Flexible post-16 SEND home-to-school transport prioritising tailored support and independence, has been approved following public consultation. The Education, Children and Families Policy Committee has made Personal Travel Budgets (PTB) optional to existing students...
As the nation today (Thursday 8 May) marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, Sheffielders’ share their experiences from family members who participated in the war effort. 73-year-old Anne-Marie Appleton from Crosspool told of her mother, Muriel Goddard...
A volunteer for the Sheffield and Rotherham MS Group said she suffered years of being misdiagnosed by doctors before being told she had multiple sclerosis (MS). Joanna Mason, 43, from Bramley, Rotherham first went to the doctors with symptoms when she was 19, however...
A £7.1m overspend on Sheffield's Home-to-School transport has left special educational needs and disability (SEND) children and their stressed parents facing an uncertain future. There are more than 1,000 more children in need of the service than pre-pandemic. A...
Eight possible cemetery sites have been identified to combat the lack of burial provision in Sheffield. The city currently has only six to eight years of citywide burial provision remaining, with six of 16 cemeteries having no new grave spaces. Most cemeteries in the...