Today marks the end of this year's Endometriosis Awareness Month 2022, in which Endometriosis UK have fundraised over £33,000. Throughout March there have been virtual and in person events held all over the UK, including the worldwide EndoMarch on the 26th, where...
The tournament will be held at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy in Sheffield and will take place from February 10-14. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this is the first staging since 2019. On February 11, 53 contestants from 15 countries will begin group stage matches....
A Sheffield-based video games developer has been hosting workshops for underrepresented groups after a report showed that the number of female workers in the industry is “significantly under the national average”. Sumo Digital, developers of the Little Big Planet...
Our Bodies Our Streets have launched their most recent campaign, Safer Parks after Dark. They hope to light up Sheffield’s parks in order to make the city a safer place. Their petition began by asking Sheffield City Council to light up five parks close to the...
Around 150 people joined a virtual vigil meeting in honour of 33-year-old Sarah Everard at 6pm last Saturday night. Reclaim Sheffield Streets has described the vigil was ‘for everyone who experiences misogynistic and gender-based oppression on our streets’, and it was...
A Sheffield hiker has started a women’s only walking group called Her on a Hill after a ‘life changing’ trip to Nepal. Clare Kelly, 54, from Greystones, had been living a ‘fairly sedentary life in the 90s', living and working in London, until her friend invited her on...
Women across Sheffield have been taking part in sports-related events for This Girl Can week, aiming to empower and celebrate women in sport. This Girl Can week runs from 2-10 March as part of Women's History Month, championing female sport to take a step in...
Work is expected to start this spring on a new £5 million stadium that will be home to the Sheffield Eagles and Sheffield United Women’s team. The new 3,900-capacity ground on the Olympic Legacy Park, which was approved by Sheffield Council in December, will mean...
Campaigners have started a crowdfunding campaign to fight Sheffield City Council's decision to have no limit on the amount of strip club's in the city. #Notbuyingit, lead by Dr Sasha Rakoff, hope to raise £10,000 to fight in court the Council's decision, after they...
A potential candidate for Walkley is calling out for more women to vote in the local elections. Ann Butler, member of the Women’s Equality Party, is hoping to see more Walkley residents at the polling station after a low, 35% voter turnout in 2016. She said: “It’s...
A rise in women suffering from mental health issues across Sheffield has been highlighted by a local charity organisation. Sheffield Together Women Project (TWP) provides holistic and gender specific support to vulnerable women across the city. It aims to offer help...
An Exhibition of artwork exploring women’s hopes and dreams has been hosted at the Moor Market, Sheffield. ‘Our Hopes and Dreams’ is an exhibition bought to Sheffield by arts charity Ignite Imaginations and social enterprise Aid Works. The exhibition opens today and...
Sheffield FC stalwart Carla Ward reached her 200th appearance for the club on Sunday. The attacking midfielder has now become the second woman to reach the landmark for the South Yorkshire club, which came in their 2-1 defeat to Everton Ladies. Described on the team’s...
A Sheffield MP addressed how her daughter broke her foot due to the demand to wear high-heel shoes at the workplace. Gill Furniss, MP for Brightside and Hillsborough said that her daughter who was 17 at the time suffered a metatarsal fracture – the same injury that...
