[alt-sheff-news] Alt-Sheff website mail-out for July 2012

[Alt-Sheff Collective]

Alt-Sheff Mail-out JULY 2012


Hello from www.alt-sheff.co.uk ?The guide to Sheffield's radical,  
alternative and ethical business and groups?. Just a reminder that the  
website is still going strong, after 4 years, and it's updated  
regularly with events coming up. When there's a chance of events being  
rained off, we try to get the latest news on Alt-Sheff, to be a  
reliable source of information.

This is the first newsletter for ages, so a special welcome to people  
who have recently subscribed.

In this newsletter:

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1.  Good stuff
2.  COMING UP
3.  Ideas
4.  Glitches
5.  THANK YOU

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1.  Good stuff: A quick mention for the Alt-Sheff ?News? page, with  
news snippets on things in Sheffield. And the ?Links? page, which is a  
huge list of good organisations to find out about.

By the way, if you don't know, ?Now Then? magazine has a monthly  
Alt-Sheff column called ?LocalCheck?: www.nowthenmagazine.com

Alt-Sheff is proud to be a member of Webarchitects, a Sheffield-based  
co-operative which hosts our website, and offers a whole load of  
internet services with good ethical principles: www.ecodissident.net

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2.  COMING UP: Some upcoming events of particular interest include:

Monday 23rd July 2012: The public meeting by Sheffield Stop the War  
Coalition in opposition to western intervention in Syria and Iran,  
which has some high-level speakers.

Wednesday 25th July: A consultation event because Sheffield may soon  
get local television, via Freeview, cable and the internet, so the  
public's ideas and viewpoints are needed for the formal application  
for licensing.

Also Wednesday 25th July: Transition Sheffield explores environmental  
sustainability with Jack Scott, Sheffield City Council cabinet member  
for ?Environment, Waste and Streetscene?. If we could 'transition' to  
a more advanced, less polluting world, how would it work at the level  
of our city?  Bring your ideas, and listen to some of the council's.

Saturday 28th July: Workshop by LaDIYfest, a Sheffield part of the  
feminist and anti-capitalist movement. By the way it is inclusive of  
all, including men, guided by carefully thought-out policies like  
those on safer spaces and accessibility. Between festivals they are  
busy with workshops such as this, which will be producing a magazine.

Sunday 5th August: Doncaster Pride, which starts with the "Walk of  
Unity" through the centre of this nearby town. If you've never been to  
Doncaster, what better occasion to go?

Sunday 12th August: Lowedges Festival, which is huge; last year over  
10,000 people came. Alt-Sheff lists festivals and fayres because  
they're not-for-profit community-run events, when people get together  
and publicise what they're doing outside of paid work.

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3.  Ideas? Please get in touch: Alt-Sheff is run by a small collective  
of Sheffield people. Our next planning meeting is coming soon, so if  
you have any suggestions, feedback or ideas please tell us ? For  
example, what should we do with the ?Videos? page; Expand it? Scrap  
it? Change it?

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4.  Glitches happen even in the best websites, and we know there's one  
that causes problems with ?Add An Event? on the home page. It doesn't  
accept apostrophes (') but this will hopefully be sorted out soon.  
Also the contacts form isn't working at the moment. If you spot any  
other problems please tell us.

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5.  THANK YOU to everyone who emails in with stuff to add, comments,  
etc. It's really good to get help and feedback; sorry if emails are  
not all answered all the time. There are loads of people subscribed to  
this newsletter list, so that's really encouraging as well.

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That's all for now ? thanks for reading this. If you want to get in  
touch or unsubscribe from this list just email us on  
contact at alt-sheff.org
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