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Pat on the back for our new Patron !

Well done to our new Patron, Paul Scriven, for running the Great Yorkshire Run last Sunday on behalf of Roundabout. We invited Paul to become our Patron because of the interest and passion he had shown for the work we do,  in his time as Leader of Sheffield City Council. Paul’s first contact with Roundabout [...]

Really Responsible Roundabout

Roundabout has been successful in a bid to become a “Really Responsible” Charity Partner. They specialise in helping businesses with Corporate Social Responsibilty and will be helping to link us with businesses in our area. We have asked for support around planning to refurbish our hostel for homeless young people and help organising and planning [...]

Star & Telegraph articles 21st July 10

Roundabout residents will be in the Star & Telegraph newspapers with Paul Scrivens on 21st July 10 – please check it out! Back in November 2009, Roundabout residents were invited to apply for funding from the community assemblies Climate Change fund (also known as the ‘green pot’). They were asked to consider ideas for projects [...]

Roundabout Annual Report wins design award!

Last week The Workshop www.theworkshop.co.uk won three awards for designing The Roundabout Annual Report, at The Cream Awards. The awards  recognise and reward design excellence in Yorkshire. The report scooped the highest Grand Prix Award as the overall best design. The Workshop did all the work for free and thoroughly deserve this recognition. They involved our [...]

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 [...]

Roundabout Street Party a Great Success

Sheffield Telegraph highlights the great day we had at the St Barnabas Road hostel. Read about it here.