Sheffield YWCA are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Housekeeper to work as part of a team offering accommodation and support in a hostel setting.

16 hours per week
£6.75 per hour
Closing date: Friday 10th July

2009-06-23 20:03:22

Job: Trainee Advice Worker for Somali community

Job vacancy at Pitsmoor CAB:

18 hours / week
salary £9,000 per year (actual)
closing date: 20th July 2009

2009-06-22 21:36:33

Job: Cleaner/Lunchtime Playleader

St. Catherine's school is in the process of expansion, we are looking for a new member of staff to work with both our Premises team and with our Lunchtime team.

Salary: £12,160 pro rata
16.5 hrs per week
Closing date: Friday 10th July

2009-06-20 01:17:54

Job: Receptionist/Lunchtime Playleader

St, Catherine's Primary School is looking for two new members of staff to work with its Admin team and Lunchtime team.

Salary: £15,570 to £16,663 pro rata
25 hrs and 37 hrs per week
Closing date: Friday 10th July

2009-06-20 00:15:13

Summer Events with the Park Rangers

Ranger events for adults and children planned for July, August and September near to burngreave.

2009-06-19 16:45:44

Jazz @ SADACCA

Jazz music event at Sadacca.

2009-06-19 01:30:48

BCAF Meeting

BCAF will hold its Quarterly Forum Meeting 12-3pm Saturday 20th June at the Pitsmoor Methodist Church, Burngreave Road. This is a change of venue to previously advertised.

2009-06-18 15:39:47

Job: Coordinator - Positive Activities for Young People

Museums Sheffield seeks to recruit a Coordinator to plan and manage Culture Lab.

Salary: £18,761 – £22,017
Fixed term to 31 March 2010
Closing date: 19 June 2009

2009-06-12 18:44:55

'Good' news for Black Women's Resource Centre

Watoto Preschool are celebrating after receiving an overall good Ofsted report with areas of outstanding exceptional quality.

2009-06-10 21:14:38

Ellesmere Children's Centre hosts annual Multicultural Open Day

The award winning Ellesmere Children's Centre is throwing open its doors for this year's Annual Multicultural Event.

2009-06-10 20:57:25

Admin vacancy at Sheffield Law Centre

Sheffield Law Centre has a vacancy for a part-time admin worker with experience of voluntary organisations:

- 17.5 hours a week

- £13,422 to £15,292 pro rata + pension

- closing date: 17 June 2009

2009-06-08 09:07:31

Pitsmoor on the Jeremy Kyle Show

In an apparent departure from the usual studio audience format, Jeremy Kyle visited Sheffield in a recent programme (21st May 09) to ‘learn’ more about gun and knife crime and those affected by it.

2009-06-07 13:08:59

Job: Part-time Finance Worker

Sheffield Law Centre seeks to appoint a part-time Finance Worker.

17.5 hours per week
Salary: £16,663 to £18,937 pro rata
Closing date: 12 noon Weds 1 July 2009

2009-06-07 10:59:02

Funding Crisis video

The Burngreave After School Study Support Project present a video of the March 2009 BNDfC end of funding meeting.

2009-06-05 15:48:33

Hope not Hate

Burngreave resident Ken Riley remembers why he fought the Nazis in 1944

2009-06-02 17:08:55

June 2009 news

News from June 2009

2009-06-02 16:51:43

Landlords for Excellence course

Free access to a University run training course for landlords! Sheffield Hallam University’s Landlords for Excellence. Next Course: September 2009.

2009-06-01 12:30:41

Memories of 1984

Since the beginning of March this year, there has been a lot of writing and reflecting on the 1984 Miners’ Strike, marking the 25th anniversary. One Burngreave resident, Lesley Boulton, was actively involved in supporting the miners’ cause and has strong memories from this time. I went to meet her at her home in Pitsmoor and to hear her own account of the Battle of Orgreave.

2009-05-31 22:18:23

Cycling for women

Last year the Fir Vale family of schools took over 100 people to Clumber Park for a cycling family day out. Many of the mums there couldn’t cycle and we wanted to change that.

2009-05-31 22:11:06

YCA celebrate university success

The theatre at Fir Vale School was full for a special celebration of university achievement organised by the Yemeni Community Association (YCA). Numbers going to university from the Yemeni community have increased dramatically over recent years and several dozen individuals received awards to recognize their achievements.

2009-05-31 21:58:29

Oliver at Byron Wood

On 31st March Byron Wood’s Y3, Y4 & Y5 astounded parents, pupils and guests with an amazing performance of Oliver.

2009-05-31 21:46:39

New Deal: Request to sell Forum House

BNDfC has formally approached our funders, the Department for Communities and Local Government, to see if it would be possible to have the clawback restrictions currently in place on Forum House, lifted. This would mean that technically we could then sell the building without having to repay the NDC grant used to buy it in the first place.

2009-05-31 21:46:28

Local History Class

Discover the history of Burngreave. Learn how to research your own local history project and work towards an exhibition or article in the Messenger. Begins Friday 12th June – 7th August.

2009-05-31 21:43:28

Abbeyfield Park centenary

Built in the 1840s, and originally called Pitsmoor Abbey, Abbeyfield was five and a half acres of land which first belonged to William Pass, the owner of a local colliery.

2009-05-31 21:36:37

National Breast-feeding awareness week

Mums and babies from around the area got together on Wednesday 13th May to mark National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which ran from 10th – 17th May.

2009-05-31 21:30:12

Children raise cash for charity

Ellesmere Children’s Centre staged a ‘Wear Bright for Sight’ day and raised £50 in the process for Henshaws, the leading charity for visually impaired people in the North of England.

2009-05-31 21:20:51

Refugee Week events

Community Cohesion
Presentation of training awards
Different Pasts, Shared Futures

2009-05-30 12:16:00

Burngreave asks “Any Questions?”

Story: Sophie Mei Photos: Schani Cave

On Friday 22nd May, BBC Radio 4 broadcast their long-standing topical politics show ‘Any Questions?’ from Longley Park Sixth Form College.

2009-05-30 12:06:47

A Year Of Tree Planting

The Community Forestry team had a fantastic year in Burngreave. We ran 35 events including tree-planting, bulbplanting, guided walks, forest schools tasters and some environmental improvements.

2009-05-30 12:04:34

Adult learners in Parliament

On Tuesday 4th May a group of twelve adult learners from the WEA Politics & Public Life course at Fir Vale School visited Parliament to find out more about how the parliamentary process works and to see for themselves what happens there. We were joined by other groups across the region involved in a WEA project to encourage citizens to ‘Take Part’.

2009-05-30 11:34:37

Peace walk inspires

Walk and prayers organised by religious institutions, from Burngreave to Firth Park

2009-05-30 11:31:34

Mental Health Ambassadors

Students from a Level 1 ESOL class in the Vestry Hall conducted an interview with Saeed Abdi from the Somali Mental Health Project (MAAN), Sindy Chana, the new Ambassador Lead for Mental Health for Yorkshire and Humberside and Amina Mohamed, who has just been appointed Ambassador for Sheffield.

2009-05-30 10:57:51

Men's Health Programme

Free Discussion & Consultations in Burngreave

2009-05-30 10:46:45

Developing a community plan

The first public Community Assembly meetings for the area will take place on 17 June. In September a Community Plan for the area will be published.

2009-05-29 20:35:03

Councillor Surgery Dates

Your local councillors, Jackie Drayton, Ibrar Hussain and Steve Jones share surgeries on a rota basis.

2009-05-29 20:27:57

Community Chest

Apply to the new Community Chest fund set up by the North East Community Assembly.

2009-05-29 20:25:34

Community Assemblies are coming

Local residents will be getting the opportunity to have their say about how services are delivered and what they want in their area:

First meetings and community plan
Community Chest
Councillor surgery dates

2009-05-29 20:19:55

Exploring earthworms

SHEBEEN – the Sheffield Black & Ethnic Minority Environmental Network – organised a woil and earthworms survey in Abbeyfield Park on 19th May for students of the Community Foundation Studies course at Sheffield College's Fir Vale Centre, as part of the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) new initiative. The aim is to get people back in touch with nature by exploring and studying their local environments.

2009-05-29 17:17:32

A little piece of heaven: Devon gardens

Finding a peaceful spot in a busy city can be a challenge but residents in the Abbeyfield Road area have their own little piece of heaven.

2009-05-29 16:56:56

Minilympics

Young people aged 14-16 ran for fun in the EIS (English Institute of Sport) on the 9th of May.

2009-05-29 16:47:47

Cleaner Arches

The stone facing of the landmark Wicker arches has recently had a clean-up, thanks to Network Raid and Sheffield City Council. The operation follows on from recent decorative lighting in the pedestrian arches and illumination above the main span. The work was to enhance the visual impact of the arches on the main route between Burngreave and the city centre.

2009-05-29 16:29:27

Earl Marshall Juniors Season Review

Despite seeing success on the field of play in 2009, local Pitsmoor and Burngreave based football club, Earl Marshall Juniors, had to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic death of Club Secretary Mark Moran Healy

2009-05-29 16:21:55

Ken Riley, Normandy veteran

On 6th June 1944 the Allied Forces of World War II began their invasion of the Normandy beaches, the ‘D Day’ Landings. The largest military operation in history saw hundreds of thousands of troops being ferried across the English Channel frok Southern Angland to Northern France in a well planned and highly organised operation. Among them was Burngreave resident Ken Riley, one of only a handful of Veterans of the Normandy Landings still living in Sheffield.

2009-05-29 16:01:54

Health Matters conference

Health is a big issue for Burngreave. Our area has much higher rates of asthma, chronic heart disease, diabetes and respiratory illness than other parts of Sheffield.

2009-05-29 16:01:49

Cultural Crossings at the Vestry Hall

The Vestry Hall came alive again this month with the latest incarnation of the Burngreave Cultural Industries Challenge.

2009-05-29 15:49:51

Kid 1 and Kaney B

Local music production company have made waves after entering their material into a local competition

2009-05-29 15:17:06

Songs and stories with Reem Kelani

London based, Palestinian singer Reem Kelani, (accompanied by Bruno Heinen on Piano) gave a stunning performance of a number of songs from Arabic speaking countries.

2009-05-29 15:11:24

Student Voice Easter event

Story: Raveena Hussain (Fir Vale School Student Voice) We are a group of students at Fir Vale School – Raveena Hussain, Amoon Fazeldin, Raquia Begum, all year 10 students and Zena M’shana, from year 11.

2009-05-29 14:55:11

Pub reunion

I joined around 30 locals in The Normanton pub on Earldom Road for their reunion. When I arrived the bar was decked with balloons and nibbles. I asked organaiser John “Fozzi” Foster what it was all about.

2009-05-29 14:44:49

National Portrait finalist

Local artist Michael Gaskell has reached the final three in the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

2009-05-29 14:22:18

Working Groups

working groups at BCAF, including the Adult Learning Working Group, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants Working Group, Transition Burngreave and Festival group

2009-05-28 23:01:52

BCAF: A new beginning

2009 has been a difficult year for many of the community projects in Burngreave. The funding cuts from Burngreave New Deal for Communities left some groups struggling to survive. In addition, the introduction of Community Assemblies will mean the area no longer has an Area Panel working directly for its benefit.

2009-05-28 22:49:11

Youth Club kicked out of Vestry Hall

Youth Entertainment Club has been forced to leave the Vestry Hall. The club, which provided video games, table tennis and pool for boys aged 12-20 seven days a week, was closed by New Deal on 19th May.

2009-05-28 22:42:56

Dispersal order in Fir Vale

From 28th May, a Dispersal and Curfew Order in Fir Vale, Page Hall and the Wensley Estate will allow police to move on groups of more than two people and enforce a curfew of 9pm

2009-05-28 22:35:33

New Deal sell off assets

New Deal revealed plans in April to sell off Forum House and the New Deal Truck, as the full scale of their financial problems became clear

2009-05-28 22:23:52

Jamaican High Commissioner at SADACCA

The Jamaican High Commissioner addressed the Sheffield’s black community on Thursday 30th April.

2009-05-28 22:15:18

Landlords’ advice day

On 23rd April, an advice session to promote the Sheffield Responsible Landlord Scheme was run by the Pakistan Advice and Community Association in Fir Vale, in partnership with the Council’s Private Sector Housing Team.

2009-05-28 22:09:12

Abbeyfield Festival 2009

Local performances, stalls, food, children’s activities, sports, dance, music and much more!

2009-05-28 21:13:16

Fir Vale Fun Day

Entertainment, music, dance and more at Fir Vale fun day on 19th July 2009.

2009-05-28 20:52:00

Messenger Editorial

Burngreave residents have a unique invitation to the Town Hall on June 11th 2009 to tell councillors of the positives and negatives of Burngreave New Deal and the effect on the community.

2009-05-28 20:32:41

Carwood gets its kitchens

Following the article in our last issue about Carwood estate's kitchens, we are pleased to announce that the kitchens are now to be completely repaired and fitted with quality doors and drawers.

2009-05-28 20:29:08

Mobility Equipment Scam

Vulnerable residents have been targeted by companies selling mobility equipment at extortionate prices.

2009-05-28 20:24:59

BNP: Not in Burngreave

Local residents have been disturbed to find that the BNP have been using Royal Mail’s services to deliver their leaflets for the EU elections around Burngreave.

2009-05-28 20:17:14

Launch of Young Persons' Health Drop-In Service

Thursday 11th June 2009 will see the launch of a Young Persons’ Health Drop-In Service to be held at Earl Marshal Connexions Centre, the first in the Burngreave area. The service will focus on all aspects of health but will have a particular emphasis on advice around relationships and sexual health.

2009-05-28 20:13:23

SADACCA's new Youth Wing

From April 2009 SADACCA will be running new activities for young people aged 8 to 13, with funding from the Kids Can Do programme.

2009-05-28 20:09:57

New Places at Fir Vale School

In May 2009, Sheffield City Council discussed proposals for the expansion of Fir Vale School with students, parents and local residents.

2009-05-28 20:05:53

Festivals go back to the community

With New Deal funding gone and Green City Action stepping down as event organisers, Burngreave residents are taking back their community festivals and running the events with volunteers.

2009-05-28 19:54:34

Job: Advocacy Service Administrator

14 hours per week (1 post)
Scale 4 – £16,991 – £18,937 pro rata
Closing date: Monday, 15 June 2009 at 9am

2009-05-28 17:57:45

Job: Independent Mental Health Advocates

35 hours per week (3 posts)
Scale 6 – £22,001 – £23,473
Closing date: Monday, 15 June 2009

2009-05-28 17:50:41

Job: Employment Worker

Bridge Employment, a small and friendly Sheffield based charity which helps people with disabilities and mental health problems into work, wish to recruit an Employment Worker.

Salary: £19,427- £23,473 pro rata
18.75 hours per week
Closing date: 2nd June 2009

2009-05-23 15:13:27

Job: Women’s Integration Advice Worker

The Northern Refugee Centre is seeking to employ a female Women's Advice Worker.

Salary: £20,708 pro rata
16 hours
Closing date: 3rd June 2009

2009-05-23 14:51:14

Job: Youth Volunteering Advisor

Full Time Equivalent – 0.6
Salary: £24,402 – £26,784 pro- rata
Fixed term Contract to 31 March 2011
Closing date: 28th May 2009

2009-05-21 21:29:43

Family Learning Fun Day at the Old Firth Park Library

Community North Forum (CNF) is looking to extend the training and activity programme at the Old Firth Park Library. We want to find out what type of training courses, activities and events local people would like us to offer.

2009-05-14 10:55:12

Reem Kelani Concert

Reem Kelani, the inspirational Palestinian singer and campaigner, is playing the Vestry Hall accompanied by Bruno Heinen on piano. The Concert is FREE but entry will be by ticket only.

2009-05-05 19:43:57

Any Questions at Longley Sixth Form

On 22nd May 2009, Longley Park Sixth Form College will be hosting the popular BBC Radio 4 show ‘Any Questions?’ The show is a topical discussion in which a panel of personalities from the worlds of politics, media and elsewhere are posed questions by a live audience, from a different location each week

2009-05-03 22:08:08

Job vacancies: Sheffield Health and Social Care, NHS Foundation Trust

There are several posts available within the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service – Primary Care.

Please see the full article for details.

Closing date: 11th May 2009

2009-05-01 12:43:56

Support Alpha Mbodi against Deportation

Alpha Mbodi and his two sons, Aimé and Junior, are asking people to support their campaign to be allowed to stay here after their prospect of a safe future has been shattered by the threat of deportation.

2009-04-27 22:40:23

Activity Sheffield

Easter holiday activities provided by Activity Sheffield

2009-04-08 15:52:44

Streetworx

Easter holiday activities by Streetworx

2009-04-07 23:55:25

Contacts

Contacts for:

Sheffield City Council
Environment Agency
Parkwood Landfill Action Group and
Parkwood Springs Steering Group

2009-04-04 21:12:45

Shirecliffe Allotments

You can help reduce crime on Allotments by reporting all incidents, no matter how small to the police.

2009-04-04 21:08:30

Football at Parkwood Springs

There are 2 full size football pitches with changing facilities and parking at Parkwood Springs.

2009-04-04 21:06:22

Beacons Project 2009

2007 saw a flaming phoenix light up the night sky. 2008 saw the ‘Thread of fire’ continue as the Beacons project unfolded into its second year…

2009-04-04 20:56:46

Orienteering

Maps and Things at the Springs! Come along and test your map reading skills at Parkwood Springs with our orienteering course.

2009-04-03 19:33:56

Explore Historical Parkwood

Join the Rangers on a short walk of approx. 3 miles exploring the history of Parkwood Springs.

2009-04-03 19:29:28

Evening walk with the Ramblers

Join us for a walk from Spital Hill across Parkwood Springs and through the Wardsend Cemetery and Hillsborough Park to finish at the Hillsborough Interchange.

2009-04-03 19:22:21

Mountain Biking

Why not get involved in Mountain Biking (MTB) at Parkwood Springs?

2009-04-03 19:15:05

Ellesmere Youth Project

Easter holiday activities provided by Ellesmere Youth Project.

2009-04-03 18:21:50

Activities in the Easter Holidays

Activities for young people in the school holidays for Easter, 4th – 19th April 2009.

2009-04-03 18:20:35

Playscheme Days

You can just drop in to Playscheme Days at Parkwood Springs on Thursdays in the summer holidays.

2009-04-02 20:37:09

Parkwood Spring Playday

All are welcome at this event at Parkwood Springs. High ropes, climbing wall and more!

2009-04-02 20:31:40

Springwatch: BBC & Wildlife Trust

A day of animal tracking, bird watching, wildlife information and advice, storytelling, refreshments and much more for all ages at Parkwood Springs.

2009-04-02 20:24:16

Activities and Events at Parkwood Springs in 2009

Including:

Springwatch: BBC & Wildlife Trust
Mountain Biking
Explore Historical Parkwood
Beacons Project 2009

2009-04-02 20:20:45

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