Life Skills & Participation
My new training by Fiona
I went for a walk with Shauna to talk and ended up at Heeley city farm and saw a sign which said ‘health and social care course’. Shauna rang them up and arranged an appointment with YASY and they rang me back and arranged an appointment for Monday and ever since then I’ve been doing [...]
Football Results
Sadly, we didn’t take home the trophy having come third place (one point off second) in the NACRO PITZ four week tournament. The lads gave a tremendous effort rivalling the top team right up to the last matches but it sadly wasn’t to be on the final day. Congratulations to all who took part though, [...]
Young People attend Youth Civil Rights day in Leeds
On Tuesday 17th Nov I went to a conference with Roundabout. The day was about getting the young people of West Yorkshire together to talk about civil and human rights. At the conference there were 5 very interesting speakers : Mike Mansfield QC- who was by far the most loved man of the day in my [...]
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!!!! [...]
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 [...]
Decorating Project by Aarron
First, when I came to Roundabout I was scared, I thought it would be full of people that I wouldnt get on with or relate to. I think its proper mint now, sound as. The decorating was wicked because I could sit outside smoking and painting a bed. I sanded it down and re-varnished it [...]
Room E by Leah
Room E was a very dark and boring room. With our transformations it is now one of our best rooms. We decorated, designed and furnished it. Doing this we not only had lots of fun but we learnt handfuls of new skills. We are now proud to show off our new show room!
Sexual Health Drop In – Change to Date
Just to let you all know that the sexual health drop in at the Circle has now changed. To make it easier to remember it will now be EVERY FRIDAY @ 2pm till 3pm!!! Hope to see you there!
diy at the hostel
young people at the hostel have been working with the life skills & participation team redecorating and refurbishing one of the rooms. The young people not only chose all the redecoration items and colours but gained painting and decorating skills for when they get their own home. Stay tuned for their write up on how [...]
