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felly500.bsky.social
Position Statement: Active Travel and
Health

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September 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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First’s decision to hike bus fares for young people in Sheffield, just as the new term begins, is a real kick in the teeth to the next generation. Roll on bus franchising!
August 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Community’s plea for action over tragic road deaths
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Community’s plea for action over neighbourhood's tragic road deaths
Darnall residents are calling for improved road safety after years of “heartbreaking” deaths in the area.
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July 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Residents have warned of dangerous roads across a Sheffield neighbourhood, amid concerns over double parking, parking on pavements, and late night ‘racing’
#Sheffield
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Plans described as residents warn of 'danger parking' and cars racing in city suburb
Residents have warned of dangerous roads across a Sheffield neighbourhood, amid concerns over double parking, parking on pavements, and late night ‘racing’.
www.thestar.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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ppushbike.bsky.social
The Cycle Sheffield Big Ride with Kidical Mass is this Saturday 17th.

A fun event with a serious message: we want safe routes to town, safe routes to schools, safe high streets for all!
Poster text: Big Ride Sheffield Family friendly 5km cycle ride Safe routes to town Safe routes to schools Safe high streets for all! Saturday 17th May, City Hall 1pm meet, 1.30pm depart Free event Everyone welcome! Feeder rides into town Sign up here: https://fb.me/e/7VNP80Vhu
May 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Pupils stage walkout after school keeps quiet about cuts to drama and music
Pupils at a Sheffield school were put in detention for walking out of lessons in protest at cuts to their creative arts classes.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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felly500.bsky.social
Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options

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Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options
Health secretary accuses fast food outlets such as KFC, Domino’s and Subway of ‘cruelly targeting kids’ near schools
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December 8, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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felly500.bsky.social
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The government has given councils powers to ban new takeaways from opening near schools after a Times investigation revealed how council attempts to do this were being thwarted by challenges made by the fast-food giant KFC
Councils given powers to ban takeaways near schools
A Times investigation had revealed how council attempts to ban unhealthy food outlets were being thwarted by challenges made by the fast-food giant KFC
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Wednesday 30th April 2025 at 5pm. Poster showing the opportunity to demonstrate some concern to the proposed McDonalds Drive-Through at the bottom of Chippinghouse/Broadfield Rd. Sheffield.
April 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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keawilson.bsky.social
Humbled that the family of Shirley Howard spoke with me a week after their sister was killed by a driver while pushing a stroller in the street next to an unplowed sidewalk. There is so much more to her story than local news is putting out there, and so much more we could do to save lives. 🧵
The Deadly Cost of Unplowed Sidewalks in Winter — Streetsblog USA
A mother was killed and her toddler critically injured when an icy sidewalk forced them into the street — and into the path of a driver. Some say better policy could have prevented the tragedy.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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guyshrubsole.bsky.social
BOOM!! We did it - this petition has just hit 100,000 signatures, meaning it will trigger a parliamentary debate!!

NEXT STEPS: start contacting your MPs urging them to attend the debate (whenever it’s scheduled) & push the govt to change the law on donations!

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January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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ppushbike.bsky.social
Cycling In A Skirt'a funeral will be on Tuesday 11th February in the afternoon in Sheffield. There will be a cycle cortege. Please me if you'd like to join it and I can send details.
Helen's profile picture from Twitter, which is a painted image of a woman with long dark hair viewed from behind, riding a bicycle whilst wearing a long orange skirt. The paint is splattered so that the skirt appears to explode in fronds.
January 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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sheffkidmass.bsky.social
Today's Christmas Kidical Mass ride in Sheffield is CANCELLED

We have made the sad but sensible decision to cancel today's ride. With the yellow weather warning in force, we cannot justify continuing. We had hoped it might improve overnight, but Storm Darragh seems to be hanging around a bit longer
Christmas Kidical Mass in Sheffield is CANCELLED
December 8, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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children’s education:

stealth marketing exposed
Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed
BMJ investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics requ...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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livingstreets.bsky.social
Thanks to Active Travel England for shining a light on our #PedestrianPound report with this lovely video, which includes our #Sheffield case study!

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People-friendly streets make for prosperous societies
YouTube video by Active Travel England
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December 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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sheffkidmass.bsky.social
We're excited about our upcoming Christmas Kidical Mass ride!
Sunday 8 December
Endcliffe Park to city centre (Pounds Park).
Meet at 10.30am to set off at 11am
Ride with Father Christmas!
Prizes for the most Christmassy bikes!

kidsonbikessheffield.co.uk
Poster with details. See https://kidsonbikessheffield.co.uk/ Poster with details. See https://kidsonbikessheffield.co.uk/
November 30, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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Watch our video of the Transport Secretary's visit to Mundella Primary School to discuss road safety

The school council asked some terrific questions. We think there may be future journalists in there

#Sheffield

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MP and Mayor grilled on road safety by Sheffield schoolchildren
Members of the school council at Mundella Primary School met with their local MP, the Transport Secretary Louise Haigh, to share their desires for better road safety outside their school.
www.thestar.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:08 AM
pjmhiatus.bsky.social
Very much needed.
A woman with a baby in a pushchair is being forced to walk on the road due to a parked car totally blocking the pavement.
November 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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#SheffieldSchoolStreets
mumsforlungs.bsky.social Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · Nov 25
People in Sheffield! We need you!

We'd like to talk to anyone in #Sheffield who has been involved with campaigning for or getting a #SchoolStreet - please put the word out. #AirPollution
A map of Sheffield.
November 27, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
Hi,
I'm Andy, and I'm a painter of nocturnal cityscape paintings, mainly of Sheffield, UK.

For more of my work
bio.site/andycropperart

[Please reshare, it helps hugely]

#art #artist #painting #nocturne #cityscape #Sheffield #hauntology #kenopsia #liminal #psychogeography #geniusloci #oilpainting
There is a grid of 4 realist paintings: Top left: 'Good To Go II' - shows a traffic crossing on a road. The road is surrounded by bushes and trees. It's nighttime and several streetlights highlight the leaves of the trees. The main focus is on 3 traffic lights all on green. 2 of the lights are on the side of the road the viewer is on. There is another light on its own on the other side with the road in-between. There's a strong feeling of separation between the lights due to the road. Top right: 'Blue Shelter' - it's nighttime time and a city centre bus stop fills the image. Seen from the road you can see pavement in front of the bus stop The shelter's back is blue a light shines to highlight the colour. Through the clear roof an orange light shines in contrast to the blue of the walls. Behind the shelter you can see a large concrete building. Bottom left: 'Tramtracks' - the whole scene is lit by warm, yellow sodium light. It's nighttime, the view follows an array of tramtracks that head into the distance then bend slightly to the right. Iron fencing edges the scene with large dark silhouettes of trees sat behind. A bright light can be seen on the horizon. Clear, bright and blue tinted these are of the led bulbs that came to replace all the sodium lighting in the city. Bottom right: 'Bus Stop Gothic' - a metal bus stop fills the scene. A light inside the shelter highlights the metal and glass, helping to accentuate an angularity of form. The perspective of the view makes the form of the stop acutely angular, gothic church-like. Behind the stop the view disappears into a haunting darkness adding to the gothic feel. #busstopgothic #atimeofstasis #painting #cityscape #Sheffield #kenopsia #hauntology #emptystreets #liminal #busstopgothic #psychogeography #geniusloci #geographyofnowhere #limbo #oilpaint #art #artist Top left: 'Ghost Light' - an incredibly minimal painting. We as viewers are stood on one side of a dual carriageway. Two lanes of tarmac are split by a line of grass. It's very dark and foggy. A lone street light is centred in the painting. Its eerie light emphasised by the fog hauntingly cuts through the darkness. Top right: 'Scaffolding & Light' - it's night. a large house sits mostly in silhouette under a brooding dark brown sky. A single street light, that sits against the house, lights the scene showing an array of scaffolding surrounding the light, propping up against the wall. Bottom left: 'Mugger's Bridge' - seen from a road a bought iron bridges staircase can be seen, with the bridge just about visible through the gaps. The whole structure is unusually lit in peaches and purples. The vertical bars going up the staircase have the feeling of a complex ancient skeletal form. Bottom right: 'Sheffield Gothic' - the view is looking towards a roundabout in the centre of a city. The road is empty, no people can be seen. It's nighttime and streetlights dot the scene. Low 2 storey buildings line the road. But, the centre is dominated by a large multistorey construction in brooding silhouette. Above this silhouette the sky's are a dark ominous orange whose source is unknown (it's actually the floodlights from Bramall Lane football ground). A crane stands above all of this with a red light glowing, almost as a warning, at the top of the painting. #busstopgothic #atimeofstasis #painting #cityscape #Sheffield #kenopsia #hauntology #emptystreets #liminal #busstopgothic #psychogeography #geniusloci #geographyofnowhere #limbo #oilpaint #art #artist silhouette.
November 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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emilykerr36.bsky.social
Tree-planting at my school! This is my favourite picture of the moment and I want to quickly tell you all how this came about and why it was so great. Last year 2 kids asked the Head for some trees. She asked me, I asked Twitter. Twitter said @philsturgeon.bsky.social 1/3
Me sitting in the middle of some newly-planted trees.
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 PM
pjmhiatus.bsky.social
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Department for Transport & Active Travel England publish,-

‘Guidance for local authorities in England on how to set up and manage a School Streets scheme, with case studies.’

#SheffieldSchoolStreets 🧐

www.gov.uk/government/p...

(👋 my 1st post here is perhaps a little drier than I’d intended)
School Streets: how to set up and manage a scheme
Guidance for local authorities in England on how to set up and manage a School Streets scheme, with case studies.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2024 at 1:25 AM