

Local Live Music Gig

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The wonderful Emily Strange joins forces with Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm to present an evening of fun, folk and frolics on August 9 at the Greystones.  The evening will be featuring:

THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHERS: “A melting pot of local musical talent…they make everything seem so fluid [and] stand out from the crowd.” – Counterfeit Magazine

DIMOND RANKS: “Acoustic bliss from Sheffield’s Americana Folk scene. Expect a four piece, foot-stomping, washboard-rattling, picking and a-hollerin’ show” – The Ecclesall

THE SHAKING WHIPS: “Excellent…a duo boasting short sharp songs often with angry lyrics” – The Sheffield Star

Bands on between 8pm and 11pm

That is an amazing 3 bands for only £3 door.

Please come down and support your local music scene and your local community radio station Sheffield Live! 93.2 FM

Directions: Greystones Rd can be found off Ecclesall Rd at The Co-op. Two buses from the town centre (top of Fargate near the Town Hall) stop right outside the pub – 81 and 88A.

All proceeds to Sheffield Live.

Spread the word.

Sheffield Local TV meeting

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CM Solutions and Cultural Industries Quarter Agency are organising a
public event to outline plans for a local digital television channel for
Sheffield and to gather feedback on how the channel can best meet
Sheffield needs.

The Sheffield local TV channel involves and is supported by Sheffield Live.

Please join us on Wednesday 25 July 2012, 6pm to 7.30pm
At Creative Lounge, Showroom-Workstation, Paternoster Row S1 2BX

To book a place at this event please go to:
http://sheffieldlocaltv.eventbrite.com

We also encourage you to complete the online survey at:
http://survey.sheffieldlocaltv.co.uk