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Standing At The Sky’s Edge: the Sheffield set musical taking West End theatres by storm

The beloved Sheffield musical has received fantastic rave reviews since moving to the West End.

Winner of the Best New Musical at the 2023 Olivier Awards Standing At The Sky’s Edge is Set in Sheffield’s brutalist council housing estate of Park Hill and follows the lives of those who lived there.

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Park Hill estate
Park Hill Estate

Parish Council awarded £47,000 by The National Lottery  use money for meals on wheels scheme

Volunteers at a community centre have been providing hundreds of hot meals to vulnerable people in Brinsworth.

They have created the Brinsworth Residents In Crisis Project (BRICS) to deliver meals on wheels to residents near their community centre from Monday to Friday until March.

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Open mic fundraiser for Palestine held in Sheffield city centre

The Showroom Cinema in Sheffield hosted an open mic event, with all proceeds going to Palestine.

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leaflet for SWFP
leaflet for SWFP

33 year old Debt from Sheffield’s Student Games to be finally cleared

Council debts from a loan taken to for Sheffield to host the World Student Games will finally be paid off next month after over 30 years.

The events of 1991 cost Sheffield City Council around £685m. Some branded it a financial disaster.