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‘A sleeping bag should not be a home’: Sheffield homeless charity to tackle Half Marathon in sleeping bags

‘A sleeping bag should not be a home’: Sheffield homeless charity to tackle Half Marathon in sleeping bags

by Megan Pocock | Mar 21, 2025 | Charity, Community, Health, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A team from Sheffield’s Archer Project will once again take on the city’s Half Marathon this Sunday, running in sleeping bags to raise awareness and funds for homelessness.  Joe Logan, head of fundraising and one of the runners, emphasised that the challenge is...
World Glaucoma Week: Raising Awareness for Eye Health

World Glaucoma Week: Raising Awareness for Eye Health

by Asya Bakr | Mar 13, 2025 | Health, Top stories

This week marks World Glaucoma Week across the UK, a global initiative to raise awareness about the eye disease, glaucoma. This year’s theme, uniting for a glaucoma-free world, focuses on bringing communities together worldwide to fight against glaucoma blindness. In...
Sheffield Hospitals Charity launches women’s campaign

Sheffield Hospitals Charity launches women’s campaign

by Heather Treaton | Mar 13, 2025 | Charity, Community, Health, Top stories, Watch

Sheffield Hospitals Charity has launched their new campaign #NoWomanLeftBehind to tackle inequality in women’s health.  The charity released a video on international women’s day featuring influential female figures across Sheffield supporting the campaign.  This...
Doncaster Royal Infirmary adds new £14,000 sensory room for children with additional needs

Doncaster Royal Infirmary adds new £14,000 sensory room for children with additional needs

by Olivia Arkless | Feb 21, 2025 | Charity, Community, Health

A new sensory room funded through donations has been created at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for children with autism, cerebral palsy and visual impairments. It includes new colourful sensory features such as a fibre optic curtain, bubble tube and a kaleido projector,...
Group supports East Asian families impacted by dementia

Group supports East Asian families impacted by dementia

by Varvara Riepina | Feb 21, 2025 | Community, Health, News, Top stories

A charity which tackles the stigma associated with dementia within the East Asian community in Sheffield has hosted two events this February. For some ethnic groups and immigrant families, the rate of diagnosis is significantly higher than in the native English...
Sheffield charity calls for help developing new mental health centre

Sheffield charity calls for help developing new mental health centre

by Ewan Aulton | Feb 21, 2025 | Charity, Community, Health, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

A Sheffield charity is reaching out to people for advice on the plans to introduce a new mental health centre to Gleadless and Heeley. Sheffield Flourish is asking for people over 18, who have struggled with their mental health and are local to the area, to give their...
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