Sheffield Environment Weeks run from Saturday 27th April to Wednesday 5th June this year (2024). Sheffield can be proud of the hundreds of activities that make up Sheffield Environment Weeks, which has run for many years. They range from talks on a range of subjects, to projects like urban agriculture and wildlife conservation. Volunteers do the hard work all year…

Blurring the Edges is a look at the research on social frontiers through visual art and augmented reality. Social frontiers arise when there are sharp differences in the community groups of neighbouring communities. The exhibition is by Bulgarian-born, Sheffield-based Lora Krasteva, and Rotherham-based Uzma Rani. It includes a community-made soundscape, and artwork which blends national flowers of Bulgaria, Pakistan and…

The annual Chesterfield May Day is held on the first Monday in May, one of the biggest celebrations of working class solidarity in the country. The afternoon is full of activities and entertainment celebrating International Workers´ Day, with campaign stalls filling New Square, inspiring Labour Movement speakers, free concerts and other entertainment. Chesterfield May Day 2024 will be marking the…

An event on “retro-fitting” energy efficiency measures in homes and other buildings, in partnership with new co-operative South Yorkshire Ecofit. Come and discuss how we can engage communities and the construction industry in rethinking our relationship to the house, and developing a community-led approach to retrofit, changing the nature of the construction industry, building local skills and developing a circular…

The monthly meeting of Principle 5, Yorkshire Co-operative Resource Centre. This is a regional group within the co-operative movement, based in Sheffield, with a co-operative lending library for individuals and co-ops. As a co-operative, Principle 5 is member-run and owned (not “funded”), by over a hundred individual members and member co-operatives. A range of publications are available to members and…

Party politics creates the illusion of democracy, the illusion of representation, and the illusion of accountability. A true democracy is one in which the people of communities can truly take part in the theory of change, that is currently reserved for those in positions of power or those with the capacity and desire for change. The systematic changemakers of the…