Arts & Culture

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

It’s the submissions DEADLINE for the March 2020 issue of the Burngreave Messenger on Tuesday 3rd March. If you are working on something for us or have something to include, please try to complete and … [Read more]