Opus Independents

👋 2024 was another incredible year at Opus, the Sheffield-based social enterprise exploring and furthering systems change.

➡️ Read our Annual Report to find out what we got up to, and learn more about how we work together as a worker-owned organisation: https://loom.ly/t4PnpdY

🚨 The People's Newsroom emerged out of an urgent need for storytelling practices that can support a just transition - and the shared hope that the practice of commoning could be applied to storytelling.

We've published three articles sharing our learning so far on AMAM (head to the comments for links to all three articles): https://loom.ly/MvE7x3Q

🚨 Just 4 days left to apply to join Opus as our Finance Coordinator! 🚨

We're on the lookout for someone with experience working in finance and administration who's interested in joining the Opus team - please share with anyone you know who may be interested!

More info here: https://loom.ly/OGnnWWw

Join Opus as our Finance Coordinator Opus Independents are looking for a Finance Coordinator to join our team. This is a high-responsibility role which involves the managing a

📢 Apply by 6th January to join Opus as our Finance Coordinator!

If you've got experience working in finance and administration, and are interested in joining a passionate team engaging with complex and stimulating projects, we want to hear from you! 👇

Find out more: https://loom.ly/OGnnWWw

Join Opus as our Finance Coordinator Opus Independents are looking for a Finance Coordinator to join our team. This is a high-responsibility role which involves the managing a

What does it mean to build an agreement for collective responsibility and stewardship?

Join our very own River Dôn Project, as well as Dark Matter Labs, for a walk along the River Don tomorrow morning.

🗓️ 9:45am – 11:30am
💸 Free
🎟️ Booking and more details ⬇️

Barnsley River Walk: The River and the Muckstack Artist: Joanne Lee Description: This walk will offer a micro-navigation between the River Dearne and the rewilded area which now flourishes on the former ‘muck stack’ (spoil heap) of Park Mill Colliery, in Clayton West near Barnsley. Rather than walking to cover ground and arrive elsewhere, it w...

👋 JOB ALERT - we're looking for a Finance Coordinator to join the Opus team!

If you've got experience working in finance and administration, and are interested in joining a passionate team engaging with complex and stimulating projects, we want to hear from you! 👇

Apply by Monday 6th January: https://loom.ly/OGnnWWw

Join Opus as our Finance Coordinator Opus Independents are looking for a Finance Coordinator to join our team. This is a high-responsibility role which involves the managing a

✨ Thank you so much to all who attended the Fearless Cities South Yorkshire summit earlier this month! We had an incredible few days together, exploring the role of cities & neighbourhoods in tackling some of the most complex problems we collectively face.

Massive thanks also to Citizen Network, Steve Rushton, Research for Action and Care Full for working alongside us to make it happen!

❓ 18 November - Voluntary Action Sheffield and partners will host a day workshop exploring The Art of Powerful Questions, a key leadership and life skill.

Join internationally recognized process host and story activist, Mary Alice Arthur to explore how to craft questions that spark meaningful conversations & deepen connections.

🎟️: https://loom.ly/USdXeZY

Just *one day* to go until the acclaimed Fearless Cities summit lands in South Yorkshire for the first time, co-hosted by Opus 🥳

Register for a free place 👉 fearlesscitiessy.org

Only two days until South Yorkshire, and the UK, hosts the Fearless Cities summit for the first time ever 🎉

Have you reserved your free ticket to join us this weekend?

Check out the programme below, and then reserve a place 👉 fearlesscitiessy.org

Arriving on Friday for Fearless Cities this weekend?

Catch Desiree Reynolds in conversation with anti-racist activist and author of 'A World Without Racism' Joshua Virasami + poetry performances from Dzifa Benson and Sarah Lasoye 📚

Register for free ⬇️

Wordlife Presents: Building Anti-Racist Futures Hosted by Desiree Reynolds ft Josh Virasami - Author of A World Without Racism – Building Anti Racist Futures, Dzifa Benson & more

⏰ Fearless Cities is coming to South Yorkshire in just four days time, hosted by us here at Opus!

🏘️ The summit will focus on reimagining our commons through neighbourhoods of care

⬇️Check out our exciting programme, or follow this link for detailed descriptions of each session.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vybCrr1J7d8hOISwxRdDv5EQ4SpZL0Vu/view

Happy to help spread the word, Right Up Our Street! 🏃‍♀️🚛

Our distro service 👉 weareopus.org/opus-distribution

We do not consent to this.

A statement from Opus one year into the brutal and ongoing genocide in Gaza.

You can also read the statement on our blog 👉 weareopus.org/post/we-do-not-consent-to-this

✊ We're excited to be part of People-Powered Storytelling, a new series showcasing the impact of community-centred media initiatives across the UK - here's our piece about the People's Newsroom and the power of stories 👇 https://loom.ly/AcVDYl0

There’s a different future on the horizon, there’s a People’s Newsroom The People’s Newsroom share their experiences of working with mission-led community organisations to explore what story-sharing means – and what its future could look like. This article is part of the People-Powered Storytelling collaborative series.Deep within us, we know that our stories have ...

✨ Don't miss this artist-led river walk in Doncaster on 5 October!

🚯 Litter pickers are invited to walk with artist Joanna Rucklidge along a stretch of the River Don, to pick plastic litter and respond creatively to these 'fugitive' items.

Book your place now: https://loom.ly/gxSysN8

Doncaster River Walk: Plastic Litter Pick — River Dôn Project Don't miss this artist-led river walk in Rotherham on 5 October! Join local artist Joanna Rucklidge to spend time alongside the River Don, collecting. This free session encourages participants to create drawn rubbings of litter to capture the quantity, shapes, functions and scale of these “fugit

💧 Don't miss this free artist-led river walk in Barnsley on 28 September!

Join local artist Joanne Lee to explore the post-industrial landscape, taking a closer look at natural elements & how they have been affected by human activity. 🍃

Book your place now: https://loom.ly/p1_xRBQ

Barnsley River Walk: The River and the Muckstack — River Dôn Project Don't miss this free artist-led river walk in Barnsley on 28 September! Join local artist Joanne Lee to explore the post-industrial landscape, taking a closer look at natural elements & how they have been affected by human activity.