by Yifan Zou | Feb 8, 2024 | Charity, News
A Sheffield social enterprise company says it has saved 62 tonnes of food from landfill which could make more than 150,000 meals. Food Works Sheffield is dedicated to creating sustainable life by upcycling food that would otherwise go to waste. It aims to bring people...
by Athenea Lim | Aug 8, 2023 | Charity, Health, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead
A Sheffield woman, who faces daily battles with a rare inherited condition, is hosting a 12-hour runathon to raise money for charity. Jenny Anne Blackett suffers from hyper-mobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), which affects around 1 in 5000 people globally. The...
by Adam Husicka | May 19, 2023 | Charity, Health, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1, Watch
Life expectancy in the UK has been falling for the past ten years, with areas like Doncaster scoring particularly low according to The Health Foundation. University of Sheffield professor Alan Walker, head of the Healthy Lifespan Institute, blames austerity and poor...
by Florence Kilby | May 18, 2023 | Charity, Community, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
Sheffield-based fundraising group, 500 Together, has reached a significant milestone by earning a total of £50,000 in their weekly donations to individuals and organisations in need. The group, which was established in 2019, has collectively donated a sum of £500...
by admin | May 18, 2023 | Charity, News, Sport
Over £4,500 has been raised so far after Sheffield residents took on an abseil last Saturday, fundraising for three charities in the city. The event, organised by Sheffield Universities RAG ( Raising and Giving society) welcomed anyone who was brave enough to take on...
by Ornella Bressan | May 18, 2023 | Charity, Environment, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Residents within the neighbourhood came together to raise over 30% of their funding to make their street a much greener. Glenorchy road has no street trees, Jo Sutcliffe a campaigner for the neighbourhood said: “I am very concerned about the environment from global...
