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Eviction and Relocation

Posted in October 7, 2009 ¬ 14:18h.adminNo Comments »

As reported on Sheffield Indymedia, yesterday (6th October) at 1pm the residents of the Social Centre at Pisgah House received notice of an injunction brought against them by the University of Sheffield at Sheffield County Court earlier that morning, and summons for a Possessions Order hearing that afternoon at 3pm.

Spokespersons were delegated to attend the hearing and ask the judge for more time to study the documents presented to us, and seek legal advice an representation. At the hearing the judge granted an ajournment until 10am today (7th October) to allow the residents time to study the evidence against them.

At the hearing this morning a plea was presented in defence of the residents, countering the arguments made in the witness statement to the court, but was not able to challenge the possessions claim. In addition, the University’s barrister was instructed to ask the court for costs and damages to be awarded, totalling over £20,000 in legal fees. The judge awarded those damages, however it is currently unclear if they will be pursued further.

Subsequently the residents have exited the premises and relocated to a secondary location.

An announcment will be made tonight with details of the new site, and possible ammendments to the schedule of events.

Centre News

Sheffield Social Centre Opens

Posted in October 1, 2009 ¬ 00:32h.collectiveNo Comments »

The location of the Social Centre can now be announced:

Pisgah House Road in Broomhill, S10 5BJ

You can take a number 52 bus from the centre of town to just past Broomhill at Hoole Road and it’s a two minute walk from there.

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The social centre is a non-hierarchical, anti-capitalist space based on a number of core principles which reflect the world its organisers want to see: co-operation and mutual aid, openness and inclusion, voluntary participation and shared responsibility.

It is a place where discrimination of any kind is challenged in order to create as inclusive a place as possible. One way of achieving this will be through open meetings using consensus decision-making, which happen every other day at 10am to decide how the centre operates, with the first one of these happening on Thursday October the 1st.

A programme of workshops, discussions, and other events is planned for the first fortnight. The full timetable can be found on the Events page and anyone is welcome to propose things they’d like to organise in the social centre by emailing info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk, calling 07729575582, or by visiting the centre.

“We’ve established this space for people to openly discuss and learn from each other about issues of social and environmental justice, because there’s a chronic lack of public space in which people can come together and freely and genuinely talk about the things they are concerned about, and take action together to change them. The only real way of addressing the problems of our society is for us all to realise the power we possess when we act co-operatively, and helping people to make that realisation is one of our main goals in setting up this social centre”.

The building being occupied, Pisgah House, is on the same site as the Tapton Experimental Gardens, both of which are owned by the University of Sheffield. In 2007 local residents defeated a planning application by property developers Miller Homes to demolish all of the buildings on the site.

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Events Calendar

Posted in September 21, 2009 ¬ 15:52h.admin2 Comments »

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NOTE: all events finish by 11pm.
The following events are planned for some time in the first two weeks but are currently unscheduled:
  • film showings
  • discussion on housing and squatting
  • workshop on squatting and eviction
  • self-defense workshop
  • Q&A on home education
  • Introduction to permaculture
  • discussion on co-ops
  • mass catering skill share
  • bread making skill share
  • vegan cake baking skill share
  • jam / chutney making
  • singing workshop
  • hula workshop
  • punk gigs
  • transition town film showing
  • reading group meeting
  • make do and mend workshop
  • no-borders discussion
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Events & NEW Email

Posted in September 14, 2009 ¬ 16:03h.admin1 Comment »

A calendar of events from October 1st onwards is being put together on the Events page.

Also, due to rpoblems with noflag.org.uk we have a new email address:  info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk

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Sheffield Social Centre

Posted in September 4, 2009 ¬ 12:01h.adminNo Comments »


Welcome to the Sheffield Social Centre site.

We are a group working to setup a social centre in Sheffield. You can contact us at  info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk to get involved.


Social Centre Flyer

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Site Up

Posted in September 4, 2009 ¬ 07:30h.adminNo Comments »

Title: Site Up
Location: The Interweb
Description: The scaffolding for building the website is up and soon hope to be laying bricks and mortar on this fertile patch of interweb we\’ve staked out for ouselves.
Date: 2009-09-04

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Opening

Posted in September 4, 2009 ¬ 07:15h.adminNo Comments »

Title: Opening
Location: TBC
Description: Sheffield Social Centre is planning to open on October 1st 2009. A full schedule of events will follow soon.
Date: 2009-10-01

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