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.

Element Society

Element Society have produced a short film piece with their youth groups to capture the impact of the pandemic on young people.

SADACCA COVID-19 Day of Reflection

SADACCA held a Covid-19 Day of Reflection which featured keynote speeches, talks, presentations, and an art / photography exhibition, and gave local community members the time to reflect, connect and support one another.

Emmaus Sheffield

Emmaus Sheffield worked with their Companions to build a memorial bench for the courtyard garden area, creating a quiet space for staff, Companions and customers to reflect on the changes that happened during the pandemic, the losses experienced, and those who worked tirelessly throughout.

Together Women

Together Women facilitated the creation of community artwork to be displayed at their Sheffield centre, made up of contributions from women across the city.

Memory Poem Boulder – SRSB

Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind (SRSB) created a ‘Memory Poem Boulder’ at the new sensory and heritage garden developed as part of the Rose Garden at Graves Park. The poem was written by the Mappin Street Writers, a visually impaired creative writing group.

SACMHA Health & Social Care

SACMHA hosted a memorial service, focussed on the African Caribbean community of Sheffield to acknowledge the impact and losses the community experienced.