Month: February 2017

Story by Julia Woollen | Photo by James Woollen Owler Brook School’s winter fair was a great success, with lots of stalls ranging from bric-a-brac, makeup to plants. There was a very good turn out with lots of food consumed [Read more]

Story and photo by John Mellor On 18th December many families joined in a Christingle celebration at St Peter’s. In recent years this has become a popular event in the celebration of Christmas. Before the service a team [Read more]

Story and photo by Victoria Smith, Artist in Residence Back in December our imaginative participants at Burngreave cemetery chapel demonstrated their individuality by creating many different styles of Christmas wreath at our annual festive craft session. Each wreath [Read more]

Story by Debjani Chatterjee | Photo by Debjani Chatterjee Sheffield’s Hindus celebrated Makar Sankranti at the Hindu Samaj Centre in Burngreave on Saturday 14th January. This seasonal and religious festival, held about 21 days after [Read more]

  Burngreave women from all backgrounds are learning to ride a bicycle for the first time with Dave Brennan of Pedal Ready. The free, friendly sessions are held in Abbeyfield Park on Fridays.   Dave [Read more]

  The Sharehouse Market in Burngreave opened its doors on Christmas Eve, and a steady stream of customers snapped up the products for the following two weeks.   The market is part of the RealJunk [Read more]

  Story by Gareth Coleman | Photo by Graham Jones   We had a small but perfectly formed meeting on 11th January – we had a last minute change of venue: apologies to anyone who [Read more]

Story by Carrie Hedderwick | Photo by Fran Belbin   The violent wars in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and several other Middle Eastern and African countries have given rise to huge numbers of refugees, many [Read more]

Sotry by Graham Jones A man wearing a high-vis coat, tricked his way into homes intending to rob them. He succeeded on one known occasion. These “distraction burglars” pretend to be from a utility company, [Read more]

Story by Patrick Amber | Photo by Robin at Khora, Athens   Over 50,000 people are stranded in Athens having fled their homes in Syria and Afghanistan, heading for northern Europe.   Last year my housemate [Read more]

Story and photos by Sam Vines-Stancill The results are in from the council consultation that asked some Pitsmoor and Upper Crabtree residents whether they agree with the proposal to cut down certain roadside trees. Of the 31 [Read more]

On 10th January it was announced that the Feeling Good on Verdon Street project was an Aviva Community Fund winner! This funding will allow the project to continue for an extra month. Project Coordinator Aislinn [Read more]

  Sheffield buildings are big aren’t they? Huge even, like Park Hill Flats. To Lee Smithson however, they are the inspiration to create detailed miniature models. Lee started small as a child adapting his toys, [Read more]

For our April issue we will be launching a new business themed network and would like to invite local businesses who are interested in networking or attending the free advert design training that will take [Read more]