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-weekYou 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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=oddtdtcreatorCheersThe 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=oddtdtcreatorStephen can be found on Twitter https://twitter.com/sgmellorwriterInstagram 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

A chat about what the newly opened (in it's third incarnation) Theatre Deli is up to with its big boss Daljinder Singh. It's new physical location is Theatre Deli, Cuthbert House, Arley St, Sheffield, S2 4QPWebsite: https://www.theatredeli.co.uk/sheffield@TheatreDeliShef on Twitter and Instagram. We are still found via @HelpSheffield on Twitter and @HelpSheffield on Twitter.

This is an interview with the above named about the digital mentoring scheme whereby Sheffield Digital pair those experienced in the world of the digital with those less so. The Elf is has been paired with Mandy from https://www.pocketsforwomen.co.uk/ as she has stacks of experience in making websites but much less so in promoting websites digitally. Mandy was frustrated by the clothing industry and the way it makes so many clothes, for women, that don't have pockets so she has made https://www.pocketsforwomen.co.uk/ and has linked up with various (many famous) companies to display the products they have that do have such options. They are also available via Twitter https://twitter.com/PocketsWomenUK Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pocketswomenuk/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pocketsforwomenuk/Sheffield Digital can be found here https://sheffield.digital/Twitter https://twitter.com/SHFDigitalInstagram https://www.instagram.com/shfdigitaFacebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/sheffield.digital/and LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sheffield-digital-limitedThat's all folks.If anyone wants to be on our podcast you just have to be involved in something Sheffield based and hopefully that's something helpful.

Steph from Framework tells about what they do for the rough sleeping population of Sheffield. Their website can be found here https://www.frameworkha.org/service/street-outreach-sheffieldYou can use this page to tell them about what's happening with any incidents or any help that is required in the city.https://www.frameworkha.org/get-help/get-help-in-sheffieldTwitter https://twitter.com/sheffieldsotTelephone 0800 066 5358We are still on Twitter @HelpSheffieldand our website is www.helpmycity.co.uk

Pippa tells us what these illnesses are, a little bit about the charity she works for, what they do, how you can find them and how they have helped Pippa in her fight against illness. Their website https://www.sheffieldmegroup.co.uk/long-covidFacebook - https://en-gb.facebook.com/SheffieldMEandFibromyalgiaGroup/Twitter https://twitter.com/sheffieldmefm?lang=enWe are still on www.helpmycity.co.uk for the website, [email protected] for email and @HelpSheffield on Twitter. If there is anyone Sheffield based that you'd like us to get onto the podcast please get in touch and tell us who.

https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/Information about Sheffield's annual Migration Matters Festival which in 2022 will be held between the 17th and 25th of June inclusive. John and Ellen tell us about what and where the festival is, what it is about and what it will bring to the city of Sheffield The event can be found on Twitter https://twitter.com/migmatfestInstagram https://www.instagram.com/migmatfestand Facebook https://www.facebook.com/migrationmattersfestival/We are @HelpSheffield and can still be found as such on Twitter or via our website at www.helpmycity.co.uk We also now have a donation page so if you want to stop The Elf from losing the will to give and want to power him up with some coffee (It will actually be tea) then please click here https://ko-fi.com/helpsheffield

This episode is totally unedited as requested by Ant as he doesn;t like podcasts to seem overly polished and unnatural. Saved me loads of work that did. Ant talks about how was involved in some "naughty" stuff earlier in his life, how he saw the error of that lifestyle, what he has done to change it and how he is now trying to help others and lead them away from that same life plan. Ant can be found on the following platformshttps://www.facebook.com/antzjourney/ https://twitter.com/antzjourney/status/1319242128304803841A review of Ant's book can be found here http://soeblog.group.shef.ac.uk/2825-2/and available here (and possibly elsewhere but I'm looking for an update on that.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knife-Many-Lives-Anthony-Olaseinde/dp/1838049908The crowdfunding page for his mobile minibus idea is herehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-to-create-a-mobile-youth-clubWe are still on Twitter at @HelpSheffield and our website is still www.helpmycity.co.uk

A great listen for anyone involved in the writing/reading community of #Sheffield. We discuss their podcast Prompety Prompt (available on all your usual platforms) where they tell me (The Elf) what they are doing to entertain, promote and engage with the podcast and writing community at large. Their podcast is part game show, part interview and part a lot of fun. They have a website at https://www.prompetyprompt.co.uk/ and all their social media is Prompety Prompt and available as links from the website. Please subscribe, listen and join in with the podcast. We are still @HelpSheffield on Twitter and our website is www.helpmycity.co.uk

We chat about what www.sheffieldforum.co.uk is, what it does and how they plan to use it to do some good stuff for Sheffield.They can also be found on Twitter @SheffieldFoumFacebook www.facebook.com/SheffieldForumand Instagram @Sheffield_ForumWe are still @HelpSheffield or website is still [email protected] tell someone else about this podcast.