Recent Highlights from the Youth Groups www.sayit.org.uk/post/recent-...

We are pleased to announce that Youth Pride will be returning next year! The event will take place on Saturday 27th June at the Showroom Workstation in Sheffield. Time and details TBC.

We're holding our #swfc Wednesday Pride event at the Niagara Centre on Thursday 16 October! 💙 Our packed evening will include an LGBTQ+ football discussion panel, so we can't wait to celebrate and explore our community with you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ To book your FREE place ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/rainb...

To finish our Summer program the young people enjoyed a visit to @extralifegaming where we played retro and modern video games!

We have officially moved buildings! Thank you for your patience during this time. Our new address is just a short walk up the road at Carver House, 4 Carver Street, S1 4FS, Sheffield. Our new phone number for any queries is 0114 308 1228. Thanks again, SAYiT Team 🌈

Nature Connect: This week we went on a Bee and Butterfly walk with UKEcoNet. Ian Rotherham and Christine Handley took us around Graves Park telling us all about its heritage and the unique landscapes there such as the meadows and ancient woodland. We identified some butterflies, moths and ladybirds!

Here's a sneak peek at some of the murals the young people of SAYiT have been busy painting for their new youth space!

For this month's Nature Connect group, we went to a community BioBlitz event at Shire Brook Nature Reserve. The young people tried out pond dipping, sweep netting, and had a look at moths, a snake, and a toad! Thanks for the amazing event @defragovuk @heritagefunduk

We are moving buildings w/c July 28th. Please bear with us during this time as our normal services may be disrupted whilst we settle into our new space.

Last week we launched our annual zine for 2025, created by the young people who attend SAYiT. In celebration we showcased the young peoples artwork with a gallery show and zine workshop. If you would like a copy of the zine they will be available at any future events we attend or upon request.

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Youth Support Worker to join our dynamic Youth Work Team. Ideal for someone passionate about working collaboratively with LGBTQ+ young people, especially those who may be harder to reach or face additional barriers. www.sayit.org.uk/post/sayit-i...

Our Fruitbowl groups went on a trip to Weston Park Museum last week, where they had the whole museum to themselves for the evening! We all enjoyed looking around the exhibits and played "museum bingo" where the young people drew pictures to fit into each bingo category!

Here's a sneak peak at the new zine created by the young people at SAYiT. We will be hosting an evening to celebrate the launch, with an art show, craft activities, board games and refreshments. 5-7pm Thursday 3rd July Soft Ground 37-41 The Moor Sheffield, S1 4PF

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Youth Support Worker to join our dynamic Youth Work Team. Ideal for someone passionate about working collaboratively with LGBTQ+ young people, especially those who may be harder to reach or face additional barriers. www.sayit.org.uk/post/sayit-i...

The young people at SAYiT have come together to showcase their art, poetry and most importantly - pictures of their cats! We will be selling copies of the zine, as well as displaying a gallery of artwork from our incredibly talented young people. Come on down and support young queer artists!

Our lovely friends at E.D.E.N. Film Productions are launching a new monthly online LGBTQIA+ Film Club, check it out below.

Youth Pride is back for 2025! 13:00 - 17:30 on 14th June at Showroom Workstation, S1 2BX There will be young people selling their artwork, fun activities and charities with stalls. The event will finish with a question-and-answer panel of inspiring queer people!

My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social. "Mainstream British transphobia has been concocted by several dozen powerful actors who are socially positioned to access the stony-faced operators of the parliamentary sludge machine." nowthenmagazine.com/articles/the...

We are currently look for a new trustee chair! For a Trustee Information and Application Pack email: [email protected] or phone: 0114 241 2728 Or contact George Dunn (Deputy Chair of Trustees, they/them) to arrange an informal chat: [email protected]

Presenting a Rainbow Owls cheque & running a #swfc stall at @sayitsheffield.bsky.social's #IDAHOBIT event on Saturday was an honour! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Public events to show LGBTQ+ visibility & unity during these difficult times are vital. 💙 Also proud of @jameslaley.bsky.social for smashing co-hosting duties! 👏

Today marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Rainbow Blades Founder, @jameslaley.bsky.social co-hosted the event organised by @sayitsheffield.bsky.social & spoke about what Rainbow Blades, SUFC & the community foundation are doing to ensure every Blade feels welcome.

My speech for @proudchangemakers.bsky.social at yesterday's #IDAHOBIT event hosted by @sayitsheffield.bsky.social

We presented a cheque to our LGBTQ+ charity partner @sayitsheffield.bsky.social at their #IDAHOBIT event on Saturday! 🙌 A total of £40.02 was raised, following a pledge to donate 20% of proceeds from our #swfc raffle. This will aid SAYiT's work in helping young LGBTQ+ people across Sheffield! 💙

The UK has dropped from 1st place in 2015 to 22nd place in 2025 in ILGA-Europe’s rankings of LGBTQ+ human rights, our lowest ever ranking. rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/countries/un... “The time to push back is now, before the targeted attacks we’re seeing in countries like the UK become the norm.”

In response to the recent Supreme Court Ruling about the definition of the term 'sex' in the Equality Act of 2010, SAYiT are hosting an online information session about what the ruling means, how it can be interpreted and what are the next steps. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...

Only one month to go until Collective Encounters Festival lands in Leeds! Join us on 30-31 May for a festival of dance celebrating LGBTQ+ folx and their allies. Find out more and book: buff.ly/o13O4Jw

Youth Pride is back for 2025! 13:00-17:30 14th June Showroom Workstation, S1 2BX There’ll be young people selling their artwork, fun activities, charities with stalls, and a Q&A panel of inspiring queer people! Showroom Cinema will be showing To Wong Foo at 17:45 as part of their Pride season.

The University of Sheffield's Amnesty International Society are kindly hosting a charity gig in support of SAYiT! Jamnesty 01/05/25 Factory Floor 18+

Yesterday in Fruitbowl we ran a session to celebrate #savethefrogsday @savethefrogs on April 28th by hosting a froggy quiz, painting frogs on stones/clay lily pads and learning about amphibians and the ways we can help them!

IDAHoBiT Saturday 17th May 2025 Sheffield Winter Garden 14:30-16:00 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia: Join us to stand up to hate and to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community (with speeches from 15:00 plus music, stalls, and more)!

SAYiT team statement regarding the Supreme Court ruling

SAYiT have co-signed the LGBT+ Consortium's statement on the UK Supreme Court's ruling yesterday:

We have two training courses available this month suitable for all professionals in South Yorkshire who work with or encounter LGBTQ+ communities! LGBTQ+ Allyship lgbtq-allyship-training.eventbrite.co.uk LGBTQ+ Awareness lgbtq-awareness-training.eventbrite.co.uk

We are delighted to announce that SAYiT has been shortlisted for the Rainbow Honours Awards 2025 in the category of Charity of the Year. This award is voted for by the public and you can vote for us today: www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z9PXNYV rainbowhonours.co.uk/shortlist-20...

Our raffle ends on Friday evening - one of nine prizes is a signed ball from five former #swfc stars! 💙 Tickets cost £5 each, or £10 for a bundle of three, and 20% of all proceeds go to our LGBTQ+ charity partner @sayitsheffield.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ To enter our raffle ➡️ app.galabid.com/rainbowowls/...

Ever wanted to stand up for LGBTQ+ people, but didn't know where to start? Our short engaging course will show you how! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/6668798345...

We also had some information for the young people to read on how to help unloved animals in the real world too, you can read more by swiping through!

Last week was the Unloved Animals Friendship Club in our Prism and Fruitbowl groups!

It's Trans Day of Visibility! Today we celebrate the impact that trans people have had on society, culture and human rights. Help them feel seen, heard and loved.

In Fruitbowl yesterday we channelled our inner Bob Ross and followed along to one of his tutorials!

In this weeks session we did some rest and relaxation, made hot chocolate, played with kinetic sand, crafted stuff with clay and planted sun flower seeds!

In Fruitbowl last week we made seed bombs using pride coloured flowers! This means young people can plant them and create small pockets of pride!

We love it when our LGBTQ+ and ally #swfc members wear their Rainbow Owls and @swfcwsg.swfc.social badges! 💙🦉 You can purchase a Rainbow Owls badge for just £5, with 20% of all proceeds donated our LGBTQ+ charity partner @sayitsheffield.bsky.social. To buy a badge ➡️ www.paypal.com/instantcomme...

This Wednesday (12th March) I will be joining the panel for All Together, One at a Time, @sayitsheffield.bsky.social LGBTQ+ Activism Panel Discussion at Sheffield Central Library

We will be on BBC Radio Sheffield at 10am tomorrow with Paulette Edwards, talking about our Gwenda's Garage screening and Queer Women's Activism panel which we will be hosting at Sheffield Central Library on Wednesday 12th March. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

If you are a young LGBTQ+ person, or you know someone who is and are in need of support, use the link below to get a referral and access our services assisting with mental, emotional and sexual wellbeing. www.sayit.org.uk

Last weekend we celebrated our 25th anniversary as a charity with a gala for the young people. As part of this we showcased some of the young peoples artwork from our Fruitbowl youth group.