Sheffield Social Centre presents….. a weekend of learning from each other, workshops, skill sharing, activism and more! From Friday 8th- Sunday 10th October (note 10/10/10!), we’ll be hosting an autonomous space here in Sheffield, providing a vision of what we’d like our future Social Centre to be.  It will be run on our core principles of non-hierarchy, anti-capitalism and equality, and will include a variety of events, open to all and free of cost. Some form of entertainment is planned for Friday and Saturday nights.

The venue will be Central Sheffield, exact location to be announced.

If you’d like to suggest a workshop, get involved or just find out more, come to the next planning meeting on Thursday 19th August, 7pm, Rutland Arms.

Title: Social Centre General Meeting
Location: Rutland Arms
Description: Our next main meeting. Come along to find out more about the project, and/or get involved!
Start Time: 7pm
Date: Monday 19th July 2010

Hello there.

If you’re reading this then the chances are that you’re interested in getting involved with the social centre project (or are intrigued by it at the very least).

If you’d like to, you need to know two things:

a) You’re very welcome  - the project is open to all who share its core principles of non-hierarchy, anti-capitalism and equality/non-discrimination.

b) the next meeting of the Sheffield social centre collective is at the Rutland Arms at 7pm on Wednesday the 23rd of June. The Rutland Arms is here: http://tinyurl.com/3adkx37

Hopefully we’ll see you there!

The next Social Centre Meeting is on Monday 24th May at 7.00pm. If you’re interested in getting involved with the Social Centre collective, drop us an email at

info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk

giving a few reasons why you want to be part of it, and we’ll take it from there!

Get yourself down to Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday 22nd May, 10am-4pm at Corporation Night Club. Includes talks, stalls, workshops, meetings and cheap vegan food! The Social Centre collective will be running a workshop from 11.30- 12.25 about the social centre project, with information about its history and a chance for questions and discussion.

Come and enjoy a delicious (skipped) vegan meal in the stunning Lynwood Gardens, Broomhall, plus cake for afters!  On Sunday 9th May at 5pm, we’re having a get-together round the bonfire to raise some money (and awareness) for the Sheffield Social Centre project.  Suggested donation £3, or whatever you can afford. Bring your friends and spread the word…… social change never tasted so good!

Come and rave your face off!

Friday, 19 February 2010 10pm till 3am, at the Casbah, 1 Wellington Street, Sheffield
£3 before 11pm, £4 after
(Donations welcome!)
Sequoia Sound System, Tinnitus and Sheffield Social Centre have teamed up to bring Sheffield a night of the best Drum and Bass, Reggae, Jungle, Ragga, Dub and Breakcore there is to offer.

All proceeds from the night go to support Sheffield Social Centre, a non-hierarchical, anti-capitalist space for mutual aid and community solidarity.

Lineup:
Hoonboy:
Deathsucker Records/Meganeural Records
Live Ragga Breakcore mentalism!

“Hoonboy is a unique live breakcore performer at the cutting edge of this ever evolving scene. His renowned ability for immaculate live production, induces praise & envy across the UK & Europe by twisting, mixing and mashing up his showcase of exclusive tracks & live remixes using his own distorted drums, insane scratches, rawkus samples & stomach churning bass lines, guaranteed to rock any crowd he graces.”

http://www.myspace.com/hoonboy
http://www.hoonboy.co.uk
Mertcore:
Marionette Records
Hardcore Junglist Extraordinaire

http://www.myspace.com/mertcore
http://www.marionette-records.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/marionetterecords
Plus DJs and lighting from Sheffields very own Reggae, Dub and Dubstep Crew – Sequoia Sound System:
http://www.myspace.com/sequoiasoundsystem
Also featuring Distorted Panda and other DJs from Sheffield’s foremost purveyors of noise – the mighty Tinnitus!
http://www.myearsarebleeding.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/tinnitussheffield
Visuals and VJs from 4:25 AV
Spread the word and invite your mates!

The next Social Centre meeting will be on Wednesday 20th January at 7pm upstairs in the Rutland Arms, Brown St, near the station.

Today at 11:45 the NHS Trust had a possession order granted, with permission to pursue eviction through the High Court.

Two hours later bailiffs were at the door demanding we leave, and gave us two hours to remove everything before they began sealing the building. Several other buildings on the road were also in the process of being sealed as we were packing the stuff into vans, presumably for fear that we may move to one of the other empty buildings opposite us.

Those involved in occupying the social centres at Pisgah House and Northumberland Road in the last two weeks came to the decision that a break is needed, to recover and consolidate our thoughts on the experiences we’ve had. We remain positive and believe that an autonomous social centre is still possible in Sheffield, and will be reconvening again soon to consider the options for the future.

Watch this space.

Sheffield social centre has moved, nothing else has changed.

The new location is 10 Northumberland Road, just off Glossop Road. The building was vacant when we entered and no criminal laws were broken.

We are keen to enter into discussion with the buildings owner to avoid costly legal proceedings. In the meantime the cafe and the full programme of events are running as usual in this open and inclusive community space. Come down any time, all are welcome.