by Maria Marques | Apr 24, 2026 | Charity, Community, Environment, News
Plans for 57 new social rent homes on a long-derelict site on City Road have been approved, as part of efforts to tackle Sheffield’s housing shortage. The development, led by Great Places Housing Group, a non-profit social housing organisation, will transform the...
by Oliver Justice | Apr 23, 2026 | Community, Culture, Environment, News, Top stories, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
The Sheffield Sustainable Market will take place at Victoria Hall on Norfolk Street on Saturday 25 April. The event features stalls from local sellers, food and drink stalls, and live music to celebrate Earth Day, all while promising that no single-use plastics will...
by Caitlyn Finch | Apr 23, 2026 | Culture, Environment, News, Uncategorised
Sheffield based environmental organisation Sheffield Action on Plastic, marked Earth day on the 22nd April with a film screening of X Trillion at Showroom Cinemas. The film follows the journey of eXXpeditions all-women crew led by Emily Penn as they sailed 3,000...
by Mrinalini Singh | Apr 23, 2026 | Environment, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
The award-winning wildlife park in Doncaster has welcomed two capybara brothers from the Netherlands. Chip and Dale have travelled from the Gaia Zoo in the Netherlands to their new home in the Amazonas Reserve at the wildlife park. The duo were born on 9 June 2025,...
by Gabriella Whiston | Mar 26, 2026 | Charity, Community, Culture, Environment, News, Uncategorised
Not-for-profit organisation Percy Street Collective is holding monthly sessions to transform an area of Neepsend Lane into a beautiful outdoor space. The Neepsend Lane Pitstop Project runs sessions on the last Saturday of every month, and invites volunteers to garden,...
by Alana Breslin | Mar 26, 2026 | Environment, News
Barnsley has spent the past decade quietly cultivating a greener future through its volunteer hedge-laying programme, which has grown from a small local initiative to a community-wide effort. Launched in 2016 the programme teaches residents the traditional craft of...
