by Izzie Pridmore | Mar 22, 2021 10:59AM | News, Top Story
Sheffield’s frontline social care workers have been promised a multi-million salary investment by city councillors but fee rates for care services are set to rise. Due to materialize from April 12, the £4.2m investment which was approved at last week’s...
by Libby Shaw | Mar 15, 2021 9:08PM | News
Image: Edrece Stansberry on Unsplash The cancellation of a Sheffield vigil has sparked fears for the future of rights to protest and civil liberties. The vigil, organised by Reclaim These Streets, to honour the late Sarah Everard who was murdered by a serving police...
by Jack Williamson | Mar 15, 2021 8:59PM | News
A documentary series highlighting the experiences of marginalised groups during the pandemic launches tomorrow afternoon. ‘Seldom Heard Communities’ has been created by Sheffield Community Contact Tracers, a volunteer group that made national news in May 2020, when it...
by Lydia Kerin | Mar 15, 2021 4:07PM | News
Acceptance of up to £1m from the government’s Waking Watch Relief Fund is set to be approved today by Sheffield City Council’s Neighbourhoods and Community Safety Cabinet Member Paul Wood. The funding is to help address the issues in the private sector...
by Michael Robinson | Mar 15, 2021 3:44PM | News
Labour MP Paul Blomfield has written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to overturn a rule which is restricting funding for Sheffield College and other Sheffield schools. The government rule means schools which have grade three (‘requires...
by Lydia Kerin | Mar 15, 2021 3:38PM | News
This year’s national Safer Sleep Week campaign (15-21 March) targets new and expectant dads, as a survey shows less than a third are shown how to safely sleep their baby and lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is...
