The guide to Sheffield's
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Black Rope Walking Group is a good excuse for libertarians and anarchists to get together for pleasant days walking and chatting in the hills and industrial valleys around Sheffield. Not forgetting refreshments in pubs along the way. Newcomers welcome, contact email: sheffield @ af-north.org
Medsin is an activist network of students with an interest in health. Activities aim to promote health as well as to act upon and educate students about health inequalities in our local and global communities. Get involved to join in working towards a world in which high-quality, accessible healthcare is a reality for all.
SDAF is a charitable company working to combat domestic abuse. Membership of the Forum is free, and open to any agency or individual whose work - paid or unpaid - brings them into contact with domestic abuse.
For independent advice on using cloth nappies. Find out the facts, suppliers, events, and even whether your local council offers any incentives for use of real nappies
South Yorkshire Against Incineration
Doesn't seem to have a website, probably too busy fighting powerful Veolia's application to enlarge its Bernard Road incinerator (oooops, "Energy Recovery Plant") to allow waste to be collected from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield, sort of in conflict with the general idea of more recycling. There's a UK website UKWIN (UK Without Incineration Network)
SAEIS campaigns against the use of animals in vivisection by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam. The University of Sheffield alone is responsible for the deaths of 30,000 animals ever year, used for animal experiments and then disposed of. Students and locals are often not even aware of the painful experiments and animal torment happening on their campuses and doorsteps. As the price of obtaining primates has soared due to activist pressure and the closing down of facilities, an increase of the breeding and use of genetically modified animals has occured.
Activist group working alongside people in the developing world to tackle the underlying real causes of world poverty, standing up to injustice, lobbying decision makers, and researching positive alternatives. Sheffield 2009 campaigns focussed on "Dirty Aid, Dirty Water"
