A massive bar crawl has been organised to help raise money for community projects and St. Luke’s Hospice on Sunday, December 14.
The pub crawl has been organised by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) who have been involved in around 20 projects already.
‘Get Sleighed’ is designed not only to raise money for St. Luke’s Hospice, which is the only hospice in the area, but also to fund a project in Africa during February next year.
The project, set to take place in Tanzania, will help farmers to create a self-sustaining business as well as building a business and IT school.
Two students who have organised the project are Helen Gammons and Emma Millard, both third year students in Management at the University of Sheffield.
They became involved in SIFE at the beginning of this year and regret not getting involved sooner. Emma said: "It’s nice seeing the work I’ve done help others."
Helen said: "I love business projects and these help so many people."
The idea behind SIFE is that they invest money into struggling businesses and therefore help them survive and develop.
The business then pays back the loan in instalments with interest at a much lower percentage than that of the banks.
Other projects have included re-housing for the homeless, which allowed homeless people to refurbish houses that they are living in. This not only gave them shelter, but allows them to apply for jobs as they have a fixed living address.
The pub crawl is set to begin at 7.30pm at Vodka Revolution on Sunday, where a raffle will take place using prizes donated by the bar, which is managed by Ian Boyles.
The route will then consist of Varsity, The Cavendish, Bia Hoi, Walkabout, RSVP and Embrace. Donations from other bars include £100 from Varsity and £500 from Embrace.
Tickets for the event can be bought from the Box Office or direct from Vodka Revolution, The Cavendish, RSVP, Varsity and Emma Millard on 07960453660 and Helen Gammons on 07745556028.
Also anyone interested in SIFE can go along to the meetings every Tuesday at 7pm in the Enterprise Zone next to St George’s Church or go to http://www.sheffieldsife.org/.
Chris McKay
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