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Job vacancy in Sheffield cycling project

Sheffield Cycling 4 All is recruiting a Project Coordinator, applications close 19th Feb 2024. The post is ‘incredibly varied’, a maternity cover as part of a team of three staff. They have a flat management structure with everyone contributing at some level to most tasks, but with each also focusing on different areas, and leading on certain areas. Sheffield Cycling…
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Brambles housing co-op is looking for new members

Brambles housing co-op in Sheffield is looking for three new members: rooms available in Burngreave, please share with your networks. They are looking for community-minded people to live in this large housing co-op with 8 bedrooms for members and one room for solidarity/guest space. It has a beautiful big garden and lots of exciting work and projects planned. Members are…
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People-powered help for the community

“GoodGym Sheffield” are looking for tasks they can give a helping hand with. They are a community of people who like to get fit and do good at the same time. They run, walk, or cycle to help support local community projects and charities with physical tasks that require some people power, such as digging in community gardens, helping sort…
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Drum & Bass on Bikes

Sheffield experienced the amazing Drum & Bass on a Bike, a mass cycle ride on one of the sunniest days in October 2023. Dom Whiting, a motor technician from High Wycombe, has entertained towns and cities across Britain, and the Sheffield event did not disappoint. His specially adapted DJ bicycle was joined by hundreds of people. Bubbles, confetti, coloured smoke…
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Sheffield housing co-operative seeks investors

If you are in a position to have some spare savings that you would like to invest usefully and ethically, or you know someone who is, please consider investing in ‘Share Instead’. This is a long-established Sheffield housing co-operative working on eco-development. Part of the aim is to provide affordable rented accommodation. They offer interest at the end of a…
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Sheffield Hackspace

Sheffield Hackspace is based in the cooperative-run Portland Works on Randall Street S2 4SJ, quite close to Sheffield city centre. It is run voluntarily and cooperatively by a group of Sheffield hardware hackers and makers. Members are free to use the hackspace facilities to make or mend whatever they would like. DIY/do-it-ourselves in action! Make, Share and Learn new skills.…
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Access Space re-opens

Access Space has moved, after a long winter without premises. The Avec Building, its former home has finally been demolished. The new, temporary venue is “Events Central”, 20-26 Fargate, Sheffield S1 2HE (opposite Marks and Spencer). Hopefully this will continue until Spring next year, thanks to the help of the University of Sheffield and Sheffield City Council. In July and…
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Foodhall needs support

Foodhall is an open dining room and kitchen in Brown Street, Sheffield city centre. It’s very different from foodbanks, managed by the community, for the community. It tackles social isolation and encourages integration across a diverse range of groups. Many people contribute time, energy and food, peace and love, but they’re running out of money to keep going. If you…
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