Hooked! Sheffield short film highlights narcotic addiction epidemic
A new film based on the true story of a Sheffield man who died following long-term addiction to prescription painkillers is scheduled to begin filming in the city this March. Hooked, written by Rotherham filmmaker Jade Strain, explores the stigma of narcotic addiction and mental health, as well as systemic...
The importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney
With South Yorkshire law firm, Howells Solicitors Most of us plan for the big moments in life – buying a home, starting a family, retiring – but far fewer people plan for the possibility that we might one day be unable to make our own decisions. Illness, accidents or the...
Homeless veterans’ charity makes a house their home
Veterans facing homelessness in South Yorkshire will benefit from safe and comfortable accommodation thanks to a new halfway house owned by Help 4 Homeless Veterans. In February, the charity was officially given the keys to a five-bedroom house in Masbrough, Rotherham that they had purchased thanks to the public’s support...
Humphrey’s new hospice home
Humphrey, the beloved bear from Craft Corner and the Bear’s Den, has found a new home at Rotherham Hospice. His owners, Dawn and Keith Topliss, who have been his guardians for almost 30 years, decided to donate Humphrey to the Hospice’s Sunbeams children’s bereavement service so that he can bring...
Charity gives cancer patients a confidence boost
For anyone who has lived through cancer treatment, either as a patient or a carer, the journey can be as emotionally exhausting as it is physically demanding. While hospitals focus on chemotherapy schedules, surgeries and scans, there’s another side to recovery that often goes unnoticed: the need to feel human,...
Barnsley schoolgirl named Support Dogs’ Young Volunteer of the Year
A pet-loving eight-year-old girl from Wombwell has been given a surprise award by Sheffield-based charity Support Dogs for her fundraising and volunteer dog fostering efforts. Isabelle Lauder raised almost £700 for the charity’s Super Summer Challenge when she climbed the 3,560ft Mount Snowdon just two days after her eighth birthday....
Join free Wild Wellbeing sessions this winter
This New Year, step away from screens and schedules and escape the winter blues with free nature-based wellbeing sessions for adults in South Yorkshire. The Winter Wild Wellbeing programme, delivered by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, is designed to ease stress, support recovery from ill health, and offer a calming...
Penistone’s Claire Throssell pens book for her boys
Ten Christmases have passed since Claire Throssell last wrapped presents for her children. But this year, she has given them an invaluable gift: a voice.
Rotherham family walk for hospital’s Dementia Appeal
When Wendy Parker’s husband Jonathon was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at just 59, her world changed forever. The couple, from Bramley in Rotherham, have been together since school, married for 42 years and should be looking forward to enjoying their retirement together. But 60-year-old Wendy, a clinical support worker from...
Making space for dementia support in Rotherham
If you spend your days caring for someone with memory problems, confusion, or dementia, you know how much love, patience, and strength it takes. But you also know how easy it is to forget about yourself, especially at this time of year when everything feels busier and the world seems...
