Month: February 2019

Year Seven students at Astrea Academy were delighted at seeing an exhibition of their work take place in Sheffield Institute of Arts (the old Head Post Office building), which is part of Sheffield Hallam University, … [Read more]

Story by Carrie Hedderwick I’m a patient at Pitsmoor Surgery and I’m talking to Dr Hobbs about the cervical cancer screening programme. The number of women coming to the surgery for the check up is … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones In December the council announced proposals for creating a Clean Air Zone within the Sheffield’s Inner Ring Road. The most polluting vehicles would face a daily charge to travel into the … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin Spital Hill Works, latterly known as Lion Works or Lyon Works, has been included on a list of sites ‘at risk’ of being lost forever unless they can be brought back … [Read more]

Story by Wajid Akhter Survey conducted by Safwan, Hatib, Mufassar, Danny and Saif | Data analysis by Fran Belbin As part of the partnership between the Messenger and Ellesmere Youth Project, the project designed two … [Read more]

Story and  photos by Graham Jones On 14th December members of the Burngreave Local History group made a visit to the Northern General Hospital to see the amazing collection which has been put together by … [Read more]

Story and photo by Ruby Munson-Hirst Burngreave based mental health charity, SAGE, run a women’s community singing group ‘Singing Through the Seasons’ every Monday (term time) between 12.30- 2.30pm, at The Welcome Centre, Nottingham St. … [Read more]

In our ongoing series, we continue to show you how to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in just some of the many languages spoken in Burngreave. And as it was Burns Night on 25th January, … [Read more]

Story by Pam Grant One of the key concerns raised at the Universal Credit Working Group meetings has been the lack of digital access many in our community face. This creates a massive problem, not … [Read more]

The Burngreave Honours 2019 will be held 6pm – 8pm on Monday 25th March, at the Town Hall,  celebrating the work of groups and individuals who have worked hard to have a positive impact in … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin New services and support are coming online to help those facing hardship due to the implementation of Universal Credit (UC). As reported in Improving digital access, ‘mapping’ exercises are being carried … [Read more]

Jackie Drayton 0114 243 5388(Home) jackie.drayton@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Surgery dates Burngreave Library,Sorby House, 42 Spital Hill. • Saturday 9th February, • Saturday 9th March 11am – 12.15pm Mark Jones 07500 764 202(Mobile) … [Read more]

Story by Surtag Hack | Food photos by Kim | Shop photo by Graham Jones Situated in the middle of busy and vibrant Spital Hill, An-Naseem is a restaurant serving traditional Yemeni food. We arrived … [Read more]

Story by Patrick Meleady The award winning Pitsmoor Adventure Playground extended their already super cultural calendar this January as families came together and enjoyed an amazing night of all things Scottish on Burns Night. Activities … [Read more]