Year: 2020

All the links from the October 2020 issue collected together in one place to save you from typing. The coronavirus advice and support links: Sheffield City Council service updates, help and information: www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronavirus NHS information [Read more]

We’ve been on furlough since our March issue, but we are BACK with Issue 148, the OCTOBER 2020 edition of the Burngreave Messenger. Burngreave has shown great resilience and this edition showcases just a few [Read more]

Story and photo by Tim Neal A third local testing centre has opened in Burngreave to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the city and within our communities. This is clearly good news for [Read more]

Story by Carrie Hedderwick. Thank you to the passer-by who took the photo. Introducing the Sheffield Community Contact Tracers (SCCT) & the Burngreave Fir Vale group SCCT, a group of community activists, local volunteers, former [Read more]

As we go to press we know there will be extra restrictions announced that will be imposed before you read this. We can’t be certain that we can produce and distribute another edition before Christmas, [Read more]

Story by David Kandrac, Independent Roma Consultant & University Student The beginning of Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected the Roma community. There was much concern and fear fed by language barriers and lack of shared information [Read more]

Story by Christopher Benjamin and Tim Neal | Photo by Christopher Benjamin With strong links into Burngreave, the New Testament Church of God sits at the bottom of Burngreave near the river. I asked them [Read more]

Story by Stan Burt If you were walking through Pitsmoor this month you may have gotten a fright as strange creatures were seen lurking in people’s front gardens and hedges, but there was nothing to [Read more]

Story by Stan Burt Those missing a bit of retail therapy over this last year were happily treated to a day of bargain hunting when entrepreneurial residents decided to put on a local yard sale. [Read more]

Story by Adam Thornton | Photos by Angga Kara and Adam Thornton Men Up North are a group of men who have come together to normalise honest conversations on male mental health and masculinity in [Read more]

Story and photos by Jenny Tibbles Taking Covid precautions, we are now open on Saturdays 10am12noon in Abbeyfield House. Only staff are allowed indoors. We will pick and check the tool for you, before handing [Read more]

Story by Sam Holland | Photo by Smart Banda If you’ve been fearful about a coronavirus in the bleak midwinter than perhaps this will be a welcome distraction. In February 2021 (dates to be cconfirmed) [Read more]

Story and photo by James Richards The Street Wardens who patrol Page Hall, Lower Firth Park and Grimesthorpe have been really busy throughout the whole Covid pandemic and the team has grown from 3 to [Read more]

Story by Patrick Moran Back in July a small group of local volunteers led by Safiya Saeed, turned up to carry out a covid-19 secure litter pick at Ellesmere Park. This is a lovely slightly [Read more]