About Us

The MySheffield Web portal and Content Managment System

My Sheffield is a web site and content management system for people interested in Sheffield, its history and its communities. The site has evolved over anumber of years through the contribution of ideas and projects from young people and people from groups in the city. The site is designed to support a number of modules, each module is overseen by members with an established interest in the area.

The different sections

The map and Sheffield Past are centered on an interactive 1935 Ordinance Survey Map layered with Google maps. This module is supported by Sheffield Local studies library and linked to the picturesheffield.com picture archive. Through this module we explore change in Sheffield and try and give a historical perspective to economic decline and regeneration.

Sheffield Community looks at activities across the city in Sheffields different communties, this module is overseen by High Green Youth Forum and a growing network of other youth empowerment projects. In this module we focus widely on Art and Culture, Faith and Food.

Sheffield Environment has developed thorugh our collaberation with Sheffield Black and Ethnic Minority Environment Network, the Young Adult Action Forum and Peak Park, here we are looking to work with members interested in promoting wider use of open spaces and a respect for the natural environment.

Through our World module we are looking to develop our contacts across the world to promote greater understanding of economic development in different countries. This module will focus on world events, travel, and the exchange of ideas.

Online services to members

The My Sheffield web site and content managment system has been developed over the past couple of years as a way of promoting and displaying the work done by people participating in projects linked in to the site. Through the site our members can develop and manage their own projects using our on line network. Members can store and access resources on line and develop resources for their project members.

Managed forums for your site

Members can set up forums and link them to external sites, we offer a managed service to these forums to ensure safe use and promotion and development of content.

Contributors

High Green Development Trust has supported the project over the past couple of years. The site has also benefited from the support of Sheffield College, Sheffield Futures, Sheffield Children and Young Peoples Directorate and Sheffield Museums and Galleries.

Training and media Production Facilities

My Sheffield has a training facility at Paces in High Green that is available for groups to produce, video, radio and print materials as well as to run creative workshops. We also have a wide range of mobile video and audio recording equipment for use on and off site.

MySheffield employs and trains people in the skills involved in media production, journalism, customer service, IT, design skills are just a few of the skills our team develop

Sheffield Villages currently works to promote the activities of ...

• High Green Youth Forum
• Young Adult Action Forum
• Sheffield Museums and Galleries
• Sheffield Black and Ethnic Minority Environment Network
• Sheffield Futures

Magazine production

Sheffield Villages web portal and premises at High Green Paces Campus are funded by public contributions. We deliver training and education projects to youth and community groups across the city in video and radio production, magazine design and print. Our community magazine is produced four times a year, it promotes the work done by community projects across the city.