In August's UBI Lab Network newsletter: ▫️ Could the new Prime Minister introduce a universal basic income? 🤔 ▫️ Help make sure the Greater Manchester Basic Income pilot happens ▫️ How Basic Income can empower the working class ▫️ Reimagining food security through income security Read it here ⤵️

Could the new Prime Minister introduce a universal basic income? — UBI Lab Network

Welcome to August's newsletter, where as ever we have exciting updates from the UBI Lab Network and news of Basic Income's forward march around the world.

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With its recently expanded photographic collection, featuring newly-acquired works by Jyll Bradley, Joanne Coates, Sunil Gupta and Rene Matić, @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social are helping cast light on neglected or unexplored corners of life across geographies and generations ✍️ Liam Barker #Sheffield

Freezing time, framing truth: Photography in Sheffield's Collection at Graves Gallery

From Attercliffe barbers to burning grouse moors, Lives in Focus presents photography that embraces life’s marginalised stories.

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Today is the *LAST CHANCE* to have your say on what goes into Sheffield's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029. We want you to share your ideas, experiences and ambitions for culture in #Sheffield. Fill in our short survey – it takes 5 to 10 minutes ⤵️ haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/cityofcultur...

And one that's not highlighted, but will soon be on everyone's radar is Harmony Works - the new centre for music education in Sheffield, currently in development, and with family open days next week harmonyworks.org.uk

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One of the highlights - Tickets for Good - is very close to my heart, enabling me to go to many events I might otherwise not be able to, including theatre, classical music, podcast festivals and gigs/music festivals, not least Y Not this coming weekend 🙌

Voting opens in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection today 🗳️ We asked every candidate whether they would keep the previous mayor's promise to launch a #BasicIncome pilot in the region. Only the Green Party's @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social confirmed that she would. #GreaterManchester #UBI

This video highlights some of the amazing work happening across #Sheffield to make culture available to everybody. If you want to have your say on what goes into Sheffield's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029, you have until close-of-play Thursday. Fill out the survey 👉 lnkd.in/eeJf6qrm

Culture without barriers - Sheffield City of Culture bid series

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Sheffield once decided that water was too important to leave in private hands. For more than a century, that judgment served the city well. @andyburnham.bsky.social now has an opportunity to show that same clarity of purpose today – by taking back Yorkshire Water. ✍️ Cllr @mineshparekh.bsky.social

Andy Burnham wants to 'rewire Britain' – he should start by taking back Yorkshire Water

Crookes & Crosspool councillor Minesh Parekh writes for Now Then about the case for bringing the failing company back into public hands.

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You have until the end of Thursday to have your say on what should go into Sheffield's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029. We want to hear your ideas, experiences and ambitions. The survey takes around 5–10 minutes to complete, and you can answer as many questions as you like or are able to ⤵️

In a week which saw new PM Andy Burnham say he’d lead a “cost of living government”, Sidney & Matilda embraced that philosophy by putting on three days of fledgling bands and artists for free. ✍️ Steve Hunting #Sheffield #Tramlines #TramlinesFringe

"I haven't been this excited since Christmas!" Tramlines Fringe at Sidney & Matilda

S&M's Other Festival eclipses expectations, with Sheffield's indie aficionados enjoying a formidable three-day roster of bands and artists.

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We're urging ecologists, planners, farmers and conservation professionals to fill out the detailed technical survey for the South Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Your expertise matters. Closes Friday 31 July – and you could win £100 southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk #SouthYorkshireLNRS

We're working with Culture Sheffield to develop our city's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029. Do you work in arts and culture in #Sheffield? We want to hear from you! Share your ideas, experiences and ambitions for culture in our city by filling in our short survey ⤵️

We've heard back from our first candidate! @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social of @greenparty.org.uk has confirmed to @ubilabmanchester.bsky.social that if elected she'll keep Burnham's promise to develop and deliver a Basic Income pilot in Greater Manchester 🥳 Will the other candidates follow suit? 🤔

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Last week, we wrote to every candidate in the upcoming byelection for Mayor of Greater Manchester. We asked if they'd keep the promise made by outgoing mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to develop and deliver a Basic Income pilot in Greater Manchester. That commitment should be honoured. #Manchester

We're encouraging community groups and organisations across South Yorkshire to download the self-facilitated workshop pack and submit a collective response to the South Yorkshire MCA's nature consultation. Closes Friday 31 July. southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk #SouthYorkshireLNRS #HaveYourSay

Last week, we wrote to every candidate in the upcoming byelection for Mayor of Greater Manchester. We asked if they'd keep the promise made by outgoing mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to develop and deliver a Basic Income pilot in Greater Manchester. That commitment should be honoured. #Manchester

"My last show was a lot about mental health, being on antidepressants... I had routines that if I didn't have the ability to joke about would just be a bad anxiety in my life" @ericrushton96.bsky.social just finished an international comedy tour but still feels as nervous as ever. ✍️ @seanmorl.com

Eric Rushton - "Journalists aren't interested in mental health anymore"

Eric Rushton has just finished an international comedy tour but still feels as nervous as ever. He and Sean Morley discuss stagefright, cynicism, suffering and the arrival fallacy.

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Doncaster Sheffield Airport is not predicted to make a profit until around 2035, according to its business case. By then, South Yorkshire will have long blown its own carbon budgets. ✍️ Chris Broome #Sheffield #Doncaster #DoncasterSheffieldAirport #ClimateEemergency #DSA

Reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport would be a disaster for the climate – despite what its own climate report says

Climate campaigner Chris Broome takes a deep-dive into claims made by the South Yorkshire Mayor that the project is compatible with the region’s “climate emergency”.

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The mad king has gone to ground and Andy Burnham's being low-speed railed in as prince regent to oversee the mouldering kingdom. We were so close to letting the Labour Party dissolve in its own acid. The people of Makerfield have a lot to answer for. ✍️ @seanmorl.com

Who or what is Andy Burnham?

Politics expert Sean Morley delves into the folk story of Andy Burnham, a completely invented man that I didn’t even vote for.

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Our brilliant distribution team have been getting the message out about the survey asking what *you* want to see from Sheffield's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029. Have your say 👉 haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/cityofcultur...

Sheffield's Dave Lee has spent more than four decades practising chaos magic. But unlike the popular image of magicians disappearing into candlelit rooms and speaking in riddles, his route into the occult began somewhere else entirely. ✍️ @waynehoyle.bsky.social #Sheffield #ChaosMagic

Dave Lee - "Sheffield is a liminal town, a border city": how chaos magic is illuminating a world beyond certainties

After teenage acid trips opened his mind to magic, Dave Lee found a community that offers new perspectives on how to live.

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Not only do women deserve to have their voices heard, they deserve to have their voices amplified in the design of a more caring city – a city that recognises the barriers they face to healthy living in their homes and neighbourhoods. ✍️ Shreejana Khadka #Sheffield

Women reimagining Sheffield: where memory meets hope at the kitchen table

In the hyper‑local communities of Sharrow, Nether Edge, Lowfield, and Highfield, food, family, and belonging shape people's daily lives and their visions for a more caring, equal and healthier city.

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"A path to a sustainable planet demands that we reduce frivolous consumption... that is why some campaigners see Sheffield's gambling announcement not as an isolated decision but as part of something larger: a slow reimagining of public space" ✍️ Nabeela Mowlana #Sheffield @adfreecities.bsky.social

Sheffield is calling time on gambling adverts – and reimagining what public space is for

Cities around the world are curbing ads that cause harm to us and to the planet.

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"I usually start by drawing – sometimes from memory, sometimes from touch or drawing around the actual shape" We spoke to Blind artist Debs, whose riotously colourful work was recently celebrated as part of a fantastic exhibition at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social, #Sheffield. ✍️ Ben Jackson

Debs - "I can still remember colours, and bright colours make me feel happy"

Blind since the age of 21, artist Debs uses a riotous range of colour in their work, which was recently celebrated at Millennium Gallery.

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Over the past few months, a series of documents either released by the Mayor’s office or submitted to the government has appeared to show the project will be commercially unviable on the terms previously set by the Mayor – but as yet he shows no sign of changing course. ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social

Passenger numbers at Doncaster Sheffield Airport are forecast way below what's "affordable". So why is the project still going ahead?

As the commercial case continues to fall apart, climate campaigners say the whole of South Yorkshire will have to be in negative carbon emissions to balance out reopening.

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Blending driving synth hooks with heartfelt longing, the Sheffield duo’s debut delivers a textured, dreamy soundscape. 'Kung Fu' by The Kaleidoscopes. ✍️ Liam Barker

The Kaleidoscopes - Kung Fu

Blending driving synth hooks with heartfelt longing, the Sheffield duo’s debut delivers a textured, dreamy soundscape.

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"Mother nature is the starkest contrast you could have to brutalism... I thought 'that's where Gaia would fit so well'." We spoke to Sarah Eberle about her Chelsea Flower Show-winning garden 'On the Edge' and its imminent move to Park Hill, #Sheffield. ✍️ Steve Hunting

Sarah Eberle - "Park Hill and Gaia belong together – I was always more excited about her being in Sheffield than Chelsea"

As champion Chelsea Flower Show garden On the Edge arrives in our city, we talk to designer Sarah Eberle about the new permanent home for Greek goddess Gaia.

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Salmon are back in the River Don. Bitterns are breeding in the Dearne Valley. We're proud to support the nature recovery happening across South Yorkshire. Have your say on what's next – survey closes Friday 31 July. southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk #SouthYorkshireLNRS

🌱 "The city far surpassed Greater Manchester’s 2,834 records, as well as Nottingham City Region’s 3,103, meaning it played a pivotal role in forming part of a global initiative" ✍️ Liam Barker

Sheffield City Nature Challenge "shows the remarkable passion our communities have for local nature"

Sheffield surpasses major UK cities in global nature challenge, after recording hundreds of wildlife species.

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