A Sheffield songwriter has made it through to the semi-final stage of the UK Song Writing Contest. Elouise Short, from High Green, has been singing from a young age, but only began writing her own songs when she was given a piano and bought a Ukelele. Sixty thousand songs from across the world were entered into the contest, organised by Brit Trust.
A new mobile information unit was launched by the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind as part of World Sight Day. The Unit will give information and advice about how to look after your eyes.
Sheffield North Active is going to be a new baths opening in 2016. The facility will offer a swimming pool and gym to people in the North of the City and encourage local people to have a more active life style. The current Chapletown Baths will be closed down.
A derelict piece of scrub land near Snig Hill in Sheffield has been shortlisted in a national scheme which could see it win up to £120,000 to transform it in to a wildlife haven. Love Square would become a place were people could go and enjoy their lunch and aims to become a flagship space for wildlife development in an urban setting if it wins.
A pop up shop on The Moor is celebrating the people of Sheffield and their stories. You can walk in to the cafe and get a free cuppa in exchange for telling a story or two. The Bare Project is a local theatre company which has temporarily taken over the old Woolworths on The Moor. They are collecting the stories and memories of people, who go in to the cafe, in exchange for a cuppa. Some of the stories will be turned in to a performance by local playwrights while others will be put in to an archive.
Businesses in Sheffield City centre who have a rateable value of over £30,000 could end up paying a levy that would go towards making improvements in the area. The Sheffield Business Improvement District (BID) is a collaboration between the private and public sectors and could see up to four million pounds of investment going in to improving the City Centre over a five year period.
Members of the Kurdish community took to the streets of Sheffield to condemn the assault by Islamic State forces on the City of Kobani in Northern Syria and to call for international action.
A new space has opened in Sheffield city centre aimed at encouraging people to work collaboratively. Union Street is offering hot desking space to enable people who are setting up their own businesses and normally work in isolation to work together.
Barry Hines’ Threads has heavily influenced the creation of a new piece of art which is being shown at The Site Gallery in Sheffield. In the Absence of a Smoky God, which was created by Matt Stokes, tells the story of survivors of the nuclear war.
Around 400 people attended an event aimed at the over 50’s in Sheffield this week. The Golden Years Roadshow had 30 stalls that people could visit for advice and information specifically aimed at them.
Charlotte Reid reports for Sheffield Live!