Sheffield organisation ‘well on their way’ to raising £10,000 for low wage workers

by joa18kw | Mar 4, 2021 | Charity, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A Sheffield organisation is ‘well on their way’ to raising £10,000 for low wage workers. Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise have raised £5,007 since September 2020. Caty Murray, a 23-year-old volunteer canvasser, said: “We are all about low wage workers coming together to...

Car mat millionaires donate a days revenue to charity

by joa19th | Feb 25, 2021 | News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Ash Young, 37, decided to start a new business selling car mats online over the first lockdown in Sheffield. It was a venture that has proved successful following the company hitting £1m in sales. The e-commerce website – CarMats.co.uk – was entirely self-made, with...

Parents fined more than ever for child absences

by joc19js | Feb 25, 2021 | Education, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Data shows that Sheffield schools have more than the average number of students absent, and parents are paying larger fines than ever before. The most recent pre-Coronavirus statistics available for school absences show Sheffield is worse than average when it comes to...

Charity Wants to Hear Favourite Memories of Sheffield Canal

by ega17ojm | Feb 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Top stories, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A BRAND-NEW PROJECT has been launched in Sheffield to rekindle the public’s love for the city’s waterways after years of it being overlooked by locals. Recently securing funding from the Postcode Lottery, the Canal and River Trust are encouraging everybody to share...

Young Sheffield Wednesday fan’s fundraising for Bluebell Wood shows no sign of stopping

by joa19bw | Feb 18, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Health, Sport, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

SHAY O’Grady, 10, has already raised over £34,000 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice but has now embarked on another fundraising challenge. Throughout February, Shay, his friends and their dogs are walking 768 miles, the same distance which Sheffield Wednesday...

Free door-to-door transport service for vulnerable people to get Covid-19 jabs in South Yorkshire

by job19tb | Feb 11, 2021 | Charity, News, Top stories, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Community Transport providers across South Yorkshire are offering a free door-to-door transportation service to COVID vaccination sites for vulnerable people unable to access mainstream public transport. The service, which is offered on a first-come-first serve basis,...