Event announcement! 🎉 At a time when trans rights are under attack across Britain & beyond, @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social's Deviants and Trailblazers arrives as a powerful antidote, uncovering a rich, overlooked history. 📆 23 Sep 📌 Workstation (next to Showroom) 🎫 £6 With @junobooks.bsky.social

Over 1000 people across South Yorkshire have had their say on the region’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy. 🌿 Have your say before Friday 31 July. Fill out a survey and you could win £100. southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk #SouthYorkshireLNRS #HaveYourSay #NatureRecovery

A few photos from last night's premiere of 'How to Get Filthy Rich', the new series from @garyseconomics.bsky.social, who was then interviewed by the excellent @krishgm.bsky.social. In partnership with @sheffdocfest.bsky.social. (📸: ADVA Photography)

Gary Stevenson got rich by reading the markets better than anyone. Now he's using that same sharp eye to take the whole system apart We're teaming up with @sheffdocfest.bsky.social to host the premiere of a brand-new series by @garyseconomics.bsky.social Tickets ➡️ sheffdocfest.com/film/how-get...

For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited. But a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm ✊ Still a few tickets left for Jessica den Outer in #Sheffield at Festival of Debate tomorrow night. ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/festi...

A few photos from our event last week with @profkepickett.bsky.social and @simonduffy.bsky.social discussing 'The Good Society' – thankyou to everyone who came along for a fascinating evening. We've got two more events coming up next week – details below ⤵️ 📸: ADVA Photography

Next event! 📅 On 21 May we welcome Jessica den Outer to Sheffield. In 'The Forest Fights Back', Jessica explores a groundbreaking global movement taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers, forests, and mountains to exist 🏞️ Tickets ➡️ buytickets.at/festivalofdebate/2149276

TONIGHT! 📅 How do we ensure safety, justice and a sustainable environment for all? 🤔 @profkepickett.bsky.social comes to Sheffield to discuss The Good Society with @simonduffy.bsky.social 6:30pm at Foundry, Sheffield Students' Union. Still some tickets left ⤵️ www.tickettailor.com/events/festi...

How do we ensure everyone has good health? How do we ensure justice and a sustainable environment for all? On 6 May, @profkepickett.bsky.social comes to #Sheffield to talk with with @simonduffy.bsky.social about building The Good Society 🏗️ More info and tickets ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/festi...

Festival of Debate returns for 2026! 🥳 We might not be running a full festival programme this year, but fear not! We're instead hosting a series of special events throughout 2026 inviting some of the most exciting and innovative thinkers of our time to Sheffield⤵️ #Sheffield #FofD #FestivalofDebate

Next Thursday, we're inviting the team behind Regen Melbourne – a community of more than 200 organisations committed to creating a thriving city living within our planetary boundaries – to Sheffield 🌏 Find out more at the link below, or grab a ticket ⬇ www.tickettailor.com/events/wordl...

📢 "Westminster didn't fix anything for us. We demanded the right to do more for ourselves." Andy Burnham @mayorofgm.bsky.social‬ speaks on the power of devolution and the future of the North of England at Festival of Debate 2025, with ‪@metromayorsteve.bsky.social‬.

🌱 "There's a quiet nagging, an imperceptible whisper just out of earshot, calling us to witness our collective grief." It was an honour to have award-winning environmental justice researcher and educator Joycelyn Longdon at the festival this year, to discuss her book Natural Connection.

🚨 "What's being promised to us as a shiny new world of tomorrow is actually just recycling old forms of misogyny, and baking them into the building blocks of our future society." Laura Bates speaks on AI and misogyny at Festival of Debate 2025.

✨ Our 2025 programme is now over - thank you all so much for coming along and taking part for another year. It's such a source of hope to see people coming together to explore some of the most important issues we face. See you next year! Photos by Adva Photography 📸

Yesterday at Soft Ground, we heard from Sheffield Community Land Trust about their plan to take our city back into common ownership, providing affordable housing and cultural spaces right in the city centre 🏘️ #Sheffield #CommunityLandTrust #FofD

Sheffield’s Poverty Truth Commission has been meeting for over a year, listening to the stories of local people and their experiences of poverty. "The system" is a theme that comes up time and time again. At our event on Thursday, we explored what it is and whether it works ⬇️

"In radical collectives we need to centre femme work, the legacy of mothers and aunties – the work of checking in, finding out how everyone feels, trying to understand how we might ourselves be being exclusionary" Mijke van der Drift exploring their book 'Trans Femme Futures' on Wednesday evening 🏳️‍⚧️

"The idea that pausing and thinking and giving space for reflection is an elitist thing is very flawed. Those of us who don't work in research are still theorists and have stories to tell" Joycelyn Longdon in conversation with @rtakver.bsky.social on Wednesday evening 🌱 #FofD

Yesterday, we workshopped how policies like retrofit can unlock dozens of co-benefits that enhance and revitalise our communities. Thanks to the Centre For @thrivingplaces.bsky.social 📍

"We need to integrate logical, emotional, and moral aspects when interpreting and presenting evidence" We're learning about 'Public Research for Public Good: Closing the Health Gap', with @felly500.bsky.social ⚖️ #FofD

"We have huge disparities in living standards in the north. It feels like we're living in a different country. The north-south divide is no accident – it's national policy" – @andyburnham.bsky.social speaking at our event with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social last night.

📸 Some snaps from some of our events so far! Photos by ADVA photography. 💕 Thank you to everyone who has attended our events, engaged in conversation, & challenged our speakers with your questions! There's still loads more to come, so check out the rest of our programme here: loom.ly/IlK4lN4

On Wednesday, we hosted @compassoffice.bsky.social and Who Is Your Neighbour? to explore conversations that disrupt division and build democracy 💬 #FofD

"Retrofit is an essential component of decarbonisation – and if done properly, offers huge opportunities to build community wealth" Yesterday at the @thegreenestate.bsky.social, we learnt all about creating resilient places through the built and natural environment with SY Ecofit. #FofD

🌱 21 May - Join Joycelyn Longdon to explore her new book Natural Connection, which illuminates the wondrous awe of the natural world & celebrates the histories and extraordinary acts of marginalised people across the globe. More info & tickets ➡️ loom.ly/CqxllcU

🔎 What's on this week at Festival of Debate! This week we'll be diving into the topic of AI and misogyny with author Laura Bates, as well as co-hosting events with local orgs @riverdonproject.bsky.social, Gut Level and more! 🎟️ Grab your tickets now to attend: loom.ly/IlK4lN4

"Striving for 'perfection' is as fruitless as it is exhausting" From our workshop this morning on 'Working Well: Avoid Burnout and Create Balance and Joy'. #FofD

"The media have a role to play that perpetuates crises. When you put your TV on, the NGOs will have an advert that focuses on who needs food in a war zone, and not the political nature of [the conflict]" – Boucka Koffi speaking at our @symaag.bsky.social event on 'Activism Across Borders' #FofD

🔥 Loads more events coming up this week at Festival of Debate! Still some tickets left to see bestselling author Shon Faye in conversation with Sophie K Rosa on Thursday, & events with partners including @symaag.bsky.social, @granthamcsf.bsky.social & more. 🎟️: loom.ly/IlK4lN4