LOCATION

LOCATION

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Sheffield

• The cultural quarter has undergone considerable urban regeneration since Spearmint Rhino opened

• The Showroom, the Workstation, the Site gallery, Sheffield Hallam Student Union

• In addition to several organisations which support vulnerable women

• A school (UTC) for ages 14+

Annual Events

• Doc fest

• Showcomotion

• Off the Shelf

• Children’s Media Conference

• Sheffield Design Week

Recent national/international

• Grand Depart

Purple Flag Status

(source: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/purple-flag.html)

• "Sheffield City Council wish to support both the local community and businesses by ensuring that these types of premises [SEVs] are properly managed and that they integrate where possible into the local community."

(Sexual Entertainment Venue Licensing Policy: p.3)

(Sheffield City Council Licencing Sub-Committee report

2015)

• Over the last 15 years Sheffield's City Centre has experienced a dramatic transformation. (p.2)

• We think this relies on:

• Culture and leisure – the scale and breadth of opportunities and things to do including events and animation and a quality evening/ night-time offer

• Hospitality – by this we mean quality hotels and great restaurants

• Retail – with a wide range of shopping opportunities from the big brands to small Independent shops catering for niche markets

• Public realm – including venues that people travel to visit, a modern and well-connected urban landscape and a well maintained and safe place. (p.3)

• There are various special elements that justify the designation of the conservation area. These include:

• Surviving elements of the grid pattern and hierarchy of different streets which grew up across the 18th century estate of the Duke of Norfolk

• 6 distinctive character areas which make up the CIQ as a whole

• Important metal trades area of Sheffield

• Characterised by numerous examples of 'Little Mesters' (craftsmen in cutlery and tool making) in mixed residential

• and small scale industrial workshop buildings often arranged in courtyard form

• 16 listed buildings, for e.g. the Grade II* Butchers Wheel, and Grade II Stirling Works

• Several unlisted significant buildings for e.g. the distinctive former 1930s Art Deco styled 'Kenning's car garage' now Showroom Cinema and Workstation offices

• Surviving industrial chimneys add interest to rooflines

• 3 - 4 storey buildings with back of pavement boundaries characteristic of the area

• Historic floors and distinctive red brick used as main building material

• Archaeology around Porter Brook provides evidence of early water powered mills in area

• Date of designation

• The Cultural Industries Quarter Conservation Area was reported to the City Centre Area Board on the 22nd January 2001.

• (Soruce: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-development/urban-design--conservation/conservation/conservationareas/cultural-industries-quarter.html)

“Since violence against women and girls is defined by the United Nations as cause and consequence of gender inequality, rooted in, and also reproducing, disparities in power, economic resources and respect , sexist, sexualised representations of gender play a part in creating environments where violence becomes possible.”

(Coy 2014)

“That sexualised sexism creates a conducive context for VAWG is acknowledged in human rights instruments. The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) (1995), for example, stated that ‘images in the media of violence against women, in particular those that depict rape or sexual slavery as well as the use of women and girls as sex objects, including pornography, are factors contributing to the continued prevalence of such violence”.

(Beijing Platform for Action, Chapter IV D. Violence against women, para 118)

Dr Alan Billings South Yorkshire PCC

Thursday 25th June stated that “macho culture” is one of the causes of CSE

• Source: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1283563&highlight=spearmint+rhino&page=2

13:00 on sunny afternoon

Local resident:

“As a local resident, my apartment is very close to the venue and I frequently see large groups of men congregating to enter the venue or waiting for taxis. These are often intoxicated and have a negative impact on the local area, especially in the early hours of the morning. On leaving the venue late at night these individuals can often be heard in the surrounding streets and cause a nuisance to residents. Sleeping in the summer when windows have to be left open can be a problem for us on some nights.

I also have wider concerns about the highly inappropriate location of the venue as it gives a bad impression of Sheffield to both new potential students and visitors to our city arriving either by train or bus. We want to encourage students to study at our city and tourists to visit the area.

Many local residents understandably also have concerns about the negative impact the venue has on the resale value of their own properties. It is important to remember that the venue is located in the heart of the Cultural Industries Quarter, which is an area of greater significance for our city and it’s heritage. We fear that the venue’s presence acts as a block on further investment and regeneration in the area and stops our area from moving forward.

Ben Miskell

9 Butcher Works, 70 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NS