Community Activity

Stories From The Pandemic, supported a wide range of activities to take place across the city which enable many communities to come together, reflect on their experiences from the pandemic and engage in memorial activity together.

Compassionate Sheffield, in partnership with Sheffield City Council, awarded over 50 small grants to a wide range community groups and organisations in Sheffield under its Covid-19 Community Memorial Fund.

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'Give us a GIF' - DINA

Sheffield arts venue, DINA, projected a patchwork of ‘lockdown’ GIFs, sent to them by members of the public, onto their venue in Fitzalan Square.

Amazelab - Reflecting on the Pandemic Workshops

Amazelab has run workshops for children creating sun catchers and using them as a reflection tool

‘Help Each Other!’ - Stand and Be Counted

Stand and Be Counted’s Youth Theatre of Sanctuary co-created a short film called ‘Help Each Other!’ exploring everything they learned and lived through the Covid-19 pandemic.

African Voices Platform

African Voices Platform produced a short video highlighting the impact Covid had on the black African community in Sheffield.

Out of the Box Training

Out of the Box developed a COVID pandemic story with community leaders in Sheffield and trained and supported them to run storytelling sessions.

Steel City Choristers

Steel City Choristers ‘Lament’ service was a choral performance with art exhibitions, offering a reflective space in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.

Pye Bank CE Primary School

Pye Bank CE Primary School created an art sculpture called ‘Stronger Together’ to celebrate how the school community came together.

Darnall Well Being

Darnall Well Being ran community memorial events in both Darnall and Tinsley, offering people the chance to share memories, create a memory book and light a candle in memory of a loved one.

Lowfield School Workshops

Students at Lowfield Primary School shared their reflections and stories from the pandemic at a classroom workshop.

Kelham Island & Neepsend Community Alliance

Kelham Island & Neepsend Community Alliance (KINCA) hosted a week-long art exhibition featuring artworks that are reflective of the pandemic, created by local artists.

Ecclesfield School Workshops

'Stories from the Pandemic' workshops at Ecclesfield Secondary School

Mum's United

Mum’s United provided opportunities for young people to do artwork and interviews to talk about Covid-19 and its impact on themselves and their families. Young people took ownership of the project, conducting a series of interviews and creating an art piece ‘remembrance tree’.