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Latest FREE Event:

Keynote Speaker:  Andy Nolan, Director of Sustainable Development, Sheffield City Council

on Thursday 8th April 2010

FREE public event for everyone.

Andy Nolan, Director of Sustainability at Sheffield City Council has very kindly agreed to join us and will talk about his views on how to make Sheffield sustainable and involve everyone in the community on Thursday afternoon of 8th April.

Our Guest Speaker will be Professor Ian Rotherham from Sheffield Hallam University who is an ecologist and specialises in community involvement.

A “Marketplace” of organisations at this event will include:

  • Heeley City Farm
  • Sheffield Black & Ethnic Minority Environmental Network (SHEBEEN)
  • Sheffield City Freecycle
  • Sheffield Campaign Against Climate Change
  • Sheffield Campaign Against Climate Change
  • Solar Active
  • South Yorkshire Energy Centre

Please pencil this date in your diary, let your friends know about it and look out for our online registration form which we’ll announce here when it’s ready.

Previous Events

October 2009: Climatewalk facilitated by Perry Walker from New Economics Foundation was hosted by DLA Piper LLPs Sheffield Office with keynote speaker Professor Shaun Quegan, Director, Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, University of Sheffield, Andy Nolan, Director Sustainable Development, Sheffield City Council and Panni Poh Yoke Loh, MA, international artist and environmentalist.

September 2008, DLA Piper LLP, global law firm’s Sheffield Office hosted our Youth Crime Workshop facilitated by Perry Walker, Head of Democracy & Participation at leading London think tank, New Economics Foundation.
Keynote Speaker:  Councillor Paul Scriven, Leader Sheffield City Council with Michael Hunter, Orion Learning & Development Consultancy, Jackie Freeborne, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire – Business Education and Darryl Dawson, Connexions PR & Marketing Consultancy

June 2008 Open Planning Meeting our future plans, activities and annual report at Sheffield Hallam University.  Plus Darryl Dawson of award-winning PR Consultancy Firm, Connexions PR spoke about the value of Unique Selling Points for fund-raising and Dave Briggs who spoke on the value of social-networking tools to increase voluntary sector capacity .

October 2007 Event “Democratic Dictatorship?” with guest speaker Nick Clegg, MP, the Liberal Democrat Party Leader was a resounding success and we received excellent feedback from everyone. We also received some very helpful suggestions on how we could meet your needs which we will be introducing.

November 2006 Event

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