Element Society seeks 50 Community Responders (16-24s) to help Sheffield’s Covid recovery

Element Society is looking for young people (16-24) who want to help Sheffield recover from Covid-19! The youth charity is offering free workshops, training, and support that will help you help out your local community. Community Responders Recruiting and training 50 Community Responders based across the city who will lead their own community projects to … Continue reading Element Society seeks 50 Community Responders (16-24s) to help Sheffield’s Covid recovery →

Manor & Castle Area Literacy Project at MaTReC

Manor Training and Resource centre want to help adults/children in the Manor & Castle area with literacy difficulties to access specialist support & tuition. To do this they need to raise £2000. For further information or to donate to this project, please follow the following link - https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/matrec-literacy-project

Jobskilla to offer 2-week Intro to Construction course in March

Jobskilla is proud to offer this amazing course, please see the below details, if you have anyone who may be interested in this course or have any questions please give me a call on 07464976181 2 Week Introduction to Construction You will develop an understanding of the construction sector considering health and safety legislation and welfare, … Continue reading Jobskilla to offer 2-week Intro to Construction course in March →

Free email subscription for living with stress and anxiety from Space to Breath

Sheffield City Council is funding free subscriptions to Space to Breath, an organisation offering wellbeing groups in Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Find out more on the flyer below and via their website here.

Sharewear Clothing Scheme – providing free clothes for families and individuals

Sharewear is a provider of free clothing, shoes & bedding for individuals and families that need it most. They work on a referral basis and also have a 'click & collect' process - forms are below. Location Ground Floor, 188 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1SY. Referrals Open for referrals Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9.30am - … Continue reading Sharewear Clothing Scheme – providing free clothes for families and individuals →

30 employers & 15 providers to advise young people at UP Fest on 2 March

Written by Cheryl Plant, Programme Developer, Sheffield City Council You are invited to UP Fest!! 2 March 2021 2-5pm. UP Fest is an online Careers and Progressions event for young people in Sheffield aged 16-25 which is coming to a room near you as part of National Careers Week 2021. At this event there will … Continue reading 30 employers & 15 providers to advise young people at UP Fest on 2 March →

Job vacancy: Fire Community Safety Officer (SY Fire & Rescue)

Post Title:Fire Community Safety OfficerContract:3 x Fixed Term Contract until 31.03.2022Salary:Grade 4 (£20,092 – £21,748)Hours:Full Time - 37 Hours per week (Flexi Time)Work Pattern:Mon – Fri Fixed Hours 0830 – 1630 Mon – Thurs 0830 – 1600 FridayLocation:Lifewise Centre Photo by Tobias Rehbein on Pexels.com An opportunity has arisen within our Prevention & Protection section for … Continue reading Job vacancy: Fire Community Safety Officer (SY Fire & Rescue) →

SCC Councillors invite responses on impacts of food poverty

Have you been affected by Food Poverty in Sheffield? A cross-party group of Sheffield City Councillors is keen to hear about, and understand people’s experience of food poverty in the city, so that they can make recommendations on how to improve things. We want to hear about what you think is important – this might … Continue reading SCC Councillors invite responses on impacts of food poverty →

New temporary Jobcentre to open in Sheffield city centre

Having seen, and anticipating further increases in demand for services due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department for Work and Pensions is opening a new temporary Jobcentre in Sheffield. A new site at Block 3 Pennine Five Tenter Street Sheffield S1 3GG has been identified as suitable space to open a temporary site and accommodate … Continue reading New temporary Jobcentre to open in Sheffield city centre →

Improving Wellbeing for Community Workers online course from 11 Mar

Sheffield IAPT is running a free, four session course on improving wellbeing for community workers. The online course starts on Thursday 11 March Online referral form To register for the course online, complete the referral form here

ESFA promoting the recruitment of redundant apprentices

Written by ESFA 23 February 2021 Some employers have had to make redundancies, leaving work-ready apprentices without an employer. These apprentices will have already gained knowledge, skills and behaviours which could bring incredible value to employers. By hiring a redundant apprentice, employers could: get a quick return on investment, because they will already have relevant … Continue reading ESFA promoting the recruitment of redundant apprentices →

WEA publishes adult education impact report 2020

Following the year of lockdown and challenges involved, the WEA have published their 2020 adult education impact report looking at how the crisis sparked a transformation Research within demonstrates some key challenges ahead including: 9 in 10 workers will need some form of reskilling by 2030estimates suggest around 9 million people lack basic digital skill … Continue reading WEA publishes adult education impact report 2020 →