University of Sheffield

About Us

Enactus Sheffield is a student-led social enterprise, which sits within the University’s Partnerships and Regional Engagement department. Enactus Sheffield is one of over 1,700 Enactus teams around the world, all working on developing social impact projects. Our members innovate, research and manage social impact projects which provide sustainable solutions to both local and international issues. Being part of Enactus is a unique and valuable experience as it facilitates student development in a broad range of areas, such as commercial and social entrepreneurship, technical experience and confidence building. We believe that Enactus is a great stepping stone to future employment, and a unique opportunity to learn a variety of skills in different fields. Find out more by reading our blog.

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Marine Moulders

By developing a plastic injection moulder, Marine Moulders will recycle plastic waste into useful products, tackling plastic pollution in Sri Lanka.

OnTarget

Having established a partnership with Sheffield Wednesday - OnTarget, aims to increase employability prospects of students in Sheffield, and promote the inclusion of at-risk young people through mentor-based activities and events.

CodeCreators

Introduces students to programming in Python, supplementing their education in analytics, computer science and digital infrastructure.
This year, we want to expand Code Creators and develop a fun course that we can offer to school students.

CARTE

Still in its initial stages, this project works together with Sheffield Voices, to bring students and people with learning disability together to create and sell cards. The profit will is fed back into supporting the Art Programme at Sheffield Voices.

FreeFlow

Free Flow is our project that aims to sell reusable sanitary pads in the UK and then use the profit generated to donate the same pads to disadvantaged girls in India. They also aim to organise educational workshops for these young women, to create awareness on menstrual health and hygiene.

Be Social Flamingo

This is our commercial project. Be Social Flamingo expands and develops social media outreach and marketing for SMEs to benefit busy startups and small businesses, and connect them with student consumers.

VapeDrop

A new local project, is still in its research and development stage. VP focuses on collecting disposable vapes (electronic cigarettes) by introducing our vape drop stop baskets that will be distributed throughout campus, disassembling them and recycling some of their components. VP will also be conducting future workshops to raise awareness about the health-related dangers of vaping.

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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

Watch the video that got us through to the finals!

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Social Enterprise Workshop

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For the last decade we have been participating in the UK National Expo, where teams from across the country share their fantastic accomplishments. This year we came second in the National Competitions out of 60 other Enactus teams!

2022 RUNNER UPS!

Our members, who make the enterprise successful, are University of Sheffield students. They develop holistically alongside their degree, whilst giving back to their community.

PEOPLE

With more than a hundred active members and tens of projects working with local and international communities, we have strong links with various multinational companies, where several members get to thrive every year!