News
17 Oct 2016
Saturday, December 10, 2016 – 15:00St Mark’s Church, Broomfield Road, Broomhill S10 2SE
**
Please join us for a child-friendly, action packed service for all the family.
Featuring Steel City Band and Vintage Voices
Join us afterwards for refreshments and to stock up on Christmas cards from our new range.
6 Oct 2016
Saturday 24 September 2016 – Sunday 12 February 2017 at Weston Park MuseumArrivals: Making Sheffield Home celebrates the remarkable stories of Sheffield residents who have travelled from across the globe to make a home in the city.
Don’t miss this wonderful exhibition by photographer Jeremy Abrahams, ASSIST volunteer and supporter.
3 Oct 2016
The new £5 note has been launched and it has inspired people to give the first one they receive to charity.
One of our supporters has already donated their first new fiver to ASSIST. It would be wonderful if you’d like to do the same.
You are welcome to drop your £5 in to our office or bring it to one of forthcoming events such as our AGM.
16 Sep 2016
At long last we are acquiring some more space so that our office team will no longer be so squashed and conditions will be more pleasant for everyone.
We’d be really grateful if anyone could help us with the following to furnish the new rooms..
mini-fridge
hot water dispenser (2-3 litre water heater)
tea/coffee station (small cupboard, or similar, we can use for this purpose).
key safe
We are happy with second-hand donations, or people offering to buy the items for us (we have a wishlist).
14 Sep 2016
The ASSIST office is in need of Admin volunteers – can you help?
The ASSIST office supports the work of all of ASSIST’s 200+ volunteers spread over 15 individual teams – who do everything from client casework to grant applications.
It is also the base for ASSIST’s two full-time and three part-time staff.
6 Sep 2016
ASSIST’s Annual General MeetingTuesday, October 18th 2016, 6.30pmMoor Theatre Delicatessen, The Moor, Sheffield S1 4PF
Thank you very much for your support over the last year. ASSIST would like to invite all our wonderful friends and supporters to our annual AGM and supporter meeting. The event will be a celebration of all that has been achieved this year and a look to the challenges we face in the year ahead.
27 Aug 2016
To mark the Government’s publication of migration statistics for the first half of 2016, the Refugee Council have published a list of top 20 facts based on the latest asylum stats. To read them go to the Refugee Council’s website.
27 Aug 2016
In June this year we celebrated Refugee week by holding a Fundraising Dinner at Channing Hall and we are pleased to report that the event raised £1,700 for ASSIST. This was a fantastic total considering it was the very first time we’d put on an event of this type and magnitude.
Our thanks go to all the 98 wonderful guests who came to the dinner. We really do appreciate your support (and your patience when parts of the catering operation didn’t go entirely to plan!)
26 Aug 2016
What’s more fun than a bake sale? ……A friendly baking competition with prizes to be won of course!
It’s fundraising time, and in honour of the impending return of GBBO to our screens, the Red Deer are holding a bake off of their very own on Thurs 1 Sept, between 12 noon and closing time. Here’s what they say…
21 Aug 2016
Donate up to £10 today and you donation will be doubled!
**
If you donate through Local Giving
This is for a limited time only, so hurry! We think it will run out by Monday!
Thank you!
Pages
