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23 Mar 2020U-Mix Centre closed from 23rd March 2020
Following advice from the UK government, Public Health and Sheffield City Council, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided to close the U-Mix…
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18 Mar 2020U-Mix Centre coronavirus update
U-Mix Centre facilities Coronavirus update: – this could change at short notice so do check by calling us on 0114 2589601 or 2587787.
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17 Mar 2020FURD impact report 2019
We are pleased to share with you FURD's impact report looking back at our activities, events and achievements in 2019.
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11 Mar 2020Sheffield Home of Football strategy launch
On 4th March 2020, FURD attended the launch of the Sheffield Home of Football draft strategy at Sheffield Town Hall.
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15 Jan 2020Free drop-in computer classes
FURD in partnership with Learn for Life Enterprise is hosting free drop-in computer classes at the U-Mix Centre every Monday between 4pm and 6pm. Browse the internet, use Microsoft Office packages or learn…
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08 Jan 2020
Job vacancy - Education and Engagement Coordinator
Football Unites Racism Divides (FURD) Educational Trust is seeking to recruit an Engagement and Education Coordinator to deliver and develop…
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09 Oct 2019‘Britishness’ film explores identity, race and belonging
A new film commissioned by FURD exploring the meaning of Britishness will have its first public screening at Sheffield's Off the Shelf…
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28 Aug 2019New women’s walking football session
Next Tuesday, 3rd September, we're starting some new walking football sessions just for women.
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20 Aug 2019
Memories of Chris Wilder
On Chris Wilder's appointment to the manager's position in 2016, Sheffield United fans were not particularly enthusiastic - the "Nah,…
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30 May 2019FURD Eid festival 2019
Everyone is invited to our Eid festival, to be held in Lowfield Park outside the U-Mix Centre, Asline Road, Sheffield on Sunday 9th June. Come along between 1pm and 6pm for family fun, men's and women's…
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26 Mar 2019FURD women’s football features in BBC film
FURD's teams playing in the women's open age and walking football categories of the FA People's Cup 5-a-side tournament recently caught…
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19 Mar 2019How volunteering led to paid work for Sijo
This is an interview with Sijo Joseph, our Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator, about how volunteering for FURDhas led to him becoming a paid…
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13 Mar 2019New Cyrille Regis and Walter Tull exhibitions now open
Throughout March, we have two new exhibitions on display at our home the U-Mix Centre in Sheffield. Walter Tull: His Life and Legacy was produced by…
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05 Mar 2019‘Only One Cyrille Regis’ event honours the legacy of the pioneering footballer
Football Unites Racism Divides in partnership with Stand up to Racism Sheffield organised the `Only One Cyrille Regis`event at the U-Mix Centre on…
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06 Feb 2019Only One Cyrille Regis: a celebration of the life and times of the inspirational black footballer
Football Unites, Racism Divides and Stand Up To Racism are jointly organising a tribute to former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry striker Cyrille…
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30 Jan 2019Rewind 2018 - Forward 2019!
We've put together this look back at 2018 in FURD's world, with some hints of what we've got coming up in the next few…
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17 Oct 2018
Walter Tull's amazing story brought to life in new FURD comic
The latest comic edition in the FURD Pioneers series,'TULL', tells the inspirational story of a young Black man from an East London Orphanage…
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26 Sep 2018
Exhibitions and resources for Black History Month
FURD has several exhibitions suitable for Black History Month activities available for hire: World War 1 and 2 Muslim Victoria Cross holders (c. 2012)…
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12 Sep 2018
FURD Eid festival
On 2nd September 2018, FURD organised an Eid festival for the community in Lowfield Park and the U-Mix Centre. The festival was held just after Eid-…
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14 Aug 2018
William Ramsay Cup raises awareness of the dangers of gambling and mental health issues
A new 5 a-side football tournament, The William Ramsay Cup, is being held at the U-Mix Centre this Saturday, 18th August, from 2pm. This is a…
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07 Aug 2018
All Nations festival 2018 attracts over 60 players
The 2018 All Nations Football Festival took place at the U-Mix Centre on Saturday 4th August. The All Nations is an annual event hosted by FURD and…
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25 Jul 2018
Eid festival
A dedicated team of FURD volunteers organised an Eid festival at the U-Mix Centre on 17th June to coincide with the end of the Muslim holy month of…
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17 Jul 2018
All Nations Football Festival set for 4th August 2018
FURD's annual All Nations Football Festival will take place at the U-Mix Centre on Saturday 4th August 2018 between 1pm and 5pm. This 5-a-side…
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18 Apr 2018
FURD film making project gets underway
FURD's new film-making project is underway, with a series of workshops being held at the U-Mix Centre, Sheffield, for budding young film-makers.…
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20 Mar 2018
New FURD website is under construction
We are currently developing a new FURD website. Meanwhile, if you can't find the information you need on here, please get in touch using the…
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20 Feb 2018
Young volunteers wanted for film-making project
Football Unites Racism Divides has been granted funding to work with young people to produce a short film exploring Britishness and British values. We…
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31 Jan 2018
Free social activities for asylum-seeker and refugee women
We run a free social group for women refugees and asylum-seekers at the U-Mix Centre on Wednesdays from 10.45am to 12.45pm. This is a great…
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20 Jan 2018
Cyrille Regis
'We stood on his shoulders' said a tearful Dion Dublin in tribute to the way too soon passing of Cyrille Regis. Blades and Leeds United legend…
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03 Jan 2018
Could our Talent Match scheme help you?
Are you aged 18-24? Bored of doing nothing? Not in education, employment or training? Want to get a job but lacking confidence or motivation? Want to…
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19 Dec 2017
Our latest blog looks at our women and girls' football work
Our December blog takes a look at our women and girls' football work, how it's developed, what it's achieved so far and what makes it…
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13 Dec 2017
FURD girls support the Kick It Out campaign
Girls who attend our football sessions were special guests of Sheffield United at their match against Birmingham City on 25th November 2017. United…
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06 Dec 2017
Job vacancy: Female football coach
We are looking for a female football coach to run our girls' football sessions on Saturdays, starting in January if possible. The sessions are…
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06 Dec 2017
Sheaf Valley Health and Wellbeing Consortium
FURD has joined other local organisations to form the Sheaf Valley Health and Wellbeing Consortium in a drive to help local people to get involved in…
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28 Nov 2017
New 5-a-side league starting at the U-Mix Centre
A new 5-a-side league is starting at the U-Mix Centre next week, and teams or individuals can now register for FREE. The league is being run by…
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23 Nov 2017
Message from Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker was in the neighbourhood today - follow the link below to hear his video message for FURD!
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23 Nov 2017
Open day to celebrate FURD library's 20th birthday on 28th November
FURD's unique Resources and Information Centre celebrates its 20th birthday next week. Please come along to our library open day at the U-Mix…
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15 Nov 2017
Girls' youth club and homework club
All girls aged 11-18 are invited to come along to our girls-only youth club and homework club. It's at the U-Mix Centre on Tuesdays between…
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08 Nov 2017
Discussion. Love Football, Hate Racism and Fascism
Tonight - 8th November, 2017 - at 7pm, we're hosting a public discussion at the U-Mix Centre on the theme of 'Love football, hate racism and…
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02 Nov 2017
Check out our new blog!
We now have a blog where you can read more about our work and how you can help! The first blog is about our Belonging group for refugees and…
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02 Nov 2017
Campaign for a blue plaque to mark Arthur Wharton's house in Moorthorpe
FURD is backing a campaign to raise money to pay for a blue plaque outside Arthur Wharton's house in Moorthorpe. Arthur Wharton was the first…
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01 Nov 2017
What's on when at the U-Mix Centre
We run, or host, a busy programme of football coaching, youth clubs, music and dance sessions and support groups throughout the week at our home the…
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25 Oct 2017
Health and Wellbeing Day 26th October
Come along to this Health & Wellbeing event that we're hosting at the U-Mix Centre on Thursday 26th October! The free event runs from 10am to 2pm.…
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18 Oct 2017
Tournament success for members of our Belonging group
Members of our Belonging group for refugees and asylum-seekers, representing Assist Sheffield, were victorious in a 5-a-side tournament at the U-Mix…
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11 Oct 2017
Exhibitions and resources for Black History Month and beyond
FURD has several exhibitions suitable for Black History Month activities available for hire. The first four listed below were written and produced by…
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04 Oct 2017
International Football3 Festival
FURD's Talent Match coach Saudat Adinani was recently selected to represent FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) as a young leader at the…
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03 Oct 2017
Everyone a winner at the All Nations Football Festival
We held our annual All Nations Football Festival on Saturday 30th September at the U-Mix Centre, designed to promote the inclusion of refugees and…
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19 Sep 2017
Charity fundraiser for Rohingya on Sunday 24th September
This Sunday, 24th September, we're hosting a fundraising event at the U-Mix Centre organised by the i-Aspire Foundation to raise funds for the…
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16 Aug 2017
Football sessions at Manor Fields
FURD is running some football activities for young people aged 13-18 at Manor Fields, off City Road in Sheffield starting this week - Thursday 17th…
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15 Aug 2017
All Nations Football Festival, 30th September 2017
This year our annual All Nations Football Festival will take place on Saturday 30th September 2017 between 12.00 and 5pm. The event, which is held in…
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02 Aug 2017
Support the Lionesses!
Tomorrow evening, 3rd August 2017, England play the host nation the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Euros. FURD is co-hosting a…
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02 Aug 2017
Free digital skills training at U-Mix on 4th and 11th August
FURD is pleased to be hosting part of The Google Digital Garage bus tour. The bus will be parked at the U-Mix Centre (by the chime dance floor) on…
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01 Aug 2017
Creating and Developing Coaches
FURD took part in an event at Sheffield United FC last night offering support, advice and networking opportunities for football coaches and aspiring…
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18 Jul 2017
National 5-a-side tournament on Sunday 23rd July
This Sunday, 23rd July 2017, we are hosting an annual national 5-a-side tournament organised by the i-Aspire Foundation at the U-Mix Centre in…
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12 Jul 2017
Volunteering award for Victor
One of our trustees, Victor Mujakachi, has received an award for volunteering at the 2017 Nether Edge and Sharrow Community Star Awards ceremony.…
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05 Jul 2017
Women's walking football team
An all-women walking football team from FURD took part in the Dick, Kerr Cup in Preston on Sunday - the first national women's walking football…
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05 Jul 2017
Over 1,000 people attend our summer/Eid festival
Our Eid/summer festival was a great success on Sunday 2nd July,with well over a thousand people attending the free event in beautiful weather at…
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15 Jun 2017
Ramadan Emergency Project
FURD's Saudat and Mehrun did a sponsored walk last weekend (whilst fasting) and are raising money on behalf of One Ummah charity to help refugees…
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14 Jun 2017
Sheffield's Great Get-Together on Sunday 18th June
We are pleased to be supporting Sheffield's Great Get-Together at Heeley City Farm this Sunday, 18th June between 11am and 3.30pm. We'll be…
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14 Jun 2017
FURD/I-Aspire Summer/Eid festival Sunday 2nd July at U-Mix Centre
FURD is again teaming up with the I-Aspire Foundation to hold a community festival in Lowfield Park, outside the U-Mix Centre, just after Eid on…
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13 Jun 2017
Women's football tournament welcomes the Diyar team from Palestine
FURD hosted a charity football tournament for women at the U-Mix Centre on Saturday 10th June in honour of a tour of the UK by Diyar women's…
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06 Jun 2017
Use your vote!
FURD would like to encourage everyone who has the right to vote in this Thursday's General Election - especially young people - to use their vote.
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23 May 2017
Palestinian women's football team coming to Sheffield
On Saturday 10th June, FURD is hosting a fundraising women's football tournament - and one of the participating teams is coming all the way from…
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18 May 2017
Female football coach wanted
Job title: Female football coach Hours: 1.5 a week every Saturday morning, or alternate Saturday mornings Location: the U-Mix Centre, Sheffield…
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17 May 2017
Oral history project on Jewish Sheffield
FURD's admin worker, Sonia Howard, has taken part in an oral history project about Sheffield's Jewish community. The Witness Project is run by…
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17 May 2017
Streetkick mobile football pitch available for hire
Our Streetkick units are mobile, inflatable football pitches that are able to move from one location to another delivering activity directly into your…
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27 Apr 2017
FURD teams up with Amnesty's 'Football Welcomes' initiative
Throughout the 2016-17 season, FURD has been running the 'Football Supporting Refugees' project. Funded by the Premier League Fans Fund, the…
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18 Apr 2017
The Great Get Together
Around the country, events are being planned for the weekend of 17th-18th June 2017 to to mark the first anniversary of the murder of MP Jo Cox. The…
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12 Apr 2017
FareShare
FURD is pleased to have become a recipient of fresh surplus food donated by Tesco and redistributed by the FareShare charity. We're receiving a…
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01 Mar 2017
FURD in the FA People's Cup
Three teams representing FURD were among over 4,000 teams that entered the 2017 FA People's Cup, a free national 5-a-side tournament organised by…
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28 Feb 2017
Special offer on our 3G pitches on Fridays
We've got the football fever every Friday until 3rd June 2017! There's a special offer on our 3G pitch at the U-Mix Centre, Asline Road,…
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23 Feb 2017
Vacancy for female football coach
We are looking for a female football coach to run our girls' football sessions on Saturdays, starting as soon as possible. The sessions are from…
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15 Feb 2017
New partnership working with Sheffield Wednesday
FURD is starting to do some partnership work with Sheffield Wednesday, intially to jointly run our coaching sessions for 11-16 year olds at U-Mix…
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07 Feb 2017
FURD's 'veteran' footballers go from strength to strength
FURD's football work has a particular focus on improving opportunities for under-represented groups, including women over 35. There has been a…
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31 Jan 2017
Football for young-at-heart women at FURD
FURD's women's football work has a particular focus on improving opportunities for under-represented groups, one of which is older women.…
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24 Jan 2017
FURD walking football in partnership with Shipshape
Football Unites Racism Divides in partnership with Shipshape Health and Wellbeing are bringing back Walking Football at the U-Mix Centre Sheffield…
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17 Jan 2017
FURD Talent Match clients recognised for achievements
FURD employs two workers - Sajaad Rauf and Saudat Adinani - as Talent Match coaches - a Big Lottery Fund programme to provide individually tailored…
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11 Jan 2017
FURD's trip to the Liberte Cup unites refugees and football fans
In September 2016, London based charity Fuze, in partnership with online football media platform Copa90, organised The Liberte Cup as a consequence of…
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10 Jan 2017
Funding granted for Belonging Together refugee group
We are pleased to report that the Big Lottery Fund has awarded us an Awards for All grant of 9,918 pounds to sustain and develop our 'Belonging…
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10 Jan 2017
The Liberte Cup film now on ITV Hub
In September 2016, a group from FURD travelled to the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France to play in The Liberte Cup, a…
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03 Jan 2017
FURD's Christmas 'soup kitchen'
On 21st December 2016, young people taking part in our National Citizen Service scheme cooked up a festive meal at the U-Mix Centre, supported by FURD…
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14 Dec 2016
FURD Christmas soup kitchen
We would like to invite all our partners, volunteers and friends to our Christmas soup kitchen for lunch at the U-Mix Centre next Wednesday, 21st…
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06 Dec 2016
Refugee Social Club at U-Mix on Fridays
On Friday nights we now have a social club for refugees running here at the U-Mix Centre, Asline Road, Sheffield, from 6-9pm. Play pool, table tennis,…
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06 Dec 2016
Christmas and New Year opening/closing times
Looking ahead to the festive period...FURD and the U-Mix Centre will be CLOSED on: Friday 23rd, Sat 24th, Sun 25th, Mon 26th and Tues 27th December…
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29 Nov 2016
FURD goes on an NCS Urban Adventure to London
Over the weekend FURD staff took 29 young people aged 16-17 on a residential to London. The trip was as part of our delivery of the National Citizen…
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23 Nov 2016
FURD young people and Sheffield United show their support for Kick it Out
On Saturday 19th November 2016, Sheffield United dedicated their match against Shrewsbury to supporting Kick it Out, football's equality and…
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16 Nov 2016
New women's football coaching on Saturdays
This Saturday, 19th November, we're starting some new women's football sessions at the U-Mix Centre. This will be for a trial period of 8…
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08 Nov 2016
'Football Supporting Refugees' hosts free screening of England v Scotland
Today (8th November 2016) we are represented at Berlin at the 'Willkommen im Fussball' conference discussing how football can help the…
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01 Nov 2016
NCS pilot programme underway
We've now begun delivery of the National Citizen Service pilot pathfinder programme, in partnership with UK Youth. During October half term, we…
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19 Oct 2016
Voluntary Learning Support Assistant vacancy
Are you looking for experience as a Teaching Assistant? Do you have basic knowledge in school subjects including Maths, English, Science and…
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10 Oct 2016
100,000 people to take part in Fare Action Weeks
The biggest social change campaign in football kicks off today bringing together hundreds of thousands of people alongside players, clubs, Leagues and…
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05 Oct 2016
FURD to deliver National Citizen Service pilot programme
FURD is excited to announce that we will be partnering with UK Youth to deliver the pilot NCS (National Citizen Service) pathfinder programme in…
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27 Sep 2016
Join in the Big Conversation with Paul Blomfield MP
The MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, will be with us for a public meeting at the U-Mix Centre this Friday, 30th September, from 3.30pm to…
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21 Sep 2016
FURD featured in Football Stories book and exhibition
A number of characters involved with FURD have been featured in a book and exhibition of local 'Football Stories'. The exhibition of photo…
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21 Sep 2016
New girls' football sessions starting on the Lansdowne Estate
This Saturday, 24th September, 2-3pm, we're starting some FREE girls' football sessions on the Lansdowne Estate in Sharrow, Sheffield. The…
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14 Sep 2016
Watch Liverpool v Chelsea at the launch of our Football Supporting Refugees project this Friday
This Friday, 16th September, we are holding an open event at the U-Mix Centre to launch our new Football Supporting Refugees project. Please come and…
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31 Aug 2016
FURD football team heading for French refugee camp
In October 2015 Fuze Beyond Borders was set up with the aim of providing humanitarian aid and empowerment to refugees residing in the French border…
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23 Aug 2016
Shoot some hoops at the U-Mix Centre
FURD is now involved in an initiative with Basketball England to get more people playing basketball by encouraging and supporting greater use of…
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16 Aug 2016
Football supporting refugees
Football clubs should be commended on their charitable donations of free tickets to various individuals and community groups but unfortunately it…
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09 Aug 2016
Summer activities programme for young people
We are offering an exciting programme of activities to keep young people aged 11+ active during the school holidays - including cycling, lazertag,…
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20 Jul 2016
All Nations Festival brings the community together
The sun shone on us on Sunday and we had a great turn-out at the FURD All Nations Festival. The festival, held at Lowfield Park outside the U-Mix…