HelpSheffield's Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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 that page too.

Follow Brake at @brakecharity on twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Lucy (she/they) is also one of the co-founders of Proud Changemakers - a group which celebrates and elevates LGBTQIA+ folks across the voluntary sector and makes noise about issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community today.

Follow @proud_change on twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Or you can reach out at proudchangemakers@gmail.com.

We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and our website (which is not working as of 15 Nov 2023 but will be soon - hopefully.) is available via www.helpmycity.co.uk

If you would like to be part of our podcast or write a blog post please contact us there or via helpmycityelves@gmail.com

We also run @SheffSocials on Twitter and Instagram. We organise a monthly, usually pub based, no agenda meetup. Our next one is on Thursday the 30th of November from 6.30pm (We stay until everyone leaves usually) at Mesters Tap, Woodseats, S8. It is free but so we know numbers it would be great if you could sign up here >

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-socials-also-on-twitter-and-instagram-tickets-724194353807?aff=oddtdtcreator

Cheers

The Elf

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

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-from-where-we-threw-dogs-by-stephen-mellor-tickets-731096408037?aff=oddtdtcreator

Stephen can be found on Twitter

https://twitter.com/sgmellorwriter

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/stephenmellorwriter/

and his website is

https://www.stephenmellor.net/

We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and can be found on our website which is www.helpmycity.co.uk

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.steelmekker.co.uk/

Their Twitter here

https://twitter.com/steelmekkerm

and Instagram here.

https://www.instagram.com/steelmekkermagazine

We are still on Twitter at https://twitter.com/helpsheffield

and our website is here

http://www.helpmycity.co.uk/

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 website can be found at https://independent-sheffield.co.uk/

We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and www.helpmycity.co.uk for everything else. We might write a blog post on there one day.

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 other stuff.

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 still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and www.helpmycity.co.uk in the internetweb.

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

@MakeYourMUK

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 websiteable at ww.helpmycity.co.uk