Name: Sheffield Tech for Good: Refugees
Start: 2016-11-15T18:00:00Z
End: 2016-11-15T20:30:00Z
Location: Yoomee Digital

Sheffield Tech for Good: Refugees

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<P><STRONG>The next Sheffield Tech For Good meet up is on Tuesday 15 November at Yoomee's new office at 9 South Street, part of the redeveloped section of Park Hill.</STRONG></P>
<P>We'll be starting at 6pm with four short talks until about 7.15pm, when we'll start socialising with food and drink, which is kindly sponsored by Tech North.</P>
<P>Each Sheffield Tech for Good meet up focuses on a single theme such, as mental health, the environment, education and social care. This meet up focuses on refugees and specifically, refugees in Sheffield.</P>
<H2>Sheffield and the refugee crisis</H2>
<P>There will be three sessions followed by a good hour for networking and general chit-chat.</P>
<H3>1. Jean Gladwin – Sheffield City of Sanctuary</H3>
<P>Jean will provide an introduction to the refugee crisis in Sheffield. She’ll cover the city’s response to the crisis and the challenges that people face as asylum seekers in the city. As this is Tech for Good, she’ll also look at ways that the tech half of the audience might get involved.<BR></P>
<H3>2. Andy Mayer and Tina Ball – Yoomee and Sheffield City of Sanctuary</H3>
<P>Andy and Tina will talk us through the <A HREF="http://asylumjourney.sheffugees.org/?mc_cid=4016b5c84f&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Asylum Journey</A>, a tool that came out of the <A HREF="http://www.yoomee.com/first-refugee-hackathon?mc_cid=4016b5c84f&mc_eid=[UNIQID]" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheffugee hackathons</A> from earlier this year. They’ll talk about how they worked together to identify a problem that really needed solving. Having gone from simple Trello board to working prototype, the tool is now used by organisations across Sheffield.<BR></P>
<H3>3. Tom Heller and Kate West – Sheffield Donations for Refugees</H3>
<P>Our third and final talk will be by Tom and Kate from Sheffield Donations for Calais. They’ll share their work collecting and sending donations to asylum seekers and refugees in desperate need at refugee camps in France, Greece and even Syria.</P>
<H3>Food</H3>
<P>Tech North have kindly sponsored food and drink for the event again, so no need to grab an after-work sandwich. Instead, enjoy delicious wraps provided by the ace, Fancy an Indian.</P>
<P>To find us, just head to Yoomee’s front entrance at Park Hill, the side facing the city centre. The address is 9 South Street, S2 5QY. Don’t worry. We’ll put some signs up. <BR></P>
<H2>Reserve your spot</H2>
<P>The aim is to have 50% tech folk and 50% social good at each event. That’s why we have specific tickets set up on Eventbrite for each audience. If you work in tech, hit the big green register button and choose the 'tech' ticket. If you work for a charity, non-profit or identify as working in the general area of 'social good', choose the 'non-profit' ticket. </P>
<P><STRONG>Note: </STRONG>Tech tickets are always popular, so we'd like to restrict tickets to one person per company to give everyone a chance to attend. </P>
<H2>Find out more</H2>
<P>If you have any questions, email <A HREF="mailto:iain@yoomee.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">iain@yoomee.com</A> and I’ll get back to you pronto.</P>
<P>For more information see: <A HREF="http://shefftech4good.org" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://shefftech4good.org</A></P>
<P>Twitter: <A HREF="https://twitter.com/shefftech4good" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/shefftech4good</A></P>
<P>Hashtag on Twitter: <A HREF="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23shefftech4good&src=typd" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#shefftech4good</A></P>

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