RivelinCo

A neighbourhood arts centre without walls, proudly based in Hillsborough, Sheffield. We share ideas from around the world: thinking globally and acting locally.

RivelinCo is a neighbourhood arts centre without walls, proudly based in Hillsborough and working across North Sheffield. We make and curate arts activities and undertake civic and community work, just like a building-based arts centre, except our programme takes place in parks, supermarkets, community centres, high streets, car parks, empty shops, libraries, schools, and care homes - temporarily

transforming them into theatres, cinemas, galleries, workshops, classrooms and forums. We create and curate exciting shows, projects and events in unexpected places. We lead creative workshops that bring together people of all ages and walks of life to learn new skills. We collaborate creatively with local people, artists, businesses, and community organisations. Our projects are about people, and place. We celebrate. We question. We play. We believe access to culture is a human right, and our definition of culture is broad: our remit includes gardening, cooking, crafts, cinema, languages and sports as often as it includes theatre, dance, music and visual arts. Our approach is inclusive, intergenerational and environmentally sustainable. We prioritise respect, kindness and care: for our community, for our team, for our collaborators, and for the planet.

29/05/2026

Look, we know you're all keen to see our new space, but please keep your paws off it until tomorrow when our new front is dry!!! 😅

Come along to our Opening Day Celebration tomorrow, Saturday 30th May, 12pm - 4pm, at our new Neighbourhood Arts Space at 96-100 Middlewood Road (opposite Hillsborough bookshop).

Meet our team, have a cuppa in our public living room, get your face painted, and have a go at creative activities. It's free and there's no need to book, drop in any time throughout the afternoon. All ages welcome.

Our full access statement for the new space is coming soon. The space has step-free access (with a small concrete ramp at the entrance), an accessible all-gender toilet, and we will have air purifiers running. We have a portable hearing loop.

Image description: A cheeky little single print of a dogs paw pressed into the lovely neat fresh concrete outside our front. Since fixed by patient builder Phil.

28/05/2026

Writing a funding bid can be tricky – so we’re here to help! Ahead of the next deadline for Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice grants (DYCP), join our Director Linda Bloomfield to talk through the process of applying, get help putting together a realistic budget, and any other advice that will help you to kickstart (or finish) your application. We recommend bringing your laptop or notebook along with you!

Friday 12th June, 6pm-7:30pm
RivelinCo Neighbourhood Arts Space, 96-100 Middlewood Road, S6 4HA

Linda is an experienced producer and fundraiser, who has led creative projects across the UK and internationally. She has completed her own DYCP-funded project, and has supported countless others to put together successful bids.

Tickets are £5 but bursary spaces are also available, and you can grab one here: https://www.rivelinco.org/whats-on/applying-for-dycp-with-linda/. To request a bursary place please contact [email protected].

Our full access statement for the new space is coming soon. The space has step-free access (with a small concrete ramp at the entrance), an accessible all-gender toilet, and we will have air purifiers running. We have a portable hearing loop.

Image description: A group of people are sitting in a circle, behind folding tables. They're turned towards each other listening to someone speaking, and a few people are smiling as they listen. They're in a small, brightly decorated room, and text overlayed says 'Applying for DYCP with Linda.'

20/05/2026

Hooray - Our shiny new Spring/Summer 2026 brochures arrived today!🌷✨
Fresh off the printer and filled with creative workshops, family performances, artist collaborations, film screenings and all sorts of joyful community activity taking place across North Sheffield this coming season.

This little colourful booklet holds months of hopeful plans, conversations and ideas, so it is VERY satisfying to finally see them coming to fruition 🌻

The cover image features performers from Crescendorious interactive family show Kids to the Front, which will be visiting North Sheffield this summer with dates soon to be announced! 🎉

Keep an eye out for these appearing across libraries, cafés, community spaces and venues very soon… or explore everything online via our website (link in bio!)

Image description: A hand holds a newly printed RivelinCo Spring & Summer 2026 brochure in front of a bright window. The cover image features performers from Crescendorious’ interactive family show Kids to the Front wearing fun pastel costumes in pink, lilac and mint green. The performers are wearing fluffy deely-boppers and pose theatrically with surprised expressions and outstretched hands. The brochure design uses bold black text reading “WHAT’S ON SPRING & SUMMER 2026” with the RivelinCo logo at the top.

19/05/2026

We're so excited to be opening up our new home for an opening day celebration, and first look at our space! Join us on Saturday 30th May 12pm – 4pm to meet our team, have a cuppa in our public living room, and have a go at creative activities. It's free and there's no need to book, drop in any time throughout the afternoon. All ages welcome.

Find us at 96-100 Middlewood Road, S6 4HA - opposite Hillsborough Bookshop.

Our full access statement for the new space is coming soon. The space has step-free access (with a small concrete ramp at the entrance), an accessible all-gender toilet, and we will have air purifiers running. We have a portable hearing loop.

Image description: a photo of the outside of our new space taken from the street: it has a large green sign which says RivelinCo Neighbourhood Arts Space, and 4 large windows with art and posters in them. There is an illustrated posterboard which says OPEN and some text with the same event information as in the caption.

15/05/2026

SHARE & REPAIR IS BACK ON SATURDAY 23RD MAY! Find us 11am - 2pm at RivelinCo Neighbourhood Arts Space, 96-100 Middlewood Road, S6 4HA.

Share and Repair is our FREE community repair shop and skillshare. Local volunteers, craftspeople and businesses offer their help to repair items that have seen better days, and share their skills with others. At this event we can offer:

– Bike checks, adjustments, small repairs, and guidance on how to do it on your own
– Small electrical repairs
– Clothing and fabric repairs

Please note that the service doesn’t include providing new parts, so if those are needed, please bring them along with you.

You don’t need a ticket and it’s free. Repairs and advice are given on a first come, first served basis. Bring the item you want our volunteers to have a look at and they will do their best to help!

RivelinCo Neighbourhood Arts Space is our new home at 96-100 Middlewood Road. This space is our new home and our full access statement is coming soon. The space has step-free access, an accessible all-gender toilet, and we will have air purifiers running. We have a portable hearing loop.

Image description: Ben our bike volunteer is a white man in his 30s with a dark beard. He's wearing a mustard coloured pinny and a cute red hat, and he's chatting to someone in a green RivelinCo tshirt who is facing away from the camera and sitting on a bike. Behind Ben you can just glimpse all his tools laid out neatly on a table.

12/05/2026

Last week at Young Creatives, we spent the evening with our two brilliant Open Up Sheffield artists ( & )🌷✏️🌀

Together, the group explored expressive drawing exercises, created strange mythical beings, and experimented with drawing inspired by flowers, movement, texture & feeling. At one point, everyone settled into a humming circle to get into the zone 🌙

Big thanks to Gemma & Jenya for sharing their practice so generously and for creating a fun & playful experience for the Young Creatives.

We’ve got lots more exciting Young Creatives sessions coming up soon, so plenty of creative adventures still to come 🌿

If you’re curious about our Young Creatives group for 11-16 year olds, you can find out more on our website or get in touch directly via [email protected]

Image description:
Members of the RivelinCo Young Creatives group taking part in a creative workshop inside the RivelinCo Neighbourhood Arts Space. Young people sit together around tables and large floor cushions surrounded by colourful framed artworks. The young people explore expressive drawing exercises inspired by flowers, holding yellow chrysanthemums and pink lilies above paper filled with abstract pastel sketches, while pens, paper shapes and art materials are scattered across the tables.

08/05/2026

🌿🦉🐟 Take a look at this selection of nature-inspired artworks created by our Young Creatives group as part of the development of our Pride of Yorkshire cub design, which will be revealed later this month ahead of the launch of the Pride of Yorkshire arts trail! 🌿🦉🐟

Today is the 100th birthday of David Attenborough, so it felt like a fitting moment to share some of the wildlife drawings that have been featured 🌍💚

From puffins and foxes to salmon, owls, bats and ammonites, the young people explored creatures and natural forms connected to Yorkshire landscapes and ecosystems. We hope you enjoy this small pocket of colour, wildlife and creativity amongst the loud noise of the world today! 🌱

Image description: A bright collage of circular wildlife artworks created by the RivelinCo young creatives, displayed against a vivid yellow background. The drawings include a fox, kingfisher, barn owl, salmon, bat, puffin, otter, curlew, ammonite, adder and other nature-inspired designs, each set on marbled paper backgrounds in blues, purples and pinks. In the centre, the text reads: “Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough!”

06/05/2026

We are so excited to announce that we will be working with Yorkshire based sculptor Dan Jones this summer on our RUBBISH COMMISSION!

Dan's amazing artwork is called 'Fish Out Of Water' and is a shimmering, human-powered trout come to life. It celebrates Sheffield rivers' incredible return from pollution and rubbish to thriving biodiversity, and comes complete with a team of fisherpeople - fishing for litter! Find the fish at community events, fairs, and festivals across S5 and S6 this summer, making its debut at Stannington Carnival in July.

There'll also be some community workshops running alongside the build, so keep an eye out for more announcements about how you can get involved with those soon 🐠

Image description:
1) Dan is standing outside RivelinCo's painted windows and holding his initial drawing plan for the fish. He's smiling and wearing a cosy looking green fleece.
2) A close up of Dan's drawing. It shows a huge brightly coloured fish mounted on bicycle wheels, with a person popping up from a hatch in the middle who is pedalling it along.

05/05/2026

A great big RivelinCo welcome to our 4 new Board members! 💚 After a competitive recruitment process earlier this year, we're delighted to welcome Chloe, Richard, Sarah and Sharon to join our Board.

Here's a bit more about them all...

Chloe Courtney is the Executive Director at China Plate, a theatre and arts charity, and previously worked for Contact (Manchester's young people's arts centre) and the Bernie Grant Arts Centre. Chloe is passionate about embedding access, equity, and care into arts working practices.

Richard Sulley is the Senior Research Fellow of Sustainability Policy at the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, and was previously the Net Zero Project Director for the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. Richard was already a big supporter of RivelinCo's work, including helping us explore regenerative working practices using the Doughnut Economics model last year.

Sarah Clough lives in North Sheffield, and is the Head of Participation at Cast in Doncaster. She has also worked in and around Sheffield as a drama practitioner. Sarah loves enjoying all the brilliant things North Sheffield has to offer, and she's interested in practical, creative work that engages and excites.

Dr Sharon Tabberer lives and works in North Sheffield, where she ran her own research and evaluation company working on projects in the arts, culture and sports sectors. She believes deeply in the power of arts, culture, and creative practice to transform communities. She is also Chair of Governors at a local primary school.

Click here to find out more about them, as well as the rest of our Board and team, if you like: https://rivelinco.org/our-team/

Image description: photos of the 4 people in the caption: Sarah is wearing sunglasses and a warm coat, sitting on a stone trig point at the top of a hill with a countryside view behind her. Chloe has short dark hair and glasses, and is wearing a stripey t-shirt in a headshot with a purple background. Richard is wearing glasses and a suit, and speaking into a microphone. Sharon has short curly hair and is smiling at the camera, with a bright orange and yellow background.

Address

96-100 Middlewood Road
Sheffield
S64HA

Telephone

+441143271670

Website

https://linktr.ee/rivelinco

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