Unpaid carers: The invisible backbone of a strained social care system
Sheffield’s new Adult Partnership Board was established on 30 April to work collaboratively to transform local social care, and in choosing its areas of focus, it was recognised that unpaid carers are essential but often overlooked. The Board was formed to find...
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The Oscars: When is it? Who will win?
It’s award season in Hollywood and an Academy Award is what all the stars are after. The 95th Academy Awards is this weekend and it’s hard to know who will win, after numerous films have racked up all sorts of wins over the awards season. The Oscars ceremony takes...
Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk postponed because of the heavy snow
The Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk was postponed yesterday due to the snow. The short walking tour, part of Sheffield’s Beer Week 2023, was supposed to go on a journey around some of the pub entries in the CAMRA guide. Sheffield District...
UK Snow: New immigrant family experiences snow for the first time
While snowfall in the winter is a common occurrence for many, for new immigrant families, the first snowfall can be a completely new and sometimes challenging experience. Heavy snow overnight brought between 10 and 20 centimetres of snow across the UK, with hundreds...
Sheffield’s World Renowned Climbing Festival Returns
Sheffield climbing enthusiasts will be able to compete alongside their climbing heroes next week, as The Rab Climbing Works International Festival (CWIF) returns next weekend from March 18–19. The internationally renowned competition, based in Sheffield, is one of the...
Fundraiser for eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy reaches target of £20,000 for lift to independence
A fundraiser for an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in Barnsley has raised over £20,000 for a lift that will ‘change her life’. Four family friends who set up the GoFundMe page have hit their target in less than two weeks to install a lift in Chris and Beth...
Sheffield snow brings city to a standstill
Sheffield has come to a standstill after heavy snow overnight which made travel feel almost impossible. An Amber Level weather warning was issued yesterday after temperatures dropped below freezing and snow caused hazardous conditions on roads and pavements. Multiple...
Free home cooking courses are being offered in Sheffield to those in need
Non-profit organisation, ‘Bags of Taste, is offering Mentored Home Cooking Courses for disadvantaged people across the city. Liesel Otteakers, Sheffield Area Head of Bags of Taste, said: “We offer 30 people cooking courses and we want to show people that cooking with...
From Sheffield Darts Society to the PDC – The Adam Warner Story
The incredibly impressive Adam Warner has gone from being an amateur at university darts nights to the bright lights of the Professional Darts Corporation. He fulfilled many people's dreams in January by coming through the UK Qualifying school in Milton Keynes,...
