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2022
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28 Sep 2022Black History Month with FURD October 2022
The month of October is widely celebrated as Black History Month (BHM), remembering and celebrating the achievements of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in the UK and around the world throughout history.
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14 Sep 2022We’ll be closed on Monday19th September 2022
Monday 19 September, the date of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday.
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07 Sep 2022Extension for ‘Stoppage Time’ Sheffield women’s football history exhibitions
The exhibitions in Sheffield city centre on women's football history in Sheffield and beyond have been given an extension and will now remain on show until the end of September,
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31 Aug 2022Football unites: Sheffield Hallam University staff raise funds for refugees and asylum seekers
On Wednesday 15 June, a team of Sheffield Hallam University staff and students travelled to the U-Mix Centre to take on a team of refugee and asylum seekers from FURD’s Belonging group.
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09 Aug 2022First swimming experience for refugees and asylum-seekers
On 21st July 2022, our Belonging Group participants had an opportunity to attend a swimming session at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre.
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02 Aug 2022FURD Healthy Holiday programme underway
Our summer programme is underway as part of Sheffield Healthy Holidays programme
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26 Jul 2022FURD Eid festival 2022
Our annual Eid festival took place on Sunday 17th July 2022.
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21 Jul 2022Hidden history of Sheffield women’s football revealed in new exhibitions
A series of exhibitions has been unveiled around Sheffield city centre and online which shine a light on the previously hidden history of women's football in Sheffield and beyond.
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24 May 2022FURD’s work with refugees and asylum-seekers features on BBC Football Focus
FURD's work to support refugees and asylum-seekers is the subject of a feature shown on BBC Football Focus on Saturday 21st May 2022 and on the BBC Sport website.
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03 May 2022FURD Veterans defy age to win open age festival
Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA held a recreational football festival called Springfest for 8 teams at Rotherham Football Centre on 23rd April 2022.
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13 Apr 2022Rhys Norrington-Davies meets the Belonging Group
{image1}For the last few months, Sheffield United Community Foundation has been running a 'Welcome Through Football' project in…
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16 Mar 2022FURD Review of 2021
A look back over our work in 2021 - and how we fought back from the long lockdown the year started with - can be found along with past…
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09 Mar 2022New: FURD Centre for Development for asylum-seekers and newly arrived refugees
In the view of supporting newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers and existing clients who are awaiting for decisions on asylum, we at FURD have added a new session from 14th March 2022 at the U-Mix Centre, Asline Road, Lowfield, Sheffield S2 4UJ.
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02 Mar 2022Gym now open and room capacity increased
We are pleased to say we're able to lift some of the restrictions on numbers of people we can have in our indoor spaces.