Dina, 12 Fitzalan Square, Sheffield City Centre, S1 2AZ
An invitation to discuss with Sheffield activists from a range of groups, viewpoints and backgrounds. We need activists to push for change. Are you an activist? Would you consider it? Do you know or help people who do activism? Individuals decide to take a journey into activism, but activists themselves need love and support, mentally and emotionally, physically and organisationally. So, how…
An amazing event for World ME Day (12th May), with activist Adam Lowe, talking about ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). Adam is both an LGBT+ performance poet sharing his new work, and the man who made ME history in 2021 as part of the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines review committee. This resulted in a ‘treatment’ (which human…
Dorothy Fleming Lecture Theatre, Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam City Campus
Nature Recovery Sheffield (NRS) and special guests will debate the issues around access to nature, and how to help address the nature emergency, from the perspectives of different communities. Liz Ballard will introduce the importance of people’s connection with nature and having agency to take action in different ways. Olivier Tsemo will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities around…
Union Street co-working space, 18-22 Union St. S1 2JP
Britain’s railways are broken. Join Tom Haines-Doran, a political economist specialising in transport systems, infrastructure and social movements at the University of Leeds. His insightful new book calls for a radical rethink of how we view the railways, and explains the problems we face and how to fix them. He argues that the railways should be seen as a social good…
Right-wing think tanks boast of their access and influence over the government. The damage done by these think tanks goes back many years. The privatisation of our public utilities was enthusiastically promoted by them, saying such policies would promote a ‘shareholding democracy’. The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), the Adam Smith Institute, the Centre for Policy Studies and the Taxpayers’…
Showroom Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre S1 2BX
The need to change our way of life has never been more urgent, and yet discussions on paths forward are often blocked by the economic reality we find ourselves in, and then translating those discussions into real action becomes ever more challenging. This event is for people who want to move beyond this road block and develop a plan for…
