Steel City Community Consultancy Ltd

Category: Updates

  • Ferham Festival 2025

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    We were really happy to attend Ferham Festival on Saturday 5th July. This free event in Ferham Park, Rotherham, is a wonderful celebration of culture, music and art; we were happy to attend, offering people the chance to get creative, find out more about what we are doing over the coming weeks, and promoting our…

  • Uncover Cultural Skills funded by Yorkshire Visual Arts Network

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    We delivered creative workshops that promoted the cultural heritage of South Asian living in Rotherham West.  Working with a group of women skilled in textiles, we created a panel that reflected the women’s heritage and culture. Creating a South Asian style truck using old clothing, textiles, upcycled with multicoloured fabrics, and beads. Uncovering hidden talents, providing…

  • Menopause Report Launch

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    In June 2025 we were thrilled to launch our latest report: South Asian Women’s Experience of Menopause. Last year we received funding from Working Together in Research via NHS England, which allowed us to undertake research on South Asian Women’s Experience of Menopause. We held four focus groups with 22 Rotherham women taking part. The…

  • Trip to Bakewell

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    Funding from the National Peak District Foundation allowed to take Big Sisterz to Bakewell in May 2025, as part of their creative activities (sketching and drawing, photography), which supported their well-being.

  • Celebrating Eid

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    We worked alongside Rotherham United Community Trust and the Rainbow Project to put on an Eid celebration in April 2025. This gathering was hosted at Rotherham’s Social Prescribing Hub in Rawmarsh, at was a great event. We provided catering for the occasion which went down a treat!

  • Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) Celebrations

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    On Sunday, May 11th, we commemorated VE Day at the Masbrough Sea Cadet Building, bringing both the older and younger generation together. Our youth group, Big Sisterz dedicated several weeks to organising the event, creating bunting, pom-poms, and invitation cards during their craft sessions. On the morning of the event, the girls baked and decorated…

  • Mayoral Visit

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    We were hosted by Rotherham’s Mayor at the Town Hall in April 2025, finding out more about her role and that of the Town Hall as a civic institution.

  • Homework Club

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    To support children and young people who have fallen behind in their education due to covid, we have been running Sunday English and Maths support sessions for Key stage 1 and Key stage 2 students attending Ferham and Thornhill primary schools. 

  • Active Travel

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    We supported the local community of Masbrough with a consultation around being Active, facilitating a walkabout in Masbrough with Rotherham Council officers working on the Active Travel agenda. Issues such as safe travel and walking under the subway into the town centre were raised, and further discussions are being held about this.

  • The Basant Festival

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    Rotherham’s first Basant Festival was held in late August 2024 as part of the annual Wentworth We Wonder art and cultural festival. Throughout the summer of 2024, our One Voice and Big Sisterz groups made flowers for the display and kites for the event at Wentworth Woodhouse.  We created a welcome banner in different languages.…