David Edwards

David Edwards reflects on the themes of ‘A Perfect Storm: Financial Insecurity After Covid-19’, an event hosted by Sheffield’s voluntary sector as part of Festival of Debate 2021.

The Chair of Sheffield Chinese Community Centre tells us about the history of the Chinese community in Sheffield – and the incidents of race hate it has experienced since the Covid-19 outbreak.

Nifty Fox Creative’s visual storytelling has connected people to important public health issues since the pandemic began. Director Laura Evans told us more about their work, including the new #COVIDsmart campaign.

As she prepared to move on from her role at Voluntary Action Sheffield, Chief Executive Maddy Desforges gave us her thoughts on achievements and learning from Sheffield’s voluntary sector since 2016.

Last June (Now Then #75), we looked at the progress of the Moor Market after its first few months of operation. At that point it was too…

A thriving local business sector is a key driver of economic regeneration. The New Economics Foundation has calculated that every pound…

Local markets have been undergoing a renaissance across the country of late, but there have been few developments on the scale of the new…

Whilst the organisation of the recent Sheffield half marathon didn't represent a high water mark in the city’s reputation, the accompanying…

Now Then supports local, independent businesses. There are good value-based reasons for this position. In a world that is ever more…

In my recent article the question was posed as to whether the Council had the creativity to develop new community partnerships to save…

In times of austerity, with local authorities struggling with ever decreasing budgets, are libraries worth funding? Whilst Barnsley is…