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Rotherham memorial to commemorate lockdown anniversary launches next Saturday

by ega17ojm | Mar 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Environment, News, Politics, Watch

A memorial in Rotherham is to open next week with the aim of rebuilding the communities which have been badly impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. On March 27, Hope Fields in Thrybergh Country Park will mark the anniversary of lockdown by offering a space for locals...

Reclaim the Streets: vigil for Sarah Everard evolves into virtual and offline campaigns across Sheffield.

by joa19yy | Mar 18, 2021 | Crime, Culture, Education, Health, News

Around 150 people joined a virtual vigil meeting in honour of 33-year-old Sarah Everard at 6pm last Saturday night. Reclaim Sheffield Streets has described the vigil was ‘for everyone who experiences misogynistic and gender-based oppression on our streets’, and it was...

U.A.E. man sets the 7 Emirates in 7 days Guinness World Record

by joc19md | Mar 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture

A Man from U.A.E. broke the Guinness World Record for ‘fastest crossing of the U.A.E. on foot’ after he walked from one side of the country to the other in seven days whilst fundraising for charity. On 2 March 2021 Sean Alexander Burgess, 33 from Dubai, embarked on a...

Homeless charity in Sheffield launches Easter treasure hunt competition

by ega17ojm | Mar 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture

SHEFFIELD’S Cathedral Archer Project have launched their Virtual Easter Egg Hunt to help raise funds for the service which has seen a surge in demand over the past year. Organisers are encouraging punters from across South Yorkshire to get involved with the...

£5,000 raised to support paralysed Brinsworth man’s recovery

by joa19hb | Mar 11, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Health, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A woman has set up a GoFundMe page in support of her son, who was hospitalised after he started suffering with severe back pain on Christmas Day. Dawn Anderson started the fundraiser ‘Jordan’s wheelchair to make life easier’ just three weeks ago and has...

U.A.E. based students studying in a University in India feel ‘discriminated against’

by joc19md | Mar 11, 2021 | Culture, News

U.A.E residents, studying at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India reported feeling ‘discriminated against’ after fees for general category students were reduced but theirs was not. Students at NIFT started boycotting classes in August 2020 as a form of...
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