Arts & Culture - Burngreave Messenger

NHS health visitor, Cath Baker, supporting creative activities for children at a family fun-day at Firth Park

Firth Park Fun-Day hailed a success

2nd August 2022

Story by Kate Proctor. Photos by Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children. The largest ever family fun-day to support parents with their toddlers and babies in North Sheffield has been hailed a success by organisers. Almost 200 [Read more]

Abbeyfield Festival 12-6pm Sunday 31st July.

The Messenger stall and camera team at the Abbeyfield Festival Sunday 31st July

27th July 2022

The Abbeyfield Festival is back on Sunday 31st July and the Messenger will be there with both a stall and a small team with video cameras, covering the event and asking you what you think [Read more]

RESCHEDULED: The Messenger goes to Parliament

5th July 2022

Polly our editor will once again be travelling to the House of Commons in London to take part in a select committee discussion about the sustainability of local journalism on Thursday 7th July. The meeting [Read more]

Arts & Culture

Ellesmere Youth Project celebrate the end of an era

23rd June 2022

It’s the end of an era and the start of a new one for the Ellesmere Youth Project. On Thursday 23rd June 2022 they host their end of project celebration event from 6-8pm at St [Read more]

The Burngreave Messenger invited to discuss the sustainability of local journalism

14th June 2022

As the only news publication in the UK with charity status, the Burngreave Messenger has been invited to give evidence on “the Sustainability of Local Journalism” at the House of Commons in London. Our editor [Read more]

Carly and Alex from the Playground, Nico Hall and Nico's dog Ginny with the finished well-dressing. Photo by Sarah Truman

Well-dressing 2022 jubilee celebrations

10th June 2022

Story by Saleema Imam. Photos by Nico Hall, Sarah Truman and Donna Wainman. The Friends of Burngreave Cemetery held their annual well-dressing in conjunction with a community picnic on Saturday 4th June. The theme this [Read more]

Abbeyfield Festival 2010 - Emily Haimeed

Abbeyfield Community Festival is back Sunday 31st July

27th May 2022

Story by Lyn Brandon, Friends of Abbeyfield Park The Friends of Abbeyfield Park (FOAP) Committee are organising a community festival to be held on Sunday 31st July, 12noon to 6.00pm. Meetings of the Festival Organising [Read more]

FREE drama workshop at Burngreave Library

6th April 2022

Great news! Chol Theatre will be running a series of FREE drama workshops during the Easter Break including one at Burngreave Library (Carwood Suite) on Tuesday 12th April 2-3.30pm for 7-12 year olds. They will [Read more]

Anne Smithies and display at the Crucible.

Textiles on display at The Crucible

4th April 2022

Fabulous textiles work produced at The Furnival and Abbeyfield Park House with local artist Anne Smithies will be on on display in The Crucible foyer at a FREE event for all on Tuesday 5th and [Read more]

Spring 2022 Issue 152 online

4th April 2022

The Spring 2022 issue of the Burngreave Messenger online. All the stories and the Reach Up Sisterhood Mini Messenger from issue 152, with PDFs for download and offline viewing. [Read more]

Local artists plan sculpture for Abbeyfield

4th April 2022

Story and photos by Martin Currie. Our attempt to get a sculpture for Abbeyfield Park has taken a step closer to reality. We managed to get funding for public consultation, and initial design work, by [Read more]

Spring Board!

4th April 2022

The Messenger secures new Board of Trustees at March AGM On March 1st the Burngreave Messenger held our first Annual General Meeting since before the pandemic. We updated attendees on what’s been happening at the [Read more]

Crucible craft workshop at Abbeyfield Park House.

Crucible Community Takeover: ‘Together in the City’

4th April 2022

Story and photo by Deborah Egan. Together in the City is a project by Sheffield Theatres connecting 19 creative community projects and 26 project groups in and around Sheffield. The project has been happening over [Read more]

Spot the pigeon

4th April 2022

If you’re thinking our Messenger pigeon logo this issue looks more like a pterosaur, then you’re not wrong. Made out of Play-Doh, it was created by Martin Currie at one of the sculpture workshops hosted [Read more]

Reach Up Sisterhood Mini Messenger featured

Sisterhood Mini Messenger front cover

4th April 2022

Reach Up Sisterhood cover. Illustration by Robin Millet. Design by Jamie Marriott.

I found my light

4th April 2022

Story by A.M. (18yrs) Anxiety has affected me since I was 15 and had a massive impact on my sleep, appetite and mental health and always finds any chance to creep up on me, especially [Read more]