Month: October 2017

Story by Val Ellis | Photo by John Mellor The Primary Mental Health Care Project recently took part in the Creative Arts Support Team annual exhibition. This year’s theme was ‘cast a light’. The group … [Read more]

From Councillor Mark Jones We all love our parks. They are great spaces to go and meet friends, to run free and generally relax. Your Councillors receive many letters and emails regarding the condition of … [Read more]

Story and photos by Dorothy Gilbert Over the days leading up to his installation Bishop Pete undertook a pilgrimage on foot across the Diocese. On Friday 22nd September he led Holy Communion at St Peter’s. … [Read more]

Story by Linda Jones | Photo by Graham Jones At St James’ Church a lot of us had been invited to various coffee and cake events, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. For a number … [Read more]

Story by Rita, Mary, Genet and other SAGE members We are members of the SAGE Women’s group and we meet every Monday to improve our mental health. We come here to talk, to stop thinking … [Read more]

Story by Haaiqah and Haaniah Hussain On 27th July, 39th Sheffield Scouts headed down to Kibblestone Scouting Camp for the first International MSF (Muslim Scout Fellowship) Jamboree. It was a three day event and our … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photos by Philippa Talbot At daybreak, with the Autumn daylight just breaking through the drizzle, a group of about a dozen people met at the side of Crabtree Ponds. They … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones Burngreave Clean Air campaign supporters have been out and about collecting three hundred signatures supporting the council’s anti-idling proposals. Some of us went to the council’s public meeting on the subject … [Read more]

Story and photo by Farhaan Warsame The UK historically has been close to Somalia through its involvement in the British Somaliland Protectorate, this link has given rise to a long tradition of Somalis migrating to … [Read more]

Story by Richard Godley On Tuesday, 26th September, 1916 a Zeppelin blitzed the Burngreave area, seeking to destroy armaments and munitions factories in that area. Those targets were mainly missed, but 28 people were killed … [Read more]

Story by and photo by Douglas Johnson At the bottom of Rock St, on the way into town, Pitsmoor is separated from Kelham Island and the Inner Ring Road by undeveloped land of grass and … [Read more]

Story by Sam Humphrey On Tuesday 8th August the first ‘Reading Friends’ event was held at Burngreave Library. Sheffield is one of only four cities trialling the befriending initiative. The project aims to use reading … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones On 17th October the Boundary Commission issued proposals for new constituency boundaries for the whole country. This will affect which MP will represent our local interests. The Boundary Commission has a … [Read more]

Story by Mohammad Nazir Raja Mohammed Akram, the owner of Eastern Eye in Page Hall organised a very colourful event to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Pakistan Independence Day. Raja Akram has been organising a … [Read more]