Sheffield Forum, Sheffield’s oldest and largest independent online community was established long before social media, and is still based in Sheffield. It’s had a difficult journey like most public forums, facing spam, racism and other abuse, and new government regulations. But it’s very active, and in recent years the website has been very much improved.

If you want to be really up to date with local news and events, Sheffield Forum allows you to talk with hundreds of lovely down-to-earth real Sheffield people. To create an account it’s free (over 18 year olds only). As well as various themed forums there’s a new-ish section called The Sheffield Guide, blogs under categories and selected Sheffield videos.

At the moment (2025) there is a big range of decent looking Sheffield-themed tee-shirts, hoodies, mugs, etc. for sale. See their Last Chance To Buy page for limited-availability offers.