Calling all technicians 📢 We need multi-skilled freelance technicians to support this year's festival in Sheffield from June 16-24. You'll work with the production manager to provide lighting, sound, AV and staging support.  For more info/ to apply ⬇️ migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/home/opportuni…

Attention! 📣 📣📣 Urgent call to south Yorkshire creatives! When the flood comes, what will you take with you? What should we leave behind? Artists are invited to propose responses to these urgent questions as part Migration Matters Festival: Details: ark-sheffield.org/rapid-response #Sheffieldis

📢 Call for Concept Notes: Amplification Grants Extension 🇲🇼🇿🇲🇿🇼 Calling critical audio-visual content producers in Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe to apply for the Resource of Open Minds (R.O.O.M.) program Amplification Grants. Due: 12 June 2023 Details 👉🏾hivos.org/call/call-for-…

Secondhand clothes dealers from Ghana have visited Brussels to lobby for Europe-wide laws to compel the fashion industry to help address impact of dumping textiles there: theguardian.com/global-develop… I did a report on the impact of this from Ghana last year: irishtimes.com/world/africa/2…

Do you know a local cause in Sheffield that helps bring people together to restore nature or tackle climate change that needs funding? Applications for the Local Community Fund are now open, apply today 👉 coop.co.uk/causes Help Sheffield Voluntary Action Sheffield Sheff SocEnt Network

Just saw this wildsheffield.com/ughill/ Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust are trying to raise money to buy this farm in this great part of the city. Hopefully successful and I look forward to visiting to see how it develops

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🎉Don't miss out on this party 🎉 On Friday June 23 Kenyan superstars SAUTI SOL will be joining us in the only northern England date from their farewell tour! Come for the whole day to catch our eclectic mix of dining, theatre and migration events. Book now via link in bio.

Ok, buckle up, kick off your shoes and get comfy because we're taking a long-haul flight to Ipanema. Yes, it is indeed thread time...

Migration Matters returns next week, a celebration of Refugee Week in Sheffield. Make some plans with our Migration Matters Festival highlights. An audio adventure in a park, a global drag cabaret, Kenyan Afro-pop, untold stories from the city's archives, and lots more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/migr…

The Blue Loop is a continuous loop of waterways & riverside walkways in the heart of Sheffield. Made up of The Five Weirs Walk along the River Don & the towpath on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal. Here’s our map ⬇️ ( .jpg - save photo)😉

⚽️ I look forward to my conversation with Honey Thaljieh later today for Migration Matters Festival at Millennium Gallery! Tickets are still available: migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/programme/hone…

Communities with lower incomes and less choice and opportunity are often defined by deficit not by their assets and potential so I’m really grateful to David Bocking and The Tribune for producing this article about The Green Estate CIC and The Manor. sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/flower-power…

Migration Matters Festival has been fab so far! Check these events out today, and there's loads happening all week!

The first and final Sheffield show by SAUTI SOL takes place this Friday ❤️ Kenya's finest afropop ensemble treat us to an exclusive Northern show on their farewell tour courtesy of Migration Matters Festival and La Rumba 💃 Still tickets here > leadmill.co.uk/event/sauti-so…

Exciting news! We’re calling for expressions of interest from Malawian storytellers to join the inaugural cohort of our Imagine Immensities creative research program 🎉

👀 #free online course in #evaluation for the arts, culture & heritage sector via Centre for Cultural Value launches in September #EvalTwitter

This is amazing

I'm coming to Birmingham, October 6, for Birmingham Lit Fest. Details on the event here: birminghamliteraturefestival.org/events/sally-h…

This image breaks me. At 2.7 degrees of warming, which is our present policy trajectory, two billion people will be exposed to extreme heat. 99.7% of those people live in the global South. People who have done nothing to cause this crisis. The injustice is staggering.