Back in September 2019 I was excited by the forward-thinking and well-informed decision made by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) to declare a ‘Climate & Biodiversity Emergency’ after a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested that there was a slim twelve year window where we could act to keep global …
This month, we asked b:friend founder Mike Niles to tell us all about the work they do around Christmas time and the festive period to end social isolation in older people. Can you imagine waking up on Christmas Day morning and then going to bed that evening without seeing or speaking to another person, a …
Wesley Grimes explores the Danum Trail, a 70 mile circular walk around Doncaster that’s fallen out of popularity with Ramblers. I was a very late driver for my age and, with that, walking was always a means of getting from A to B instead of a pastime. When I passed my driving test, the world …
August in Doncaster is Pride month, and while the actual Pride event sadly couldn’t take place this month, we wanted to celebrate anyway! We’ve written about Doncaster Pride in the past (read our previous blog posts here), and this year we reached out to local Drag Artist Bipolar Abdul to ask what Pride means to …
The Jazz Café opened its doors, on Printing Office Street, during a pandemic that has seen Doncaster’s town centre slow from a usually vibrant noisy bustle to a more subdued volume. Ross, who is one half of the daring duo behind the counter said: ‘The high street is still very quiet and still very slow. …