Year: 2021

All the articles from the latest issue are collected at: Burngreave Messenger online: Winter 2021 Issue 151 In this issue we feature a Mini Messenger pull out section for young people produced by Reach Up [Read more]

The Winter 2021 Mini Messenger is produced by Reach Up Youth (Big Brother Burngreave). Reach Up Youth Mini Messenger online: All the content from the issue on our website. Reach Up Youth Mini Messenger PDF: [Read more]

As gusts of wind leech the colour from the trees and mornings sparkle with frost, Burngreave residents are coming together to celebrate, to share resources and to campaign for a better future. With the news [Read more]

Story and photos by Ruthe Heskin. After a tough year Green City Action are calling on the local community for their support. They have plenty of ideas to develop local environmental community projects but need [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam. Photo by Sarah Truman. As part of 2021 Heritage Open Days theme ‘Edibles’, the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery held their apple day on Sunday 19th September. After an early downpour, the [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones, Burngreave Clean Air Campaign. We deserve better air, not worse. Air pollution caused by motor traffic can result in harm to the unborn baby, abnormal development of the brain and lungs [Read more]

Story by Polly Perkins with photos by Richard Webb. Tesco’s Carlisle Street pedestrian entrance remains closed in a controversial move by the supermarket serving Burngreave. Residents are petitioning against the access, inconvenience and public transport [Read more]

Story by Lyn Brandon. Photo by Nate Dainty. Since the early 2000s, Southey & Owlerton Area Regeneration (SOAR) has supported various projects to meet the needs of the people of Sheffield, Burngreave included. “SOAR is [Read more]

Interview with Dr Charlotte Bryson by Dianne Hancock. Photo by Charlotte Bryson At some time in our lives, we all need to visit the doctor, but over the last 20 months, that has seemed even [Read more]

Story by Corinne Moss. Now based on Floor 3 of the SADACCA building on The Wicker, the staff and volunteers of Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association have been working diligently for over 18 months [Read more]

Complete the crossword puzzle! Search for the answers in this edition’s articles. We’re not clever enough to let you complete the crossword online, but if you’ve got a printer you can print the screen or [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam and Sarah Truman with photos by Polly Perkins. Sheffield Theatres organised the visit of Little Amal, a 3.5 metre puppet representing the journey of Syrian refugees, to Sheffield as part of [Read more]

Reach Up Youth comic strip by Robin Millet. Mini Messenger appeal The Mini Messenger needs youth groups, schools and people aged 5-25 to help create a section made by and for young people. Training and [Read more]

Story by Yousuf Idris. Photo by Karina Lax. I’m a 16 year old Champion at Big Brother Burngreave. I have been a part of Big Brother for the past 3 years, since I was in [Read more]