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Over 300 visitors enjoy the Heritage Open Day

12 September 2017

The Heritage Open Day on 10th September drew over 300 visitors, many of them first-timers to Portland Works. It was a great day, and the tenants who opened up reported huge interest and plenty of business too! Around 25 volunteers…

Volunteers Celebrate Newly Restored Windows and Brickwork

15 February 2017

Volunteers on the “Tuesday gang” have just completed a winter working outdoors. Thanks to their hard work and dedication, seven windows and the surrounding brickwork which were previously in awful condition have been returned to good order. Surprisingly the woodwork…

Portland Works Tenant Michael May Featured in The Guardian

3 November 2016

We are delighted to share that Portland Works tenant Michael May has recently been featured in The Guardian. A recent new tenant at the Works, Michael uses a small restored workshop high up on the second floor and is a…

500 People Attend “Open Up” Event

30 April 2016

Almost 500 people came through our gates on Saturday and had a great time! The ‘Open Up’ and “Art Sheffield’ boosted numbers of course, but the 18 open workshops and studios, the forge demonstrations and the fabulous Whirlow barbie all…

Portland Works in the Sheffield Telegraph

27 April 2016

The recent success of Portland Works is a “shining example” of heritage renewal according to Brian Holmshaw, steering committee chair of Sheffield’s first-ever heritage conference. You can read his full comments in this excellent Sheffield Telegraph article. As luck would…