Environment

Story by Jo Eckersley Oasis Gardening, a gardening for wellbeing organisation, are joining Sage Greenfingers at their Grimesthorpe Allotments site. Oasis have been running sessions for eight years, growing vegetables on Sheffield Health and Social … [Read more]

Story by Jenny Tibbles | Photo by Emillie Taylor Saturday 7th March saw the third Repair Café held at Abbeyfield Park House. A repair café is quite simply a place where you can take along … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones At Burngreave Clean Air Campaign we were very dismayed to learn that the number 11A bus would no longer be entering the grounds of the Northern General Hospital (NGH) from 26th … [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 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 Burngreave cemetery bees will soon be waking up and becoming active when the weather becomes a little warmer. We urgently need volunteers to help James, who has been the stalwart over … [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 Graham Jones On 6th January Sheffield and Rotherham’s Wildlife Group’s ranger and local volunteers gathered to perform the usual monthly maintenance at Crabtree Ponds nature reserve. We did a litter pick, shifted some … [Read more]

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]

Story by  Daniel Marsh Oasis Academy Fir Vale held a week of events aimed at recycling and litter awareness for pupils, staff, and parents. The events took place from 3rd February until 7th February in … [Read more]

Story and Pictures by Deborah Blencowe Since the last issue of The Burngreave Messenger and following on from the front page article “Ellesmere Cleans Up” there have been a further two clean up sessions which … [Read more]

Story and photos by Sahdya Ali. Our new litter picking group held our first litter pick at Ellesmere Park on Saturday 16th November. There were sixteen wonderful volunteers on the day. We did get some … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones Some of our schools in Burngreave are in areas which frequently suffer illegal levels of air pollution, as shown by monitoring by the Burngreave Clean Air Campaign. This pollution severely affects … [Read more]

  During icy conditions we encourage people to make use of their local grit bins. It’s a good idea to help out neighbours and check on the elderly and those most vulnerable, clearing footpaths when … [Read more]