Independent creative producer / community engagement. Author - Paradise is Here: Building Community Around Things That Matter.

Sheffield, England
Joined May 2015
If you want to help build community through creativity you might be interested in the principles & guidance & I share in ‘Paradise is Here’ on sale at the Millennium Gallery @SheffMuseums or from @RuskinToday @vasnews @otsfestival @ignite_sheff @LindaBxx @TheBareProject
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🗞 HERE WE GO! ⚽️ To kick off #Euro2024 & @RefugeeWeek, our Youth Theatre of Sanctuary are dropping this absolute banger. SBC vs SFC 14.06.2024 #TheWorldsFirst @migmatfest @themontyarts @cityofsanctuary @sheffieldfc @fancityuk @ace_thenorth @visitsheffield @sheffcityofsanc
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📢 Creative Voices Needed! Do you work in the UK’s #creative #cultural & #heritage sectors? If the answers yes, we’d love to hear from you! Apply to take part in this #paid research opp by 29th May Full details & eligibility here culturecommons.uk/post/creat… #futurelocalculture
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Sheffield creatives & cultural workers - a genuine opportunity to shape the culture strategy we need to realise your ambitions & crystallise our collective story! Please fill in this short survey to input right from the start... @LindaBxx @Utopia_Theatre @vasnews @ignite_sheff
Sheffield artists are known around the world. But our culture sector is not reaching its full potential. We're developing a new Culture Strategy for the city. If you're a creative living in Sheffield, we need your help 👋 Tell us what you need 👉 loom.ly/pimHJ74
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Brilliant new funding opportunity for organisations and groups to lead and take part in community-led arts & culture in Sheffield. Deadline 9th Jan. @vasnews @BurtonSt @HTCommunityHub @RivelinCo @IsraacS @sadaccawicker @CreateSheff @TheBareProject @theatredelishef @SBC_Theatre
Grants are available for #Sheffield arts, cultural and heritage organisations! Apply to deliver creative programmes of outreach, engagement and participation between March 2024-25. Apply by 9 Jan. The scheme is managed by Site on behalf of @SheffCouncil: sitegallery.org/creativecomm…
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We're looking forward to co-hosting this special Day of the Dead event with @sheffhallamuni to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones. Everyone is welcome. Please book your place, and see all the event details on our Eventbrite page eventbrite.co.uk/e/day-of-th… #DayOfTheDead
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Please share if you can @LindaBxx @HTCommunityHub @DarnallWB @WoodhouseForum @SarahSharp22 @Sara_Hill_ @bethLAknight @TheBareProject @imogenkitashby @ShibliTracey @SamanthaJW_
Have a big heart? Love engaging with communities and building partnerships? Passionate about people living and dying well? Come and join our friendly, committed team at Compassionate Sheffield: stlukeshospice.org.uk/job-op… @vasnews @OpusIndependent @ignite_sheff
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A great opportunity to join our friendly team committed to harnessing the power of compassion in life and at the end of life.
Come work with us! We are looking to recruit compassionate and motivated individuals to join the team, to bolster our capacity to engage with communities and effectively communicate with varied stakeholders. For full details, and to apply: stlukeshospice.org.uk/job-op…
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1 month, 21 events, so many conversations about why #DyingMatters. We talked in parks, cemeteries, universities, pubs, community centres, woods, at home, at work, in places of worship, hospices, libraries. Thank you to all who took part! And let’s keep talking about it...
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💞 "I think compassion is at the core of humanity. It’s something that we all share, and we all have in common" 🗣️ @NowThenSam chats to Ruth, Mariana & Nick from @CompassionSheff about their work celebrating & nurturing human connection in #Sheffield. loom.ly/YFPey6I
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Ruth Nutter retweeted
2nd Ed out: triarchypress.net/playing.ht… in time for Transform Our Future 11-14 May @TransitionTog @transitiontowns @RichardCouldrey @hilaryjennings "artists can be a key ingredient in the mobilisation of communities - can't recommend Playing for Time highly enough" @robintransition
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Why talk about death, dying and loss? -It happens to all of us, it’s something we all have in common -We can build our confidence to support others through death, dying and loss -By talking about death we come to understand what’s important in life compassionate-sheffield.co.u…
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How are your plans for #DyingMatters week coming along? I have a few things in my diary. This is a lunchtime webinar for @CompassionSheff - all welcome. It's free but you need to book. Tues 4th May, 12.30 BST Go to compassionate-sheffield.co.u… or use the QR code below.
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Throughout May Compassionate Sheffield is partnering with people and community organisations to offer safe spaces to explore death, dying and loss together: theatre, open mic, film, activities in nature, workshops, writing… Everyone is welcome. compassionate-sheffield.co.u…
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Coming up in May, across Sheffield, a series of free events to explore death, dying and loss… …in parks/cemeteries/universities/ pubs/community centres/woods/ at home/at work/in places of worship/ hospices/libraries/… Full details and booking: compassionate-sheffield.co.u…
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This is absolutely wonderful and well worth your time in the next 7 days. Bravo @CompassionSheff @OpusIndependent @ruthmnutter & all colleagues, partners, participants and creatives.
Stories from the Pandemic is at the Millennium Gallery until Sun 5 March. We're open today as a special one-off for you to view the exhibition. Just to note that our Arundel Gate entrance is open, our Winter Garden entrance is closed. The gallery café, Ambulo, is open today too.
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Everyone welcome to visit the free #storiesfromthepandemic exhibition at the Millennium Gallery until 5 March. A safe space to sense what connects us despite our different experiences. ⁦@faveplaces⁩ ⁦@SheffieldStar⁩ ⁦@vasnews⁩ ⁦⁦@SheffCouncil⁩
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You’ll find this pre-loved bunny nestled among some of the children’s pandemic stories at Sheffield #storiesfromthepandemic exhibition at the Millennium Gallery. Opens this Sat 25th. ⁦⁦@OpusIndependent⁩ ⁦@SheffMuseums⁩ ⁦@CreateSheff⁩ ⁦@learnsheffield
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Loved meeting ⁦@SBC_Theatre⁩ Youth Theatre of Sanctuary group when they came to watch their film Help Each Other in the #storiesfromthepandemic exhibition at the Millennium Gallery. Open every day til 5th March. ⁦@vasnews⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@SheffCityofSanc⁩
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