Gut Level, a queer and community arts venue, has been based in Chapel Walk since May 2024. Now, through a citizen investor campaign, they have bought their building with help from Music Venue Properties (MVP) which runs a national “Own Our Venues” campaign. The press release describes it as “diligently chipping away at dominant capitalist models and moving towards alternatives…

Sheffield Energy Hub has re-opened after a move into 108 Pinstone Street. They offer advice and information on things like home solar energy, storage, heat pumps, community energy and home energy grants. Training and job opportunities in the green energy sector, and Sheffield City Council, are also now promoted. Regular opening hours are 10am to 4pm Wednesday to Saturday, along…

The Network of Radical Archives and Libraries (NORLA) has been re-established for 2026, amid high praised in feedback about Nottingham’s  Sparrows Nest Digital Archive. Originally based at the Bishopsgate Institute in London, NORLA declined during the Covid-19 era, but interest in independent radical projects is again high. They share anniversary festivities with Bradford’s famous 1 in 12 Club which now…

Need some good news for Christmas? Sheffield and Rotherham have become the first UK cities to eradicate rough-sleeping amongst under 25s, as reported in Sheffield Wire (which has University of Sheffield student-written news articles). Obviously problems still remain, but credit is given to the good work of South Yorkshire housing charity Roundabout. Also note Sheffield City Council offers this page…

In a recent piece for Tell the Truth Sheffield, Rosalind Dean describes the work of Joanna Macy, and the book “Wild Love for the World”, a tribute to her. She was an inspiring teacher and visionary writer, and an engaged activist in anti-nuclear and other environmental issues since the 1970s. The full article is uplifting and useful for activists to read.…

Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid has condemned the Government for the new ban on Palestine Action despite huge public opposition. Their statement says that the ban threatens all of our freedoms and democratic rights. The campaign for Palestinians’ right to self-determination and the very right to exist continues. This means ending Israel’s settler colonial project, genocide, ethnic cleansing, occupation and…