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Taking steps to achieve happiness on walk to work day

One of the first steps for Dame Sarah Storey, the new Active Travel Commissioner ...

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Fire deaths prompt new fire safety campaign

As part of the effort, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue is asking people to fin ...

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Preventing rough sleeping and helping people recover from homelessness

Sheffield City Council has been given £412,000 to prevent rough sleeping and ass ...

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A ‘Safe Place’ for the night

A new approach to ending rough sleeping and preventing the risk of people rough ...

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Call to fit and fund sprinkler systems in high-rise buildings

Councils across the country, including Sheffield, have written to the Secretary ...

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Universal credit and health and wellbeing in Sheffield

Sheffield's Health and Wellbeing Board chairs have written to The Secretary of S ...

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Council reacts to food allergy incidents

On average there are 10 food allergy deaths per year in the UK, with those in th ...

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More than 50,000 illegal cigarettes seized from local garage

Trading standards work with the police and public health partners to identify, i ...

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Safer Sleep Week messages vital as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome rises

Latest figures, published in August last year, reveal that for the first time in ...

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Keeping Sheffield people well

The city’s shared aspiration is to improve health outcomes and reduce health ine ...

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Unicef recognise Sheffield for outstanding baby friendly services

Sheffield Family Centres and Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 0-19 Heal ...

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Sheffield embraces LGBT adopters

From 4 -11 March it is LGBT Adoption and Fostering week and to help highlight th ...

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Council updates parking prices with good news for green vehicles and carers

People who drive a low-polluting “green” vehicle or are a residential carer in S ...

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SCC amongst top in country for LGBT employer and education

Sheffield City Council ranks 6th on LGBT charity Stonewall’s annual education eq ...

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Sheffield to remain host of BUCS Nationals until 2022

The partnership between Sheffield City Trust, BUCS, Sheffield City Council, the ...

Sexual Health Sheffield

STI tests up by 18% in Sexual Health month

STI tests up by 18% in ‘Sexual Health month’   Getting our sexual health checked ...

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How Baby Shark brought a foster family together at Christmas

“Shark!” cries foster toddler, and off we go with the actions for the world’s mo ...

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Fundraiser secures life-saving equipment at Streets Ahead

A heart-warming moment involving a Streets Ahead employee has led to the install ...

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Sheffield leading the way on LGBT+ Domestic Abuse services

Sheffield is one of only six cities in the country that is creating better suppo ...