Storying Sheffield
A city is comprised of complex fabrics woven from its physical spaces and the lives of the people who inhabit them. To understand a city, one needs to study both the stories of these lives, and the spaces in which they unfold.
Storying Sheffield is about narrative, community, arts/wellbeing, mental health & place. Read more here.

22nd October, The Showroom, Sheffield: Special film screenings for Black History Month. Click here for more information. We Are Here is a ‘widening participation’ project based in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. It aims … Continue reading

Storying Sheffield is working closely with the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire, Sheffield City Council and a range of third sector organisations on an exciting new project in the Abbeydale and Sharrow areas of the city. Read more here. For … Continue reading

You zi is a digital storytelling project which works with Chinese students to share stories of life in Sheffield. The You zi project has involved Storying Sheffield’s David Forrest and photographer Gemma Thorpe working with Chinese students who have … Continue reading

People who have participated on Storying Sheffield have formed a group which meets regularly to do interesting things, such as stage exhibitions, visit places of cultural interest, and socialise. Read more about the After Storying Sheffield group here. … Continue reading

Sheffield Film Studies & Sheffield Studies Film: City, Image, Memory Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary approaches to issues of space, landscape, and the city, Sheffield Film Studies and Sheffield Studies Film is a project which works … Continue reading

Storying Sheffield is providing students with opportunities to gain experience working on a variety of real-world projects as part of their degrees, and to build their portfolios. Many students who have taken the course have used their experiences … Continue reading

An important part of the University of Sheffield’s mission and strategy is rooted in its founding principles, in which civic responsibility and engagement were and are a central component. The Storying Sheffield course and wider project is contributing to … Continue reading

This section introduces the ways in which the techniques and ethos of storying has been used in mental health contexts. [under construction] See also: Working in secure psychiatric facilities. Links to follow Recovery Training materials … Continue reading

Much of Storying Sheffield’s activities include partnership working with groups and institutions. These include local authorities, museums and galleries, NHS Trusts, social enterprises, community centres, local artists and businesses, and arts festivals. Some examples of our partnership work … Continue reading

Storying Sheffield is engaging in various research projects closely allied to its activities and themes. The project itself emerged from a strong research base. Current research includes David Forrest’s work on film, and Brendan Stone’s research on mental health. In … Continue reading

The 4th annual Storying Sheffield exhibition will take place on Thursday June 13th 2013 from 10am to 6pm in the Jessop West Exhibition Space at the University of Sheffield. It’s free and everyone is very welcome to … Continue reading

The next meeting of the Sheffield Arts and Wellbeing Network is on Wed 22nd May at 6:30pm, St Mary’s Church, Bramall lane. Anyone interested in the links between arts and wellbeing is very welcome to attend. Please … Continue reading

In the City: talks and events about Sheffield and beyond. On Friday 3 May, Owen Hatherley, author of Uncommon, kicks off the month-long Faculty of Arts and Humanities events series ‘In the City: talks and events about Sheffield … Continue reading

May-June 2013 In the City is a series of events, films, and talks exploring life in cities. Themes include musical and literary heritage, migration, the role of art in post-traumatic landscapes, estates and the regeneration of the … Continue reading

Tuesday 11 June 2013, Leeds Clinical Practice and the Value of Narrative: Analysing the Value and Application of Narrative and Stories in Delivering Healthcare This seminar will look at the ways in which narratives of medicine and health … Continue reading

This is Our City. This event will showcase the work of some of the many Sheffield filmmakers who are telling the untold stories of this city, and will also include a talk by the acclaimed author and cultural … Continue reading

Building Economies And Resilient Societies University of Sheffield – With Doncaster MBC Building Economies And Resilient Societies (BEARS) PhD Studentships BEARS is an exciting new multi-disciplinary postgraduate research network of four linked PhD full-time studentships at The University … Continue reading

Here are some images from a workshop on enterprise and creativity with young people from the Youth Ready Hub at Rotherham, in March 2013. The workshop was led by Brendan Stone of Storying Sheffield, David Knowles of the Research … Continue reading

This project is the result of a collaboration between the University of Sheffield LGBT Staff Network and LGBT Student Committee, who worked with staff from our Human Resources Department. During Autumn 2012, current students and members of … Continue reading

The Sheffield Arts and Wellbeing Network will meet on Wednesday March 6th at the Harland Cafe, John Street from 6-8pm. Anyone interested in the links between arts and wellbeing is very welcome to attend. The Harland Café is … Continue reading

Hannah Boast of LaDIYfest Sheffield describes what happened when a DIY feminist group took the risk of going ‘official’ to work with the University of Sheffield’s Biblical Studies department on a new project, Hidden Perspectives. The Hidden Perspectives festival takes … Continue reading

Liz Evered is studying for an MA in Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield. She is researching mental health recovery and the urban environment, and is looking for people with interests or experience in this area. “I’m … Continue reading

Many thanks to Matthew Lloyd for this fascinating post. It’s 1992, and today’s episode of Fireman Sam is playing on television screens up and down the country. The episode begins with schoolboy Norman Price, sat in much … Continue reading

Many thanks to Lizzy Jewell for this guest post. The mistake that people make with history is to assume that there is only one of them. Once you’ve learned the kings and queens, memorised the key dates … Continue reading

Many thanks to Ben Taylor and Alexander J. Smith of the Dead Beats who have given us permission to republish their cut-up poem ‘He Do the Police in Different Voices’. Dead Beats is a “Sheffield-based, student-run publishing and … Continue reading

Peter is gazing in my direction across the table. But he doesn’t seem to be seeing me. His eyes look out of focus. He is talking about what happened yesterday when he saw his psychiatrist. “The thing is, it’s … Continue reading

We’re delighted to present this photo-post from Wendy Michallat about her walks with her dog Stanley on the moors around Harden Reservoir to the north of Sheffield. Wendy is a lecturer in the University of Sheffield’s French Department. To see … Continue reading

We’re very grateful to Katy for writing this guest post about her experience of hearing voices. There’s more about Katy at the end of the post. Walking through town on a break from college, suicidal thoughts … Continue reading

A new initiative developed over the last year is the Researching Community Stories project. This involves undergraduate students undertaking research in a local inner-city neighbourhood to co-produce knowledge with residents and stakeholders about the functioning of diverse … Continue reading

Many thanks to Jo for this guest blog post. To find out more about her, see below. Writers have a bit of a reputation for being a little socially awkward. Given that we spend most of our … Continue reading