Equality & Social Justice

Désirée Reynolds has been the Writer In Residence at the Sheffield Archives for six months. Using a style combining archival material, documentary prose and fiction, Désirée weaves together her creative responses to what she has found. She continues her serialisation of ‘Dig Where You Stand’.

A study has found that 87% of student accommodation is “unfit for human habitation” and 40% of houses have damp and mould.

Steel City Queer History launches podcast and film for DIY walking tour of Sheffield’s gay past.

Désirée Reynolds has been the Writer In Residence at the Sheffield Archives for six months. Using a style combining archival material, documentary prose and fiction, Désirée weaves together her creative responses to what she has found.

Everything queer and questioning students need to know about starting life at one of the Sheffield universities.

When an area of Sheffield is pedestrianised, many people are excluded from that part of their city. Encouraging walking and cycling should not alienate marginalised populations.

At the start of the new school year, parents of clinically vulnerable children face a no-win situation. We spoke to one mum about her family's experiences as Covid restrictions are removed.

We have missed collective joy more than ever in these grim times of social distancing. Communal music-making is one way of opening the gates.

Trans people report being turned away from barbers and hairdressers. We profile eight hair-cutting businesses in Sheffield that welcome LGBT+ customers.

Between 18,000 and 22,000 people in Sheffield are autistic. To make Sheffield an inclusive city, this new network is aiming high.