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Sheffield’s carers are to be celebrated for the care and support that they give to the people of Sheffield.The Sheffield Cares Excellence Awards, hosted by Sheffield City Council’s Adult Health and Social Care team, will celebrate and empower the city’s most skilled and dedicated carers.

A project aimed at providing more space for people, allowing businesses to expand and for people to shop, eat and spend more time in Sheffield City Centre has been given a major investment boost.

A city-wide Housing Strategy that will ensure everyone has a safe, secure and affordable place to call home has been approved.

Sheffield is transforming day by day. New homes are being built and regeneration projects are underway with cranes dotted across the city’s skyline. It is an exciting time for our city.

A new job evaluation process is to be introduced for all Sheffield City Council employees. Equal pay concerns around the Council’s current job evaluation scheme were raised by the GMB Union in Autumn 2023.   

A new Independent Living Clinic has just launched at The Manor Neighbourhood Centre - another step towards making it easier for people with a long-term health condition to access equipment to support them to stay well and independent at home.

Following the recent General Election, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Stocksbridge & Penistone, Dr Marie Tidball MP, has joined the Stocksbridge Town Deal Board as the new Co-Chair alongside current Co-Chair, Yuri Matischen.

The Brighter Future Fund is independently managed by care-experienced young people supported by the Council’s Children’s Involvement Service. The fund will offer small grants which directly support care-experienced children and young people to build a brighter future.

The countdown to Christmas is on, with Sheffield Christmas markets set to return and an all-new festive weekend on the cards.

Voluntary Action Sheffield are to receive funding to improve support systems for frontline voluntary and community sector workers.

The city now has a 10-year plan to create a fairer and healthier Sheffield. The ...

Sheffield welcomed Homes England to the city so development partners could come together and see progress on the latest projects and discuss future opportunities.

The new approach will ensure everyone who lives in a Sheffield City Council property will receive an electrical safety test every five years, as well as a condition check of their home.

Contractors, working on behalf of Sheffield City Council, have started preparation work to remove and preserve a dangerous city centre façade which is at risk of completely collapsing.

Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists will soon be able to get their first experience of Sheffield’s first-ever Dutch-style roundabout as the project nears completion. Located at West Bar, in front of the Emergency Services Museum, the roundabout will give priority to pedestrians and cyclists, making it safer and easier for people to get around the city in an active way.

Sheffield is to light up this Autumn, as the city puts on a range of events that are out of this world.

Four new Changing Places pods have been built around the city to help make Sheffield accessible for more residents.

Sheffield City Council is launching the Lord Mayor Awards, recognising the amazing contribution of people and organisations that are at the heart of Sheffield.

A tribute to Councillor Paul Wood from Cllr Denise Fox of Sheffield Community Councillors.

Sheffield’s young residents are to be honoured for their contributions and influence across the city.

Members of the public have been receiving spam text messages claiming to be from the Council advising them they have a parking ticket (Penalty Charge Notice) they must pay via a link contained in the message.   

A look at the Voice and Influence workers team's progress over the past two years as they help to improve services for care experienced children, young people, and adults up to 25 years old.

A loop-the-loop canal boat sculpture has been unveiled to celebrate Sheffield's historic waterways and industrial heritage. 

The 20th International Celiac Disease Symposium (ICDS) arrives in Sheffield this week (4-6 Sept) at Sheffield City Hall, kicking off the city’s busy Autumn season for the conference sector.

More people in Sheffield who need support are living independently and well at home because of work between health and care services to prevent readmission to hospital. Health and care services across the city are focussing on people who are leaving hospital to support them to return home, or their previous place of residence, wherever possible.

We caught up with local riders ahead of today's Tour of Britain Men, which kicked off here in Sheffield, this morning (5th September).

As the third stage of the Tour of Britain Men comes to a close, we look back at what it meant to Sheffield and South Yorkshire to host the event.

Sheffield to set to kick off third leg of 2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, later this week (5th September).

At the Education, Children & Families Committee meeting yesterday (Tuesday 3rd September), it was recommended the permanent closure of the nursery – based at Springfield School near the city centre - take place, pending the four-week public consultation.

The region’s Music Hubs are set to come together to form a new South Yorkshire Music Hub, with the aim of strengthening opportunities for music education.

People in Sheffield are being asked to help choose names for the city’s fleet of gritters but with a local twist, as preparations for the upcoming winter season get underway. There are 19 gritters in the Streets Ahead fleet with 12 gritters waiting to be named by members of the public while local school children are being invited to name the other five. The two smaller gritters in the fleet are not included in the competition.

Councils across England are developing plans to make recycling simpler and easier for residents and to help the planet. In Sheffield, a ‘Simpler Recycling’ consultation on future waste and recycling services is live for residents to have their say.