Events Listings
Oct 2016, Regather Works, 57-59 Club Garden Rd. S11 8BU
The Real Junk Food Project hosts this cafe in the Regather Works, offering breakfast, brunch and lunch on a basis of "Pay what you feel". Many opening hours, too many to cover in full here. See full details on the Facebook page and website below.
Facebook page
Real Junk Food Cafe website and calendar of dates
Tue 11-Sun 16 Oct 2016, Sheffield Students’ Union, Western Bank S10 2TG
Join Sheffield Students’ Union for a week of activities to oppose the nightmare of fracking. Includes a panel discussion, film screening and a craftivism event, before an action to protest fracking.
All welcome. More information available at sheffieldsu.com/fracking.
Sun 16 Oct 2016, 12-5.30pm Philadelphian WMC, 2-4 Martin St. Walkley S6 3DW
A day school discussing economic questions such as:
What is Neo-Liberalism?
Is there such a thing as Corbynomics?
Free Trade - Freedom, or race to the bottom?
Everything you wanted to know about economics, but
were frightened to ask - panel discussion.
Tickets: £5, to book email iwceducation@yahoo.co.uk or pay on the day.
Independent Working Class Education Network
Sun 16 Oct 2016, 7pm Philadelphia WMC, Upperthorpe
Songs of Social Significance. Politics, poetry and dancing, with David Rovics. In association with Independent Working Class Education Network, Momentum Sheffield and Sheffield Trades Council. Tickets: £10 waged, £5 unwaged from Eventbrite
www.davidrovics.com
Mon 17 Oct 2016, 3pm-7pm approx, Bike Kitchen, Unit 6 Princess St (off Attercliffe Rd) S4 7UU
Friends of ASSIST Sheffield run this community workshop on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. They always welcome help, any volunteers, cake or biscuits! Also donations of adult bikes - especially mens’ mountain bikes.
For info email comacworkshop@gmail.com or call 07981 452174
Mon 17 Oct 2016, 8pm Red Deer (upstairs) Pitt St. S1 4DD
Friends of the Earth is a powerful force of people from all walks of life pressing for environmental protection and positive change. Membership is free if you subscribe to the electronic newsletter. The meetings are free and welcoming to newcomers, on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Sheffield FOE website
Tue 18 Oct 2016, 6pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
Monthly meeting of CDAS, which fights for asylum seekers who live in Sheffield to be allowed to stay in the UK. People who have become our friends, and contribute to the cultural identity of the city, yet may be living in fear of deportation, torture, physical abuse or even death.
CDAS
Tue 18 Oct 2016, 7pm, Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James St. S1 2EW
This regular meeting of an alliance of Sheffield climate activists is open to newcomers, all welcome. Currently campaigning on climate jobs and fracking, divestment from the fossil fuels industry, and Sheffield City Council and the Green Commission.
Sheffield Climate Alliance
Tue 18 Oct, 7pm, Sheffield Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
Andrea Needham was one of a small group of women who broke into a British Aerospace factory in 1996 and used hammers to disarm a warplane about to be sold to Indonesia to be to be used against civilians in occupied East Timor. Their subsequent arrest and court case effectively led to the British Arms Trade being put on trial.
Andrea will read from her recently published memoir, and participate in discussion about how lessons learned from the action can be relevant to non violent direction action campaigns today.
The event is free. Donations towards expenses welcome. The evening is part of the Off The Shelf Festival of Words, hosted by Sheffield Creative Action for Peace
Facebook event page
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 7.30pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW
Sheffield Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has an active campaigning presence in the city, concentrating on the militarization of university campuses, Scrap Trident Campaign and the Yorkshire connection with the US Missile Defence System (at Fylingdales and Menwith Hill).
It meets on the third Wednesday of each month, except August, newcomers are welcome.
Sheffield CND website
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 5.30pm, Workstation Creative Lounge, Paternoster Row S1 2BX
A Better Sheffield offers a spotlight on a new wave of activists building local economies and reviving its reputation as a city of makers. Against a backdrop of austerity and uncertainty, these social, environmental and cultural innovators are searching out new spaces in Sheffield where changes can happen.
Speakers:
Henry Norman (Ride Sheffield)
Maxine Gregory (Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, SHU)
Nicola Dempsey (Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield)
Cllr Leigh Bramall (Deputy Leader, Sheffield City Council).
Part of Festival of Debate 2016, in association with CIQ Agency & Urban Pollinators. Part of a series of three "Better Sheffield" events (others 28th Sept.& 16th Nov). Please register using the Eventbrite link on the Festival of Debate website. Tickets £1 for My Showroom members or £4 for non-members. My Showroom is free to join at www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/my.
Festival of Debate
Fri 21 Oct 2016, 10am-6pm, Union Street S1 2JP
BitFIXit is a group of volunteers and professionals which has been fixing computers since 2005 on a not-for-profit basis. They pop up every Friday at Union Street co-operative co-working space. Anyone can drop in for a free diagnosis or chat about computer problems. They fix things for £20 per hour (on the spot or collect later). Sessions also on Saturdays in Burngreave.
BitFIXit
Sat 22 Oct 2016, 12-3pm, Abbeyfield Park House S4 7AT
BitFIXit is a great long-running project giving help with computer and internet problems every Saturday on a ’Pay-As-You-Can’ basis, from a group of volunteers and professionals. Now also open on Fridays at Union Street, and offering home and business visits.
BitFIXit
