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I’m currently developing a radio programme on Christians from Hong Kong who have fled to the UK. I’m looking for some case studies we can perhaps focus the programme around. Do message me if you know anyone who fits the bill & might be interested in chatting. Thanks! #journorequest

Get yourself down to Theatre Deli from 5-7pm this Tuesday (9th November) for a free creative workshop! Have a cup of tea, meet new people and have a go at making your own hat! No experience required! To book, please see link below (scroll down to the bottom)... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2dvlZWfHQK1zBn380nRcQFC/where-we-belong

Free creative writing workshop this Saturday at 1pm in Sheffield - just book on the link below! Hope to see you there and no experience required! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2dvlZWfHQK1zBn380nRcQFC/where-we-belong#:~:text=BBC Radio Sheffield is shining,freedom of expression and belonging.

This November, join BBC Radio Sheffield for free #WhereWeBelong creative taster workshops at Theatre Deli, Sheffield. 1 & 13/11 | Spoken word with presenter and poet, Sile Sibanda 6/11 | Drama & Creative Writing with playwright, Simon Marshall 9/11 | Fashion with ArtworksSY Book your place now! https://buff.ly/3mOsWLI As part of the project, BBC Radio Sheffield and Creative Lives are running a series of free workshops exploring the theme of belonging. Content created in these workshops will be filmed or broadcast on BBC Radio Sheffield and feature in a film which the station is creating.

Hi, Throughout February, BBC Radio Sheffield will be highlighting historical moments for the LGBTQ+ community and the iconic people and places who got us there. We'll also be shining a light on stories of today that celebrate diversity. I'm looking for personal coming out stories from the LGBTQ+ community. Get in touch below if you'd like to have a provisional chat. Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you, John Offord BBC Radio Sheffield [email protected] @johnofford808

Hi, I am looking to interview people about their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the audio recordings will become part of the INSIDE virtual art exhibition which aims to raise awareness and money for the mental health charity, Mind. More details here: http://inside.space/ The interview will last no longer that 30 minutes and it can be recorded over the phone. If you are happy to proceed, please drop me an email below. Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. John Offord [email protected] INSIDE is an art project raising awareness and money for Mental Health. inside.space

I'm currently renting this out... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/524728651679579/

Hi Has anyone had the front of their Corsa stripped recently? Thanks, John

Thank you very much Ariba, that is so kind of you and will make a big difference:) ---------- Post added 26-03-2018 at 18:08 ---------- Hi, Just a quick update to say thanks to you lot, I'm now at £2,483.70 out of my £3,000 target! Thank you for your all your help and support in helping me get to my target, just 13 days to go until the Sheffield Half marathon! Thank you ---------- Post added 02-04-2018 at 15:22 ---------- Happy Easter everyone! This Sunday I will be running my first ever half marathon and I just wanted to thank the following people for their kind donations; Zack Yafai, Angela Russell, Vincent Thompson, Julie Macmillan, Maddy Ferguson, Sarah Williams, Ben Alexander, Becky Knapp, Faith McKay, Claire Claire, Nancy Coulson, Richard Chadwick, Karen Millington, Ben Saxton, Sam Furniss, Paul Wright, Luke Newland, Jo Sunderland, David Anthony Terry, Jane Willa Chesworth, Glenn Gooden, Yvette Lyons, Michelle Ackerley, Ben Greenwood, Chantelle Bedworth-Hayes, Lorna Newsome, Jackie Anderson, Tim Whittick, Tanya Smith, Kris Smith, Trudi Colman, Paul Hughes, Laura Mc, McJames Curry, David Wallace, Maz Waller, Margaret Palmowski-Cullen, Gary Palmowski, Julie Michael Palmowski, Helen Bailey, Megan Laskey, Laura Thompson, Flavia Deacon-Smith, Caroline Flatley, Sarah Drummond, Justin Bones, Justine Hatcher, Lucie McKenna, Leon Summerfield-Kehoe, Chris Lowe and Karen Codling. And... Mark White, Helen, Mad Dad, Shirecliffe Dave, Kaz, Scott and Karen, Peter Maycock, Mark, Sam Blakemore, Peter and Marg, Marie, The Shorties, Liz, Luke W, Dave, Pattie Ryan, Deborah Woodhouse, Paul, Verity Norris, Walter & Alo, JLawton, Linda, Wayne, Linda Sherwin, Duncan, Marjorie, Ben Toone, Peggy Walker, Anonymous in Nether Edge, Medusa, Ariba Anne, Nicola Scrancher, Pam Renoata, Grace Barry & Marie (and all the anonymous donations too). Your donations will make a big difference and has kept me going through my training! It’s been overwhelming to get so much help and support from you all. It hasn’t sunk in yet but I know the 8th April will be a very emotional day for me and many others taking part. I just need to raise a further £400 before Sunday to reach my £3000 target! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I'VE MISSED ANYONE OUT OF THE ABOVE! Read my story here; http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/johnofford ---------- Post added 05-04-2018 at 15:27 ---------- Hi, Just a quick update to say thanks to you lot, I'm now at £2,681.70 out of my £3,000 target for the mental health charity, MIND. I've just got 3 days to raise the remaining £300 before the Sheffield Half marathon on Sunday!!!!! If you can help spread the word, please do! Thank you, John http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/johnofford ---------- Post added 07-04-2018 at 11:04 ---------- 24 hours to raise my target in memory of my brother and for the charity Mind, ahead of the Sheffield Half Marathon tomorrow. Please help/share... http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/johnofford Hopefully see some of you tomorrow and thank you to everyone on Sheffield Forum for your support

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU........... I'm literally in shock right now, some kind anonymous soul from Sheffield Forum has just donated £500 (£625 including gift aid) to my page below! If you are reading this, thank you so very much. I wish I could thank you in person. Every contribution, no matter how large or small, makes a difference! I'm running the Sheffield Half marathon in memory of my brother on the 8th April and to raise money for the mental health charity, Mind. Read my story here... https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohnOfford My Radio Sheffield interview here (9 mins in); https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05yr9z2

Thank you so very much Linda - I can't do this without people like you and what a generous donation- you've really made my day. Thank you so much and this will make a real difference to people with mental health problems. I can't thank you enough. ---------- Post added 03-03-2018 at 10:41 ---------- Just to say I managed to run 10 miles today so thanks again everyone. ---------- Post added 05-03-2018 at 23:17 ---------- I'm now up to £1,515.70 thanks to everyones kind donations. Thanks again everyone! If you have a £1 to spare, here's the link to my story.... https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohnOfford ---------- Post added 11-03-2018 at 17:04 ---------- I'm happy to say I'm now at £1,640.70...thanks again to everyone that has donated!

My official t-shirt has finally arrived! I can’t quite believe that I’m going to be running a half marathon next month. I managed 9 miles the other week, although still much more training to be done. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone that has donated so far. I’ve been overwhelmed by the response I've had since posting my story below. I’ve currently raised £1,364.20 out of my £2000 target. I just need to raise a further £635.80 before the Sheffield Half marathon on the 8th April. For anyone that doesn’t know, I’m running my first ever half marathon in memory of my brother and for a mental health charity next month. You can donate here if you want to (and even £1 will help); https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/johnofford Click the link below to see how your donation could give someone hope and help them understand they're not alone; https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/donate-or-fundraise/donate/ Thanks again

Content OD, the award-winning digital content marketing agency are making a film for the National Crime Agency and we need your help. We are looking for enthusiastic, interesting 18-25 year olds to feature in our reaction film. If you are articulate, funny, quirky or thoughtful, we’d like you (and your friends!) to give an hour of your time to be filmed for a new viral film. We’d need you to be available for one day, the week of 12th – 16th February (in Sheffield/Manchester/Birmingham) and we’ll give you £100 for your time. We’re also keen to hear from people who have a chatty older relative (Grandad or Grandma) who might be able to feature alongside them in the film. If you wish to be considered, please email [email protected] with a paragraph about you and your friend and a recent photo before 7th February.

It's #TimeToTalk Day! Wherever you are, you can talk about mental health. Start a conversation and end the silence: It was 5 years to the day that my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was told he had 4 weeks left to live. I remember driving my father back home, the silence in the car will stay with me forever. My brother, Anthony who had a mental illness took it particularly badly and ended up collapsing at a friends flat a few weeks later. A mix up by Yorkshire Ambulance Service meant my brother didn’t get immediate medical attention as there was a delay in dispatching an ambulance to the scene. When Anthony finally arrived at the Northern General hospital, he was sent to intensive care. When my mum and I reached the ward, we were called into a room where the doctor said that Anthony had irreversible brain damage, caused by a starvation of oxygen to the brain and that there was nothing they could do. Anthony passed away 2 days later when the life support system was switched off. We went home to my dad to tell him that his son had died. It’s hard to put into words how we were feeling, except to say that we felt detached from the reality of the situation. Despite the doctor saying in early February that my father only had 4 weeks left to live, he remained alive until the 8th May, 2013 - the day of my brothers funeral. I find this a truly powerful testament of the human spirit. An inquest followed and the coroner said it was ‘more likely than not’ that Anthony ‘would have survived’ if he’d been given prompt treatment. Since then, I’ve campaigned to ensure mistakes like this never happen again and it was taken all the way to the House of Commons. Sadly, this wasn’t a one off, as this Guardian article touched on when writing about my brother and the effects of government cut backs; https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/22/ambulance-delays-linked-to-35-deaths-in-past-five-years It’s taken me 5 years to make sense of it and it’s only now that I can take something positive from something negative and finally look at this photo again. It’s why I’m ready to run my first ever half marathon this year to honour my brother and to raise awareness of mental health issues and the fact that no one should have to suffer alone. If you can help me raise my target of £1000 by sharing this post and/or donating anything (even £1 would help), you can do so here; https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohnOfford Thank you to Ben, Sam, Angela, Vincent, Becky, Zack, Karen, Maddy, Faith, Richard, Nancy, Claire, Sarah, Julie, Peter and many others that have already donated, it is very much appreciated. I should say that I hope to run in memory of my dad next year and to raise money for the fantastic charity, Beating Bowel cancer. I decided to tell my story on here to raise awareness of mental health, not for self pity. Everyone has a story to tell and life can be tough for all of us at times, but it can also be great too. x

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