Belief, No Belief, Religious Life Centre—Shef Uni

As we enter the last week of the academic year, here's some highlights of 2025-26!

-Orientation and Welcome weeks, including a quiet spaces on campus tour.

-One of two Hindu Garba Nights in Firth Hall, attended by 600 people!

-The official opening of our new home at 205 Brook Hill, including a segment by the Sikh Society.

-For Inter Faith Week, a well-attended Faiths Food Fair at the Belonging Building: 210 Portobello.

-The new chalkboard outside our 205 Brook Hill home has attracted plenty of footfall in the building.

-The annual University Christmas Carol Service which we host in Firth Hall.

-Ramadhan met Lent at the BNBR Life Centre as Muslim and Christian staff (and others) gathered to break a day of fasting with a delicious Iftar.

-We took 24 students, staff and friends of the university to the to the profound National Holocaust Museum, in North Nottinghamshire.

-At Ladybower Reservoir during one of several Peak District walks which took place throughout the year.

A recent Peak District walk at beautiful Edale - just a 25-minute train ride from Sheffield!

It was a collaboration with the wider Student Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (SEDI) team which we are part of.

Thank you to our SEDI colleagues Jazz and Rowena for helping out!

The last simple service of the academic year is this Wednesday, June 10th.

1.10-1.40pm in the BNBR Life Centre (205 Brook Hill, S3 7HG).

The simple service is peaceful, calming and reflective. It is part of our affirming and inclusive Christian semester-time worship offering: Gritstone and God.

As usual afterwards there will be refreshments, this time including cake!

Listen to beautiful and relaxing singing at Evensong in Sheffield Cathedral on Tuesday early evenings.

Each term-time Tuesday, why not take time out for this free event in the city centre? It's open to anyone regardless of religion, belief or no belief.

Sue Leather, the University of Sheffield's Anglican Chaplain, will be taking students to Evensong each Tuesday until June 9th.

You can meet her at one of the following...
4.30pm at the BNBR Life Centre (205 Brook Hill, S3 7HG),
4.45pm at the Belonging Building (210 Portobello, S1 4AE),
or inside Sheffield Cathedral (S1 1HA) at 5.10pm.
The service starts at 5.30pm and lasts for around 45 minutes.

Feel free to email Sue on [email protected] with any questions or to tell her to look out for you.

Photo credit: Steel City Choristers.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) for the mind aims to induce a state of deep mental relaxation, calm, and emotional comfort.

It is sometimes described as a brain massage that helps alleviate stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness.

Feel free to join us for ASMR for the mind on Wednesday 20th May 3:45-4:45 at the BNBR Life Centre (205 Brook Hill, S3 7HG).

The sun shone on us for Friday's walk in the Peak District from Bamford to Ladybower Reservoir and back.

As ever, the walk was a joint effort with the wider Student Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team, which we are proud to be part of.

There are two more walks coming up, on May 6th and 22nd. These events and others are detailed on the Student Belonging webpage: students.sheffield.ac.uk/student-life/belonging -events

An eclectic group of 24 students, staff and friends of the university have just visited the National Holocaust Museum, which is in North Nottinghamshire.

Highlights were profound workshops hosted by the museum team, the informative and moving museum exhibition, and a fascinating talk plus question and answer session by holocaust survivor John Hajdu MBE.

The National Holocaust Museum is highly recommended.

With semester resuming today, we're glad to return to our regular opening hours: Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-3pm.

We're also glad of the flourishing plants outside our home! 🌿🌺

We are currently operating our vacation opening times: Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm and Friday 10am-1pm.

Like the rest of the university, we are shut for bank holidays on Friday 3rd and Monday 6th April.

On Monday 20th April we revert to our normal opening hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-3pm.