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Recent Highlights from the Youth Groups
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We are pleased to announce that Youth Pride will be returning next year!
The event will take place on Saturday 27th June at the Showroom Workstation in Sheffield. Time and details TBC.
The graphic text states: WEDNESDAY PRIDE - AN LGBTQ+ AND ALLIES FAN CONFERENCE Thursday 16 October at the Niagara Suite of the Niagara Conference and Leisure Centre. Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. FREE ENTRY for all - sign up via the QR code. Funded by the Safer Sheffield Partnership. Includes: Discussion panel with five guests from LGBTQ+ football: Jess Birtles, David Mooney, James Fox Neville, Callum Prince and John Reavey. SWFC Community and Project 6 speakers. A chance to meet Rainbow Owls members. The graphic also includes a QR code, Rainbow Owls and Sheffield City Council logos, and a cartoon image of five LGBTQ+ people holding Pride flags, which are all placed over a backdrop of Hillsborough Stadium.
We're holding our #swfc Wednesday Pride event at the Niagara Centre on Thursday 16 October! 💙
Our packed evening will include an LGBTQ+ football discussion panel, so we can't wait to celebrate and explore our community with you. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
To book your FREE place ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...
To finish our Summer program the young people enjoyed a visit to @extralifegaming where we played retro and modern video games!
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We have officially moved buildings!
Thank you for your patience during this time.
Our new address is just a short walk up the road at Carver House, 4 Carver Street, S1 4FS, Sheffield.
Our new phone number for any queries is 0114 308 1228.
Thanks again,
SAYiT Team 🌈
Nature Connect: This week we went on a Bee and Butterfly walk with UKEcoNet. Ian Rotherham and Christine Handley took us around Graves Park telling us all about its heritage and the unique landscapes there such as the meadows and ancient woodland. We identified some butterflies, moths and ladybirds!
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Here's a sneak peek at some of the murals the young people of SAYiT have been busy painting for their new youth space!
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For this month's Nature Connect group, we went to a community BioBlitz event at Shire Brook Nature Reserve. The young people tried out pond dipping, sweep netting, and had a look at moths, a snake, and a toad!
Thanks for the amazing event @defragovuk @heritagefunduk
We are moving buildings w/c July 28th. Please bear with us during this time as our normal services may be disrupted whilst we settle into our new space.
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Last week we launched our annual zine for 2025, created by the young people who attend SAYiT.
In celebration we showcased the young peoples artwork with a gallery show and zine workshop.
If you would like a copy of the zine they will be available at any future events we attend or upon request.
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Youth Support Worker to join our dynamic Youth Work Team. Ideal for someone passionate about working collaboratively with LGBTQ+ young people, especially those who may be harder to reach or face additional barriers.
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Our Fruitbowl groups went on a trip to Weston Park Museum last week, where they had the whole museum to themselves for the evening! We all enjoyed looking around the exhibits and played "museum bingo" where the young people drew pictures to fit into each bingo category!
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Here's a sneak peak at the new zine created by the young people at SAYiT.
We will be hosting an evening to celebrate the launch, with an art show, craft activities, board games and refreshments.
5-7pm Thursday 3rd July
Soft Ground
37-41 The Moor
Sheffield, S1 4PF
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Youth Support Worker to join our dynamic Youth Work Team. Ideal for someone passionate about working collaboratively with LGBTQ+ young people, especially those who may be harder to reach or face additional barriers.
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The young people at SAYiT have come together to showcase their art, poetry and most importantly - pictures of their cats!
We will be selling copies of the zine, as well as displaying a gallery of artwork from our incredibly talented young people.
Come on down and support young queer artists!
Our lovely friends at E.D.E.N. Film Productions are launching a new monthly online LGBTQIA+ Film Club, check it out below.
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Youth Pride is back for 2025!
13:00 - 17:30 on 14th June at Showroom Workstation, S1 2BX
There will be young people selling their artwork, fun activities and charities with stalls. The event will finish with a question-and-answer panel of inspiring queer people!
My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social.
"Mainstream British transphobia has been concocted by several dozen powerful actors who are socially positioned to access the stony-faced operators of the parliamentary sludge machine."
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We are currently look for a new trustee chair!
For a Trustee Information and Application Pack email: info@sayit.org.uk or phone: 0114 241 2728
Or contact George Dunn (Deputy Chair of Trustees, they/them) to arrange an informal chat: george.dunn@sayit.org.uk
A photo of me presenting a cheque to SAYiT's CEO, Nicola Fearnley-Hill, at their IDAHOBIT event in the Sheffield Winter Garden.
A photo of me with Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Jayne Dunn, at Rainbow Owls' stall for SAYiT's IDAHOBIT event.
Presenting a Rainbow Owls cheque & running a #swfc stall at @sayitsheffield.bsky.social's #IDAHOBIT event on Saturday was an honour! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Public events to show LGBTQ+ visibility & unity during these difficult times are vital. 💙
Also proud of @jameslaley.bsky.social for smashing co-hosting duties! 👏
Today marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.
Rainbow Blades Founder, @jameslaley.bsky.social co-hosted the event organised by @sayitsheffield.bsky.social & spoke about what Rainbow Blades, SUFC & the community foundation are doing to ensure every Blade feels welcome.
My speech for @proudchangemakers.bsky.social at yesterday's #IDAHOBIT event hosted by @sayitsheffield.bsky.social
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A photo of Rainbow Owls chair and founder Chris Ledger presenting a cheque to SAYiT's CEO Nicola Fearnley-Hill at their IDAHOBIT event in the Sheffield Winter Garden.
We presented a cheque to our LGBTQ+ charity partner @sayitsheffield.bsky.social at their #IDAHOBIT event on Saturday! 🙌
A total of £40.02 was raised, following a pledge to donate 20% of proceeds from our #swfc raffle.
This will aid SAYiT's work in helping young LGBTQ+ people across Sheffield! 💙
White, green, and pink text on a dark blue background, reading: The UK has dropped from 1st place in 2015 to 22nd place in 2025 in ILGA-Europe’s rankings of LGBTQ+ human rights.
White, green, and pink text on a dark blue background, reading: In order to improve the legal and policy situation of LGBTI people in United Kingdom, ILGA-Europe recommend: - Ensure timely and accessible trans healthcare, including addressing excessive waiting times and restoring access to puberty blockers for trans youth outside restrictive research frameworks - Conversion practices (sexual orientation, gender identity) prohibited
White, green, and pink text on a dark blue background, reading: “The time to push back is now, before the targeted attacks we’re seeing in countries like the UK become the norm.”
White, green, and pink text on a dark blue background, reading: ILGA-Europe's report on LGBTQ+ rights is a stark reminder of the challenges we face in 2025. The annual International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia (IDAHoBiT) is on 17th May. Join us at our IDAHoBiT event in the Sheffield Winter Garden on Saturday 14:30-16:00.
The UK has dropped from 1st place in 2015 to 22nd place in 2025 in ILGA-Europe’s rankings of LGBTQ+ human rights, our lowest ever ranking.
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“The time to push back is now, before the targeted attacks we’re seeing in countries like the UK become the norm.”
In response to the recent Supreme Court Ruling about the definition of the term 'sex' in the Equality Act of 2010, SAYiT are hosting an online information session about what the ruling means, how it can be interpreted and what are the next steps.
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Only one month to go until Collective Encounters Festival lands in Leeds!
Join us on 30-31 May for a festival of dance celebrating LGBTQ+ folx and their allies.
Find out more and book: buff.ly/o13O4Jw
Youth Pride is back for 2025!
13:00-17:30
14th June
Showroom Workstation, S1 2BX
There’ll be young people selling their artwork, fun activities, charities with stalls, and a Q&A panel of inspiring queer people!
Showroom Cinema will be showing To Wong Foo at 17:45 as part of their Pride season.
The University of Sheffield's Amnesty International Society are kindly hosting a charity gig in support of SAYiT!
Jamnesty
01/05/25
Factory Floor
18+
Yesterday in Fruitbowl we ran a session to celebrate #savethefrogsday @savethefrogs on April 28th by hosting a froggy quiz, painting frogs on stones/clay lily pads and learning about amphibians and the ways we can help them!
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