Sheffield Green City Award

Sheffield has once again maintained its status as one of the UK's Greenest Cities. Ranking higher than any other area in the Yorkshire and Humber regions.

What is a Green Flag Award?
Green Flag Award® applications are judged against eight key criteria. Where certain criteria are not met, applicants can provide justifications that may be taken into account. What's more, if management practice changes are in progress but not yet fully implemented, transitional phases will be acknowledged and viewed positively.

The judging criteria also considers the fact that each park/green space will offer different kinds of facilities, and will be managed and developed to varying opportunities and constraints. Innovation and the way facilities offered are tailored to the needs of the community will also be taken into account.

Eight key criteria

1. A welcoming place

2. Healthy, safe and secure

3. Clean and well maintained

4. Sustainability

5. Conservation and heritage

6. Community involvement

7. Marketing

8. Management

Sheffield's 2012 location winners;

• Cholera Monument Ground and Clay Wood
• Ecclesall Woods
• Firth Park
• Norfolk Heritage Park
• Sheffield Botanical Gardens
• The Peace Gardens
• Winter Garden
• Tinsley Green Recreation Ground
• Wheata Woods
• Weston Park
• Meersbrook Park
• Devonshire Green
• Millhouses Park
• Wyming Brook
• Fretson Green
• Community Green Flag Awards: Heeley City Farm, Kettlebridge Doorstep Green, Meersbrook Park Walled Garden, Devon Gardens and Grenoside Green

 
 
 

Locations of local Green Flag Awards

For full information on the Green Flag winning locations please visit GreeenFlag.KeepBritainTidy

Will King Speaker at MADE Festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Will King

Founder of King of Shaves

Will King is the founder of shaving company King of Shaves. He was made redundant in the early nineties from his job with the marketing agency Fountainhead Communications and had always experienced problems with shaving. In 1992 he created a shaving oil product that eased the pain, rash and burn he experience during shaving.

King approached Harrods, the London department store, and secured the personal agreement of owner Mohamed Al-Fayed to stock the new product. He then hand-filled 9,600 bottles in his kitchen, using a "gunk pump" given to him by a friend in the yacht business.

The King of Shaves brand has overtaken Wilkinson Sword and Nivea to become number two to Gillette in the shaving prep market in the UK, and the products are also taking off in the US.

Ticket Information

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Dale Murray Speaker at MADE Festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Dale Murray

Angel investor

Dale Murray co-founded Omega Logic in 1999 and launched pre-pay mobile “top-ups” in to the UK after winning contracts with all the mobile network operators. She built revenues to £7m within three years of founding the business, then sold to a privately held company, Eposs Limited. Dale later became Eposs’s CEO, doubling revenues within two years.
She left in 2005 and is now an angel investor in early-stage entrepreneurial businesses. She was named Angel Investor of the Year 2011. 

Ticket Information

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Tramlines Sheffield – The Free For All Music Festival

 

Tramlines sprung into life in 2009, bringing together a bunch of disparate promoters and disparate ideas. 65,000 people filled Sheffield city centre to what felt like bursting point. Music seeped from every available performance space and a sense of goodwill descended like a mist on the city. Crime rates even fell on the weekend.

By Sunday night, we knew that Sheffield would demand a return in 2010.

A year on, the festival came back, and more than doubled in size. Saturday’s attendance mushroomed from 35,000 to 65,000, redefining our definition of bursting point. In total, over the weekend Sheffield welcomed 105,000 visitors. As the festival grew, so did the performance spaces. The New Music Stage parked its wagons on Barkers Pool, 30 venues became 50 and the Blues and Ale Trail and the Tramlines Buskers Bus had their first outings.

Meanwhile, Toddla T’s showcase dance night moved from DQ to the 1,600 capacity Octagon – but still saw four-hour queues on the night!

In 2011 the event grew again, as 80,000 festival-goers hit town on Saturday and total attendances grew to 155,000. New spaces continued to crop up to cater for the growing crowds. 50 venues became 70, a Folk Forest took root at Endcliffe Park, gipsy-punk lit up Heeley City Farm and our new headline sponsor Nokia joined us in building an Unannounced Tent on the top of Fargate. The Buskers Buses doubled servicing the new Blues and Ale Stage on its second circuit.

A Best Metropolitan Festival gong at this year’s UK Festival Awards confirmed our arrival.

 

Tramlines Main Stage

Friday

1. True Tiger (DJ set) and Nokia light show
2. Reverend and The Makers
3. Dead Sons
4. The Violet May

Saturday

1. Roots Manuva
2. Ms. Dynamite
3. Chew Lips
4. Charli XCX
5. Clock Opera
6. Hey Sholay
7. Blue Lip Feel

Sunday

1. We Are Scientists
2. Field Music
3. Frankie & The Heartstrings
4. Beth Jeans Houghton
5. Eugene McGuinness
6. Little Comets
7. Everly Pregnant Brothers

Nandos New Music Stage

Saturday

1. Future Of The Left
2. Esben & The Witch
3. Alarm Bells
4. Frankie Rose
5. Mazes
6. Fear of Men
7. Novella

Sunday

1. 65daysofstatic
2. Rolo Tomassi
3. Dog is Dead
4. Let's Buy Happiness
5. Holland
6. Kappa Gamma
7. Vales

 

Red Bull Studios Live

Saturday (Night)

1. Toddla T Sound
2. Benga & Youngman
3. Jackmaster
4. Oris Jay
5. Mele
6. DJ Autograff

Saturday (Day)

1. Julio Bashmore
2. T. Williams
3. L-Vis 1990
4. Oneman
5. Squarehead

World / Youth Music Stage

Saturday

1. Soothsayers w/ Cornell Campbell & Top Cat
2. The Destroyers
3. Rafiki Jazz
4. Soul Circle Gang
5. Soukous Revelation
6. Pallav Roy
7. Blood Sport
8. Truly Apparent
9. Concord Brass & Bugle Band
10. SoulFunkful

Sunday

1. Dope and Mean
2. Krux 3
3. Faultess
4. Rocksity
5. Stav-X
6. Radical Boy
7. FreeK
8. Frankie Vera
9. Young Shortie
10. Inside Rising
11. Underground Sky
12. Selina Lee
13. Ellie B
14. Ella Jay
15. Paris Shay
16. The Citizenz
17. Virus Productions
18. The Citizenz
19. Allstarz Dance Crew
20. Flite & Minty
21. Pallav Roy

 

The Folk Forest

Saturday

1. James Yorkston
2. The Big Eyes Family Players
3. Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle
4. Fallen Leaf
5. Michael Tinker
6. The Lost Brothers
7. Mike Hughes

Sunday

1. Roy Bailey
2. The Mary Hampton Cotillion
3. Katrina Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
4. Rachael Dadd
5. The Payroll Union
6. Joe Banfi
7. Louis Romégoux
8. Magpies

The Blues Stage at CADS

Saturday

1. Hummingbirds Blues Band
2. Soulfaces
3. M & J Blues
4. Tim Graham & The Blackcats
5. Amelia Carter Band
6. The Mudcats Trio
7. John Hanson Band
8. Natchez Burning
9. Flat Foot Sam
10. Shaggy Dog Story
11. Billy Martin Jnr

Play and Party Centre Sheffield

At 'Forward For Kids' we recognise that keeping children active plays a key role in their physical development and well being. With this in mind we have developed a fun and exciting environment that will encourage activity levels but also stimulate development in other areas of learning.

 

Keeping children happy...

The play equipment is seperated into age appropriate areas to encourage physical movement for all ages. This includes sliding, crawling, balancing, swinging, hand eye co-ordination, ball skills and lots more. Children will have opportunities to make new friends, share and take turns when playing. This will also develop their understanding of cause and effect as they explore the play equipment and use it in different ways.

 

Keep adults happy...

A quality, clean, welcoming environment offering great food from snacks to larger meals as well as a selection of hot and cold drinks. The seating area also has a good line of sight to allow parents to interact with their children or relax knowing their children are safe because they can see them play.

 

Quality of design...

Our play equipment has been designed and manufactured to the latest highest standard BS8409:2002 by the UK's leading manufacturer of indoor play equipment, House Of Play Limited.

Have Your Party at 'Forward For Kids'

Parties
Celebrate in style with one of our excellent party packages. With your own dedicated Party Host, the stress and the mess is taken away meaning that parents and children can enjoy the party! All our parties include free invitations, a hot & cold buffet served by your Party Host, unlimited juice, cake ceremony (cake not included), a party bag and 1 free return pass!

Choose from the following activities...

For Kids 'Fun Party'
Lots of fun on the play frame before and after a yummy party tea!
Minimum 10 children, £8.25 per child

For Kids 'Disco Party'
Lots of fun on the play frame then a party tea, followed by the latest dance phenomenon! Children can strut their stuff and try their moves on their very own dance mat playing along to Dance Dance Revolution!
Minimum 10 children, £9.25 per child

'Totz Fun Party'
(Mon-Fri, 2 hour slots between 10am-3pm, term time only)
Playtime in the toddler area then a party tea followed by games with your Party Host!
Minimum 8 children, £6.95 per child

For Kids 'Deluxe Party'
Exclusive hire of the upstairs party room with a choice of activities from dancing and games on the Dance mats, pizza making, face painting, arts & crafts and lots more! Followed by a hot & cold buffet and lots of fun on the play frame.
Minimum 10 children, £10.25 per child

For Kids 'VIP Party'
Exclusive hire of the play centre with lots of fun on the play frame just for you and your guests!
Minimum 20 children, £11.50 per child

Weekday Party
We are also doing a new weekday party 4pm - 6pm including party bags, hot and cold kids buffet and birthday march plus playing on the Frame!
Offer for 20 Children, All for £99.99

To book a party or for more information call             0114 2692054

http://www.sheffieldcityguide.com/kids

Jude Ower Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Jude Ower

Founder of The Play Mob

Jude Ower is the founder of The Play Mob, creating social games for social good. Jude has been developing educational based games for ten years across corporate, education and government and is one of the leading thought leaders in the space of "games for good". She is now creating a new wave of games for informal learning on social networks, which link game actions to real world causes.

Jude is a BAFTA member and games judge, a member of TIGA and the IGDA and a speaker at events such as SXSW, World of Learning, Games Based Learning, the IoD annual convention and the Serious Games Summit.

Jude Ower will be speaking at MADE: The entrepreneur festival in Sheffield. 19th - 21st of September 2012.

Howard Leigh Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Howard Leigh

Senior partner, Corporate Cavendish Finance

Howard graduated in Economics and, after a short spell in UK merchant banking, joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He transferred to the corporate tax department where he further qualified with the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

In early 1986, Howard established Deloitte's Mergers and Acquisitions Group and developed an expertise in company sales. In May 1988 he left to set up Cavendish Corporate Finance.
Howard is a frequent lecturer, author and broadcaster on mergers and acquisitions and has written the Good Practice Guideline: Selling a Business, published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Howard was until recently the chairman of the Faculty of Corporate Finance of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, which represents some 5,000 corporate financiers. In 2008, he was awarded the Faculty’s Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Finance award. Howard has served as an alternate to the president of the Institute on the Takeover Panel.

Howard has been a Vice President of M&A International Inc, the world's leading independent and largest corporate finance network, covering some 47 firms in 40 countries. Howard chairs a number of charitable concerns and is a Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party.

Howard Leigh will be speaking at MADE: The entrepreneur festival in Sheffield. 19th - 21st of September 2012.

Sheffield to London Fast Trains

Trains running across the midland mainline from Sheffield to London are set to receive a huge renovation, with new electric trains.

The time of the journey will be reduced by around 10-15 minutes, allowing commuters and tourists to reach the capital from Sheffield or vice versa in around 1 hour 45 minutes.

The renovation will cost around £500 milllion with works to be carried out bewteen 2014 to 2019.

Prime Minister David Cameron called it the "biggest modernisation of our railways since the Victorian era".

Other renovations set to take place around the UK  include
These include:

• A high-capacity "electric spine" running from Yorkshire and the West Midlands to south coast ports, boosting passenger and freight capacity
• Electrification extended from Cardiff to Swansea, costing £600m, plus electrification of the Welsh valley lines
• The Northern Hub - a series of projects around Manchester worth £322m that improve northern rail capacity to get more and faster trains across the north of England
• Upgrades to the East Coast Main Line from London to Leeds and Newcastle worth £240m to create faster journeys and increase capacity
• Upgrades to stations and tracks creating capacity for an additional 140,000 daily rail commutes around cities at peak times, including £350m for lengthening platforms at London's Waterloo station
• A new £500m rail link between the Great Western Main Line and Heathrow

Lord Young Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Lord Young of Graffham

Enterprise advisor to the Prime Minister

Lord Young is a retired British Conservative politician and businessman. He is the elder son of a businessman who imported flour and later set up as a manufacturer of coats for children.

He went to Christ's College in Finchley and then University College London to take a law degree as an evening student during his time as an articled clerk to become a solicitor, being admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1955. However, he only practised for a year, after which he joined the Great Universal Stores as an executive and an assistant to the chairman, Sir Isaac Wolfson Bt.

He entered Parliament in 1975 as a Conservative Member of Parliament. During his parliamentary career, Lord Young served as the Secretary of State for Employment and as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry during the eighties.

After the 1987 election where he had a key role, he became Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade. He retired from government in July 1989, serving as Deputy Chairman of the Party until June 1990. That year also saw the publication of his book The Enterprise Years.
Lord Young founded Young Associates, a private equity house in 1996 where he is currently chairman. He is also chairman of a number of companies on AIM, enterprise advisor to the Prime Minister and the pioneer of the StartUp Loan scheme.

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Lord Bilimoria CBE Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Lord Bilimoria CBE

Chairman of Cobra Beer

Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE is an entrepreneur and a life peer. He founded Cobra Beer in 1989, working with a brewer to create a product, designed to appeal to lager and ale drinkers alike, and go well with spicy Indian food.

Bilimoria received the CBE in 2004 for services to business. He is the deputy president of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and an Honorary Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA). He held the position of mentor in the Joint Police Mentoring Initiative and is a former Representative Deputy Lieutenant for the London Borough of Hounslow and is the Chancellor of Thames Valley University – the UK’s youngest at the time of his appointment.

He is a champion of the Make Your Mark campaign for enterprise and national champion of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship.

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