HelpSheffield's Podcast

Matt is the former lead singer of the fine Sheffield band Kartica. When they disbanded (literally) he want and had a big lie down but for the past 3 years has been producing music and gigging, with his band, as Mat Hook. He tells us about his time in music, his past, his present and his upcoming plans. Please have a listen and if there is anything, Sheffield, you'd like us to do for future episode...

Linda and her husband are doing a tour of the UK, France and Sweden and for one month of that they ended up dog sitting in Beauchief, Sheffield. Whilst they were there Linda posted all about it with a daily, positive, image and wordage on BlueSky (@lindaholman.bsky.social) which we liked so we thought we'd have a chat with her. She also does a blog thewayfaringpath.com and a YouTube (shorts) chann...

The Tramlines blurb "With debut single ‘You Don’t Want Me Enough’ earning her a top 10 spot in both Song Academy’s Young Songwriter Competition 2024 and Citrus Records Songs of the Year list, Birmingham based, Sheffield born Daisy Peacock is already making waves in the local indie pop scene – having recently supported acts such as Alfie Jukes, daydreamers, and Blondes. For her live shows, Daisy is...

An interview with: Tim, creator of the Love Eccy Road event. Mark, The owner of Craft and Berry, one of the event participants. Why should I listen? Because you will learn how the event works, when it is, what's in it for you and whether you think you want to join in, or not? Why has the @HelpSheffield podcast been gone for so long? Because no one asked to be on it but now they have so BOOM! We ar...

Lucy Straker is the Campaigns Manager for Brake the road safety charity who are hosting #RoadSafetyWeek from 19-25 November. This years theme is ‘let’s talk about speed’ and Brake is holding a national conversation about why we think it’s ok to speed. You can sign up to Road Safety Week for free at  https://www.brake.org.uk/road-safety-week You can also sign up to the #Brake5 challenge on tha...

Stephen Mellor is a Sheffield based and raised author who has recently self published his book "Where We Threw Dogs" and is having a charity, book launch event to promote it. The launch will be at The Lescar pub on Sharrow Vale Road and will be raising money for The Sheffield Mind mental health charity. It will be on Thursday the 16th of November from 8pm onwards and tickets can be found here http...

A chat about what the newly opened (in it's third incarnation) Theatre Deli is up to with its big boss Daljinder Singh. It's new physical location is Theatre Deli, Cuthbert House, Arley St, Sheffield, S2 4QP Website: https://www.theatredeli.co.uk/sheffield @TheatreDeliShef on Twitter and Instagram. We are still found via @HelpSheffield on Twitter and @HelpSheffield on Twitter.

This is an interview with the above named about the digital mentoring scheme whereby Sheffield Digital pair those experienced in the world of the digital with those less so. The Elf is has been paired with Mandy from https://www.pocketsforwomen.co.uk/ as she has stacks of experience in making websites but much less so in promoting websites digitally. Mandy was frustrated by the clothing industry a...

Steph from Framework tells about what they do for the rough sleeping population of Sheffield. Their website can be found here https://www.frameworkha.org/service/street-outreach-sheffield You can use this page to tell them about what's happening with any incidents or any help that is required in the city. https://www.frameworkha.org/get-help/get-help-in-sheffield Twitter https://twitter.com/sheffi...

Pippa tells us what these illnesses are, a little bit about the charity she works for, what they do, how you can find them and how they have helped Pippa in her fight against illness. Their website https://www.sheffieldmegroup.co.uk/long-covid Facebook - https://en-gb.facebook.com/SheffieldMEandFibromyalgiaGroup/ Twitter https://twitter.com/sheffieldmefm?lang=en We are still on www.helpmycity.co.u...

https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/ Information about Sheffield's annual Migration Matters Festival which in 2022 will be held between the 17th and 25th of June inclusive. John and Ellen tell us about what and where the festival is, what it is about and what it will bring to the city of Sheffield The event can be found on Twitter https://twitter.com/migmatfest Instagram https://www.instagr...

This episode is totally unedited as requested by Ant as he doesn;t like podcasts to seem overly polished and unnatural. Saved me loads of work that did. Ant talks about how was involved in some "naughty" stuff earlier in his life, how he saw the error of that lifestyle, what he has done to change it and how he is now trying to help others and lead them away from that same life plan. Ant can be fou...

A great listen for anyone involved in the writing/reading community of #Sheffield. We discuss their podcast Prompety Prompt (available on all your usual platforms) where they tell me (The Elf) what they are doing to entertain, promote and engage with the podcast and writing community at large. Their podcast is part game show, part interview and part a lot of fun. They have a website at https://www...

We chat about what www.sheffieldforum.co.uk is, what it does and how they plan to use it to do some good stuff for Sheffield. They can also be found on Twitter @SheffieldFoum Facebook www.facebook.com/SheffieldForum and Instagram @Sheffield_Forum We are still @HelpSheffield or website is still www.helpmycity@gmail.com Please tell someone else about this podcast.

The Elf asks Kate what her job role involves, how she's getting on, how the people of Sheffield can help her, how she can help us and we have a nice old chinwag. Kate can be found on Twitter @KateJosephs We can be found on Twitter @HelpSheffield and our website can be found at www.helpmycity.co.uk

Really enjoyed recording this one with Aaron. Lots of chat about the Steelmekker Magazine that he produces and lots of meandering into all things Sheffield as well as a fair bit of nonsense. Listen out for the bit where Aaron says that Elf is "a natural" with my Twitter repartee They can be found on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/SteelmekkerMagazine/ Their website is here https://www.steel...

Kerre talks about their discount card, what Independent Sheffield is and does, how you and your business can get involved and how we have to buy from independent places to keep the city vibrant and interesting. They can be found on Twitter @IndpndntShef On Facebook via https://www.facebook.com/IndependentSheffield/ On that there Insta by clicking https://www.instagram.com/indpndntshef and their we...

An interview with Joy, Stuart and Sophie from The Sheffield Region Brass Network, about what they do, how you can join in and how Covid has affected their goings on. They can be found on Twitter @SheffieldBrass Facebook here https://en-gb.facebook.com/sheffieldbrass/ and their website https://www.sheffieldbrass.net/ there We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and www.helpmycity.co.uk for the othe...

Here Elf One's interview where Denislav talks about the podcast that he creates, who he speaks to, how it's going and how you can, possibly, help the city of Sheffield. A link to the podcasts can be found here there and everywhere but here's one example. https://open.spotify.com/show/2T3eIscFV8pAPm74cfskZC They can be found on Twitter @ValleySheaf so follow that and also give them a listen. We are...

More information and booking options for Kelham Island Walks can be found on their website here https://www.kelhamislandwalks.com/ Their Twitter handle is @KelhamWalks and their Instangram is @KelhamWalks Apologies for the erratic sound quality on this, we blame Zoom and Virgin Media. We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and the website www.helpmycity.co.uk

Mark has been a member of the JCI, Sheffield for almost 10 years. Here all abut their work and find them on the interweb at https://www.jciuk.org.uk/product/join-jci-sheffield/ On Face ache https://www.facebook.com/jcisheffield/ Twitter https://twitter.com/jcisheffield?lang=en and recently relaunched Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jcisheffield/?hl=en Mark's business can be found on Twitter at...

How Lee runs his fitness business and how it has moved mainly online since the pandemic started. Website https://www.boxcampfitness.com/ Book of face https://www.facebook.com/boxcampfitness/ The Twittersphere https://twitter.com/boxcampfitness and the grams of Insta https://www.instagram.com/boxcampfitness/?hl=en We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter, emailable via helpmycityelves@gmail.com and w...

FiveTwo Supplies are a Sheffield based foodbank set up and run by husband and wife team Carl and Nicole. This is an interview with Carl about how and why they got this started, how it works and how you can help or benefit from their work. They can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fivetwosupplies Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fivetwosupplies-101781054873527/ Instagram at https://in...

Dog Friendly Sheffield started in November in 2019 and was going from strength to strength putting out details of dog friendly pubs, restaurants, cafes, shops and other places but then COVID hit. They have had to adapt and change and started included dog walks and even started their annual awards. Listen in for more details. Dog Friendly Sheffield can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.c...

They can be found here https://scccc.co.uk/ here on Twitter https://twitter.com/sheffield4c here on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/Sheffield4C/ and here on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sheffield4c/ We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and our website is still at www.helpmycity.co.uk