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Sheffield Life, Loss & Death Festival – Free Events This May
04 May 2025
Whether you’re looking for a space to share, to listen, or simply to learn these events are for anyone interested in talking about how we can support ourselves and others with these topics that touch all of our lives. Everyone is welcome, and all events are free to attend but please book in advance.
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Festival All the People Party
08 April 2025
The Festival of Debate is a programme of events during April and May across South Yorkshire. It asks us to explore the most important social, economic, environmental and political issues of the day. The Festival has programmed a new collaborative event that brings together artists with and without disabilities on Thursday 15th May from 6.30 to 10.30pm at the Leadmill.
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Sheffield Life, Loss and Death Festival
11 April 2024
Death is part of life. so let’s talk about it during this festival across Sheffield and online during May. Events include music, activities in nature, training, creative workshops, writing, open mic sessions, authors panel, Death Cafes, exhibitions and discussion groups.
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It's Debatable at the Festival
22 April 2022
The largest annual politics festival in the UK – the Festival of Debate – takes place every Spring across South Yorkshire and has started this week, offering a host of debatable views by many guest speakers on different subjects. It aims to increase public engagement with politics and encourage active citizenship.
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Working with a Disability – From Striving to Thriving
01 March 2022
Join Sheffield Health and Social Care Disability Staff Network Group and Sheffield Flourish at this online evant on Thursday 17 March from 2 – 3pm to explore through conversation and video what it means not just to live with, but to thrive with a disability. This event is part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS Health and Wellbeing Festival (14 -20 March ).
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Festival of Debate 2021 is Live
23 April 2021
South Yorkshire’s Festival of Debate programme has returned with a ‘digital led’ festival from 4 May – 6 June 2021 . The Festival creates opportunities to bring people together to share new ideas and lived experience that can help shape our understanding of the world.You can browse events by date or topic which includes climate change, solving poverty, social justice and putting citizens in the lead.
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Off the Shelf Programme of Events
01 October 2020
The annual ‘Off the Shelf’ festival programme brought to you by the University of Sheffield and celebrating books, words and ideas is taking place this year from 9-31 October. The organisers are keenly aware that books, reading and conversations are more important now than ever saying “We have worked throughout lockdown to produce uplifting and thought-provoking events that reflect the world around us and we can’t wait to share the whole programme with you. Much of the festival activity will be online but there will also be live events in real venues where we can safely invite audiences to hear some wonderful speakers in person.”
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Inclusive Summer Festival Fun
08 July 2020
Sheffield CU – with the initials standing for Children’s University – is part of a national initiative that encourages and celebrates participation in a wide range of inspiring learning opportunities outside school hours.Their Festival Of Fun consists of more than 75 free activities for children, young people and families, all of which are suitable for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with adult support.
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Go WILD at Festival Performances
28 June 2020
Sheffield performers are among the acts taking part in a new online festival to promote disability rights during the lockdown, which will be taking place from 3-6pm on Saturday July 11th. Jon McClure from locally-based chart band Reverend And The Makers” is one of those involved in the World Independent Living Day (WILD) as is new act Rita Resistance (pictured). WILD describes itself as “a long-term initiative to reimagine the transformation to an inclusive society with Independent Living being a central part of that vision.”
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Festival Of Debate Goes Online
04 June 2020
Sheffield’s Festival Of Debate is not letting the Coronavirus crisis make the talking stop – and instead has gone totally online. The festival, founded in 2015, usually features a series of panel discussions, debates, Q&As, artistic responses, keynote speeches and other public events exploring politics, economics and society.
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