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.

The Parson Cross Community Development Forum

The Parson Cross Community Development Forum ran a 5-week art project where participants created artworks on acrylic to reflect on their perceptions of themselves pre-, during and post pandemic.

The Great Pause - RivelinCo

RivelinCo developed a 6 week intergenerational project called ‘The Great Pause – lessons learnt in lockdown’ bringing together year 5 children from Hillsborough Primary School alongside adults from the local community.

Victorious Women of Valiant CIC

Victorious Women of Valiant ran a series of drop in coffee mornings, combined with storytelling workshops, for women survivors of domestic abuse, creating a safe and comfortable space for women to share their story with others who have gone through similar experiences.

Israac Somali Community Association

Israac held an event named ‘Covid Impact within our Community’, featuring a Memory Wall, for members of their community to reflect on how they coped through the pandemic, how resilient individuals and communities were, and remember loved ones lost.

ShipShape Health and Wellbeing

ShipShape’s Community Memory Wall captured stories and quotes of people’s experiences during the pandemic, using pictures and words in community languages.

Endcliffe Corner Community Organisation

Endcliffe Corner Community Organisation (ECCO) held an in-person event outdoors, bringing together the community to reflect on the impact of COVID. The group also installed a memorial bench in Endcliffe Park to honour the role the park played during the pandemic.