Sheffield’s biggest free family-friendly music festival CareFest is back for 2025 to honour South Yorkshire’s carers and frontline workers . The annual music festival, taking place on bank holiday Monday (25 August) from 2pm to 8pm, celebrates the life-changing work...
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...