Arts & Culture

How to make a rubbish puppet with Patrick Amber

7th April 2020

Looking for something to do during lockdown? Local Burngreave resident and puppet maker Patrick Amber has started a series of online YouTube tutorials on building puppets out of household junk like plastic packaging and broken … [Read more]

March 2020 Issue 147 online

23rd March 2020

All the articles from the printed copy of issue 147, the March 2020 edition of the Burngreave Messenger, are now online. You can see all the issues collected and listed at March 2020 Issue 147. … [Read more]

Messenger Editorial March 2020

23rd March 2020

Our next edition is due to be published early in Ramadam and we hope current events will allow this. We’ll keep our website updated with any changes so do check in at www.burngreavemessenger.org The Messenger … [Read more]

Firth Park singing group - photo by Robin Grey

The Big Sing, just the thing

23rd March 2020

Story and photos by Robin Grey On the afternoon of Saturday 8th February, members of the Firth Park singing group hosted their first ever Big Sing! event at the Clock Tower on Firth Park Road … [Read more]

Oasis Academy Fir Vale Modeshift Gold Award winners

Gold at Oasis Fir Vale

23rd March 2020

Story by Graham Jones Oasis Academy Fir Vale have won the prestigious Modeshift Gold Award for demonstrating excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable travel. On Clean Air day the school had … [Read more]

Dragons and lions around Melrose Road

23rd March 2020

Story by Katie Lee and Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Deborah Blencowe Saturday 1st February 2020 saw in the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rat. As part of what has become an annual … [Read more]

Nurturing gifts with gifts

23rd March 2020

Story by Tim Neal | Photo by Muhammad Saleh The Messenger spoke to Zia Khan who told us about a visit he made to Kashmir earlier this year in February. He travelled to the Kotli … [Read more]

Agency for Culture and Change Management at All Saints Centre

Culture, care and community at All Saints

23rd March 2020

Story by Nelson Kaggwa, Chair of ACCM Local Community users at the Agency for Culture and Change Management (ACCM) based at All Saints Centre in Ellesmere are excited to be able to fund some mentors … [Read more]

Page Hall vision

23rd March 2020

Story by Colin Havard As I walk around Page Hall it’s easy to stereotype but also it’s easy to spot people who are here to provide a service, to help as it were. There have … [Read more]

Make and Meet Creative Arts Verdon Recreation Centre

International Women‘s day at Verdon Rec

23rd March 2020

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Sofeena Aslam and Deborah Blencowe A celebration of International Women’s Day took place on Wednesday 11th March. I attended the event held at Verdon Recreation Centre. It was … [Read more]

Northern Women of Colour

23rd March 2020

Story and photos by Maxine Lewis Northern Women of Colour held their second International Women’s Day Conference on 7th March at Ellesmere Children’s Centre. Women travelled from as far as London to attend and there … [Read more]

WiCAT International Women's Day workshop (2)

International Women’s Day with WiCAT

23rd March 2020

Story by Cathy Cain and Claudia Kuntze | Photos by Cathy Cain International Women’s Day with WiCAT (Women in Construction, Arts & Technology) went down a storm on Sunday 8th March. More than 30 women … [Read more]

Walking forward, looking back

23rd March 2020

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Vicky Smith The first of this year’s heritage walks, led by Graham Jones, took place on 2nd January. Starting at the transport interchange, 27 CHA walkers came via … [Read more]

Currie and kebab on a Sunday

23rd March 2020

Story by Martin Currie A new radio station is launching at noon on Sunday 22nd March. Well actually, it’s a set of local podcasts, updated every week. We are producing our first shows now, but … [Read more]

George and Brian: A storm is coming

23rd March 2020

Cartoon by Edgar Lowman. George and Brian brave the weather.

Recycling Decorations by Surtag Hack

23rd March 2020

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe I spent a lovely morning with one of the Messenger volunteers who is obsessed with recycling. Surtag Hack, who lives in Burngreave, goes completely out of her way to … [Read more]