Community Outcomes
Roots and Futures has been working with community groups to support current delivery and feed into their current programmes of work. This has helped to ensure we do not put further pressures on already stretched community resources. We have imbedded capacity strengthening into the projects funding structure by ensuring our partners are compensated for their work, in a means suitable to their needs and requirements for example through financing, training or access to resources. Through this we have worked together with communities to not only support their delivery, but also to create resources that they saw were missing within the city.
In 2022-23 our project consisted of:
 7 community organisations
6 researchers
A steering group of 21 members
1 school (Astrea Academy)
2 universities
Sheffield City Council
Sheffield Centre for Equity and Inclusion
Joined up Heritage Sheffield.
533 community members participated in over 100 hours of consultations.
In 2022-23, together with out community partners, we held:
4 community meals where we sat down with, shared food and chatted to 180 community members
Supported the Welcoming Cultures Festival held at the Millennium Galleries
5 workshops where we listened to peoples ideas and shared project work
15 Oral History conversations with the Black Ladies Group at Manor and Castle Development Trust and helped them to produce a community oral histories booklet
2 youth group meetings working specifically with young refugees and asylum seekers
Visited 1 school class to hear their views on how they want their history shared
3 outdoor tea tent chat sessions
undertook 8 online questionnaires
Had 100 nominations to the Wall of Local Legends
1 online consultation
Supported a street party organised by Zest for local families to come together in Upperthorpe
shared and ate 45 fancy cakes!
Alongside paying community partners for their time and input into the project we also wanted to say thank you by responding directly to some of their needs, so we:
Helped to produce an Oral History Booklet with the Black Ladies Group at Manor and Castle Development Trust
Produced professional portraits of the Black Ladies Group which will be showcased at Manor and Castle Development Trust and Sheffield Museums
Supported developing community exhibitions in Sheffield Museums
Organised visits to the Town Hall to meet the Mayor and trips around local museums for Happy Group
Produced 5 blog posts about our project
Wrote 3 newsletters to circulate to those who participated in consultations about what was discussed and next steps
Supported with the writing of 2 grants for community culture projects in the city
Held 1 Kelham Island heritage walking tours
When holding community consultations we have wanted to use inclusive and accessible space where community members feel comfortable. We have ensured that the spaces were:
Wheelchair accessible
On bus roots
Community spaces
Drove community members to spaces if they required support with transportation
Spread in locations across the city
Both indoors and outdoors
Provide prayer spaces
Created signage so people could navigate around new spaces more easily
Overall we used 7 buildings and a series of outdoor locations including:
Zest, Upperthorpe
Park Library on Duke Street
Astrea Academy, Burngreave
SADACCA, Windrush Way;
City of Sanctuary, Chapel Walk
ISRAAC, Cemetery Road
Millennium Galleries, City Centre