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Covid has had a lasting impact on Sheffield and it is important that our stories are told. An Opus project is collecting and collating Sheffield people's experiences of the pandemic to inform ideas for a permanent memorial in the city. See how you can take part.
Would you want to work four days a week and be paid for five? A Sheffield firm is testing out a four-day work week.
And CycleSheffield tells Now Then that Sheffield and Rotherham have lost out on money to deliver walking and cycling improvements. One scheme was approved each in Sheffield and Doncaster but the majority of proposals were rejected, with Rotherham and Barnsley not receiving a penny.
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For six months Rivelin Robotics in Kelham Island will reduce their working hours by 20% with the same pay as before.
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“organisations across Sheffield should embrace the four-day week as a way of retaining staff and attracting new talent” |
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Sheffield and Rotherham have lost out on money to deliver walking and cycling improvements, say campaign group CycleSheffield.
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Sheffield's newest brewery, whose first commercial beer will be vegan, is employing people normally disadvantaged in the labour market.
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LGBT+ charity SAYiT is recruiting! If you want to be an administrative assistant or a Volunteer & Events Coordinator, check out their job listings. |
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The Guardian has published an obituary for Anthony Arblaster, author of The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism, who lived in Sheffield for 34 years: "He was also one of the group of British socialists (including Ralph Miliband and Raymond Williams) who founded the Socialist Society in 1981. Active in local Sheffield politics, he wrote for the Sheffield Free Press and campaigned against racism. For a number of years he volunteered every week at a food bank." |
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And The Tribune discusses the ongoing controversy of the low-traffic neighbourhoods in Crookes and Nether Edge: "Much of the blame for the schemes seems to be falling on Sheffield council, but LTNs are actually a central government initiative. Whitehall has asked councils to come up with LTN schemes that are then allocated funding. If local authorities do not come up with ambitious enough schemes, they have been told they will lose the money." |
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