Crohn's & Colitis UK are looking for young people to take part in research they have funded at The University of Sheffield. Research by the national charity is looking into the benefits of mindfulness in people aged 16-25 living with Inflammatory Bowl Disease. A...
Launched during the coronavirus outbreak, two teenagers, Shreya Chandrasekhar and Pooja Bhatia, studying at Dubai International Academy, took on the initiative of forming a platform - Beyond Art- creating a range of products that blend in art and sustainability. Due...
A Sheffield resident is pushing himself to do the David Goggins 4 x 4 x 48 challenge this weekend. Joe Palmer, a 32-year-old University Lecturer, is raising money for St Luke's Hospice, with his first run starting on Saturday at 4am GMT. The challenge, created by...
A lockdown group delivering birthdays celebrations to underprivileged children in UAE are expanding to help spread cheer and reach more families in need. Birthday Bliss, an initiative started by Dubai expat Iris Maria, funded the celebrations of eight children under...
A University of Sheffield student has launched a campaign to find one person from every country on earth living in the city, in aid of ASSIST Sheffield, a local asylum charity. William Cutforth, a second year Biochemistry student, set up an Instagram account,...
A Sheffield company has supported over 3000 people by supplying them with various pieces of clothing in an effort to tackle clothing poverty. Sharewear was set up over seven years ago in Nottingham with a storage warehouse for its stock and a van for deliveries. ...
Young Carers have received little-to-no mental health support from the Government in the past twelve months. Thomas Atkin, a 17-year-old Sixth Form student from Sheffield, cares for both of his parents and has felt these effects first-hand. His Mum has Chronic Fatigue...
To combat Covid restrictions the Special Olympics team have got creative and introduced a new chilly 'plunge' event, encouraging participants to get cold at home. In past years, groups across Wisconsin ‘took the plunge’ by jumping into freezing lakes, but due the...
A Sheffield dad described feeling like his ‘legs were falling off’ after completing seven half-marathons in seven days to raise £3,500 for charity. Neil Rhodes, 44, initially set a target of £500 to on his Just Giving page but has smashed it with donations now...
A Sheffield organisation is ‘well on their way’ to raising £10,000 for low wage workers. Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise have raised £5,007 since September 2020. Caty Murray, a 23-year-old volunteer canvasser, said: “We are all about low wage workers coming together to...
A BRAND-NEW PROJECT has been launched in Sheffield to rekindle the public’s love for the city’s waterways after years of it being overlooked by locals. Recently securing funding from the Postcode Lottery, the Canal and River Trust are encouraging everybody to share...
SHAY O'Grady, 10, has already raised over £34,000 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice but has now embarked on another fundraising challenge. Throughout February, Shay, his friends and their dogs are walking 768 miles, the same distance which Sheffield Wednesday will...
Dad-of-three Neil Rhodes, has raised £1,700 for a Sheffield charity, as he attempts to run daily half marathons next week. Neil Rhodes, 44, a garage owner from Ecclesall will be running 13 miles a day for a week in aid of Sheffield based charity Amy’s House. The...
Chef Raheel Mizra is attempting to set a new Guinness World Record for the most people cooking simultaneously online this Friday. Mizra, who is from Sheffield, will be guiding participants step-by-step to make Butter Chicken (also known as Butter Paneer) via a live...
A campaign has been launched by a local charity on Twitter to help shift the feelings of loneliness and isolation this Valentine’s Day. The charity, Age Better In Sheffield, launched the ‘Love In Action’ campaign this week in the run-up to Valentine’s Day with the aim...
