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.

Western Park Museum Exhibition

The exhibition at Western Park Museum will showcase a small selection of stories from the extensive range of stories that have been gathered during the project.

Family Voice Sheffield

Family Voice Sheffield’s project ‘Families in Lockdown’ has supported women to process their experiences of lockdown through discussion and art making.

United Women Affiliation

United Women Affiliation has held a range of remembrance activities and events for their community of Swahili-speaking women and their families in Sheffield.

'All Lit Up - The Rainbow Effect'

'All Lit Up' a free-to-enter light show with illuminated willow and paper structures in the Walled Garden of Hillsborough Park, themed about the Remembrance of Covid.

I Will Survive - The Songs That Got Us Through Lockdown

Community groups across Arbourthorne, Manor and Castle were invited to come and share their lockdown stories and to talk about the songs that got them through.

PASH COMMUNITY (Pamoja Sheffield Community)

PASH Community (Pamoja Sheffield Community) hosted a Covid-19 Memorial Day for Swahili-speaking refugees in Sheffield.