Month: October 2017

Story by Fran Belbin | Photos by Nico Hall Local resident Ashlee Male is cock-a-hoop after breaking one Guinness World Record and setting another. Performing before a human and canine audience in Burngreave Cemetery, Ashlee … [Read more]

Story and photo by Rachel Smith After 18 months as outreach and training coordinator at the Messenger Shuna Beckett is moving on – but not too far away. She told me, “The reason I’m leaving … [Read more]

Reporting by Bev Ackay | Photos by Marek Payne On Saturday 7th October Pitsmoor Adventure Playground created a free Fun Palace for the community. Fun Palaces was an initiative which ran across the city centre … [Read more]

Story by Adeeba, Yusra, Jalaldin, Fadumo, Jadrana from Fir Vale School The Slovak Embassy came all the way from its London Headquarters to Fir Vale School. We are the only school in the country that … [Read more]

Story by Tanzeela, Lina, Muaze, Uwais, Mustapha, Zain, Khadiga and Aliza from Fir Vale School. Photo by Fir Vale Academy. Mr Simon Hawkins has joined Fir Vale School as our new Head teacher. We interviewed … [Read more]

Story and photo by Marcia Layne Well done to the Burngreave Library volunteer team for keeping the library running for the past two years. The original team (some pictured) was only eight members; Margaret Hill, … [Read more]

Story by Neill Schofield | Photos by Marek Payne and Carol Schofield It was a lovely Saturday evening when hundreds of people, including our MP Gill Furniss and Burngreave Councillor Mark Jones, gathered on Parkwood … [Read more]

Story and photo by Amy Palmer We’ve all noticed the litter piling up and there doesn’t seem to be anywhere clear to turn. On August Bank Holiday weekend one woman on Burngreave Road decided to … [Read more]

Story by Fran Belbin Violent and drug related incidents in Burngreave this summer have attracted media attention, most recently a £50,000 drug bust on Holtwood Road. Neighbourhood crime statistics indicate that there has been some … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photos by Ange Droz Celebrate Pitsmoor was a non-religious event organised by Reverend Huw Thomas at Christ Church on 30th September. This buzzing event attracted scores of former, current, and … [Read more]

Story and photo by Samuel Humphrey ‘Our Cultures’ is an organisation that aims to help people from different countries understand each other better by hosting free monthly film screenings. On 12th September I visited to … [Read more]

Story by Connie Fisher, Libby Gates, Shannon Turner and Tianna Devey We are the 31st Sheffield Girls Brigade and we have recently moved to a new home: St Cuthbert’s Church, opposite the Northern General Hospital … [Read more]

Story by Celia Jackson-Chambers | Photo by Rae Panache Tuesday 10th October 2017 was World Mental Health Day and SACMHA Health and Social Care celebrated the day with a fantastic conference looking at “The road … [Read more]

Story by Corrine Moss and Clinton McKoy | Photos by Clinton McKoy Over a hundred people gathered in the Marcus Garvey Hall SADACCA to celebrate the launch of Black History Month 2017, the theme this … [Read more]