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Football Tournament…week 2

We are on week 2 of the 4 week football tournament for the homeless we are currently in 3rd place and 1 piont behind 2nd place. The teams that we played in the tournament are…. Arches, Salvation army, sheffield foyer, SYTG, Healthy cross, and The Roundabout  Rascals. CMON ROUNDABOUT!!!! WE CAN TAKE HOME THE GLORY!!!! [...]

Acoustic Loveliness

What a great night! Trippett’s wine bar was packed and we raised over £750 for Roundabout! A big thanks to all the performers who  gave their time for free. There were some great performances from some really talented people. There were 15 acts playing in total for over 5 hours in our own mini live aid. Thanks [...]

Roundabout set to make a new film

UPDATE ON THE FILM: Hi everyone, well the planning was great, young people decided that one of the things to address in the film was that new residents thought that hostels were full of drug taking wild people who slept on floors! So, with this in mind, they decided to shoot the film all around [...]

Roundabout set to make a new film

Roundabout is set to make a new film about life at Roundabout. With the help of local film maker Justine Gaubert, creator of ‘hidden talents’ and director of Silent Sheffield film label, the young people will get fully involved in the all the aspects of creating a piece of film. Roundabout are very much looking [...]

TRAMLINES MUSIC FESTIVAL

The recent Tramlines Music Festival was a great event for us at Roundabout. We were chosen as the events nominated charity and it was a great weekend for everyone involved. It was a privilege for us to be associated with so many people enjoying themselves in the city, as well as giving us the opportunity [...]

BIG THANK YOU, TO BIG YELLOW SELF-STORAGE COMPANY

Big Yellow Self-Storage Company have given Roundabout Ltd, free storage in their new store at Penistone Road, Sheffield. Project Director, Ben Keegan said ‘It is a superb offer from the Big Yellow Self-Storage Company, to help us keep homeless young peoples’ belongings in storage. Many of the young people that we house need storage for [...]

Going Dutch

Local youth homeless charity Roundabout this week welcomed a group of five Dutch social work students to come and visit their homeless hostel and other support services in Sheffield.

Participation Rocks

Whipman Multimedia Competition

Young people at St Barnabas Road hostel are currently working with the participation worker to produce a video for their entry for The Whipman Award via Homeless Link.