Hundreds of women walked through Sheffield City Centre yesterday to Reclaim the Night. The event is now a national one but started off in Yorkshire when women were being told to stay at home by the police because the Yorkshire Ripper was still at large.
S2 Foodbank Network has been set up to tackle food poverty in the Arbourthorne area of Sheffield. Foodbanks throughout the City, have seen, numbers of people using them going up over recent months.
Eight local artists are performing in a contemporary art event at the old Woolies on The Moor in Sheffield. You decide which piece you want to see and how much you want to pay for it. A short theatre piece on the child exploitation taking place in Rotherham called Did you call the Police? is being performed in one area of the former shop. While other performers specialise in other art forms.
The Peace Gardens turned purple today as people celebrated World Prematurity Day. One in ten babies are born early and the day aims to highlight the issues around premature births.
The sixth annual Sheffield TEDx event took place at St George’s Church this weekend. With video presentations and speakers from Sheffield and around the world, TEDx Sheffield is a forum for sharing ideas of public benefit.
Sheffield dance crew, Ink Dance, have produced a street dance video featuring iconic Sheffield landmarks in their bid to win the Dance Your City competition. They hope to perform in London with award winning hip hop dance company Boy Blue Entertainment. The competition winners are decided by a public online vote which closes at midnight on Saturday.
To see the video and other competition entries visit Dance Your City
Life long Blades fan Paul Blomfield, MP for Central Sheffield, has spoken out against Sheffield United’s decision to allow Ched Evans to train with the team. He says that from private discussions he had had with the club that he had hoped they would not be working with Evans.
The Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust is half way to its seven million pound target to buy the property from its current owners and open its doors to the public. The National Trust is supporting the group by offering it advice and information.
Thousands of people lined Bakers Pool, Sheffield, to remember those who have lost their lives as a result of war. This year marks the 100th year since the first world war started and 70 years since D Day.
A campaign to clean Sheffield up by prosecuting fly tippers has began. Nearly £80,000 was spent on investigating this in the last year.