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So another piece of the Steelers jigsaw is complete with the signing of big Czech defenseman Jiri Gula. Gula is an experienced, stay at home defenseman with a cannon of a shot. He is also another right handed shot D man to play on the same side of the ice as Davey Phillips and Ryan Martinelli.This is also the first non North American signing of the summer and Gula’s first experience of hockey outside Czech.Former goalie Marek Pinc was a reference for the new guy, he has seen him play and came back with great comments that matched what the club had thought after seeing Gula play several games.Steelers will confirm the identity of another signing early next week, a forward who plays with an edge. That deal has been done for some time and one we are all excited about at HQ. That’s leaves just three players remaining, a defenceman and two forwards. The club thought they were close to a centre this week but that deal fell through so the search continues.On Monday the league … [Read more...] about Czech defender Jiri Gula joins Sheffield Steelers ice hockey club

A 10-year-old aspiring nurse has visited a Sheffield university to learn about the skills she needs to achieve her dream job. Ellie Lock met with staff within Sheffield Hallam’s Faculty of Health and Wellbeing earlier this month after she wrote a letter to nursing academics to find out what skills she would need to become a nurse.In the letter, Ellie said that she wanted to be able to ‘help people’ and also said she wanted to find out more about the profession. She was invited on an exclusive tour of Hallam’s nurse training facilities and spoke to staff and nursing students about their course.The University also welcomed Shirley Wroe, an 85-year-old former Sheffield School of Nursing tutor who read from her book of memoirs during the visit.Shirley said: “When I was teaching student nurses I really wanted them to know why they were doing what they were doing and when you taught them the practical stuff, they could also really look after the patients and … [Read more...] about Aspiring nurse, age 10, welcomed to Sheffield university

Very recently I experienced some discriminatory behaviour that was disguised as inclusion, writes columnist Jemima Browning. This was distressing and hard to experience. I surround myself with positivity around disability and educate those with negative perceptions.To hear and know that there is still a very long way to go is always shocking but only drives me to do more to break down barriers and make positive change. The truth is inclusion is a term used in its loosest sense. Many people and organisations will do things to tick boxes or meet targets. They say they will do things but not fulfil their promises. Alternatively, they say they are inclusive just to seem to be meeting requirements but, they do not practice true inclusion. Inclusivity is not simply including others. It means giving people with disabilities the same opportunity to take part, achieve and be rewarded for reaching goals, just as their mainstream peers are. On a much more positive note there is a sporting … [Read more...] about Beating discrimination in a positive way