Environment

All the web links from issue 48 October 2020

20th October 2020

All the links from the October 2020 issue collected together in one place to save you from typing. The coronavirus advice and support links: Sheffield City Council service updates, help and information: www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronavirus NHS information … [Read more]

Outdoors can be an oasis for growth

19th October 2020

Story by Adam Thornton | Photos by Angga Kara and Adam Thornton Men Up North are a group of men who have come together to normalise honest conversations on male mental health and masculinity in … [Read more]

Green City Action Toolbank open again

19th October 2020

Story and photos by Jenny Tibbles Taking Covid precautions, we are now open on Saturdays 10am12noon in Abbeyfield House. Only staff are allowed indoors. We will pick and check the tool for you, before handing … [Read more]

Page Hall wardens

19th October 2020

Story and photo by James Richards The Street Wardens who patrol Page Hall, Lower Firth Park and Grimesthorpe have been really busy throughout the whole Covid pandemic and the team has grown from 3 to … [Read more]

Litter pick in Ellesmere Park

19th October 2020

Story by Patrick Moran Back in July a small group of local volunteers led by Safiya Saeed, turned up to carry out a covid-19 secure litter pick at Ellesmere Park. This is a lovely slightly … [Read more]

Whiteways litter pick

19th October 2020

Whiteways litter pick Story by Patrick Moran Whiteways Community group is finding ways to continue the work that they do within the new rules. Members of Whiteways Community Group organised a litter pick on Saturday … [Read more]

Parkwood Springs during the pandemic

19th October 2020

Story by Neill Schofield | Photos by Friends of Parkwood Springs and Bernadette O’Callaghan The pandemic has had a big effect on both Parkwood Springs and the Friends Group. On the positive side, it has … [Read more]

Building for the future

19th October 2020

Story and photo by Drew Dallen Both Burngreave Cemetery chapels have had their roofs repaired this month. This is another step on the road to getting these chapels functioning for community use. Now the roofs … [Read more]

An invisible problem

19th October 2020

Story and photo by Graham Jones Poor air quality is an invisible but massive problem. In the UK as many people die from diseases related to air pollution every year as have died from Covid-19. … [Read more]

Diary of a beekeeper

19th October 2020

Story by Linda Cawley, bee keeper | Photo by Tim Neal When I thought about how bees have been affected Covid I couldn’t think what to write. Then it came to me: pollution. When people … [Read more]

Grain project at Grimesthorpe allotments

19th October 2020

Story and photos by Richard Swan Rich and Nick from Sheffield Grain Project have taken on a plot at Grimesthorpe allotments, provided by Green City Action, to trial growing wheat and other cereals and grains … [Read more]

Nature in our area during lockdown

19th October 2020

Story and photos by Penny Philcox With background noise from traffic, construction and industry falling in lockdown, birds have been able to sing more softly, research suggests. This really benefits them, as every bit of … [Read more]

No lockdown for Crabtree Ponds wildlife

19th October 2020

Story and photos by Deborah Blencowe Yes, indeed, the wildlife at Crabtree Ponds have been thriving over the summer. The Wildlife Trust, in smaller groups than usual have continued to do their maintenance of the … [Read more]

Burngreave is buzzing

23rd March 2020

Story by Linda Cawley | Photo by Nick Walker It is spring and the queen is laying more, the bees are flying and the time is coming to inspect the hives. It has to be … [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]

Gardening for health

23rd March 2020

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]

All the web links from issue 48 October 2020

Outdoors can be an oasis for growth

Green City Action Toolbank open again

Page Hall wardens

Litter pick in Ellesmere Park

Whiteways litter pick

Parkwood Springs during the pandemic

Building for the future

An invisible problem

Diary of a beekeeper

Grain project at Grimesthorpe allotments

Nature in our area during lockdown

No lockdown for Crabtree Ponds wildlife

Burngreave is buzzing

Gold at Oasis Fir Vale

Gardening for health

Flora and fauna

Pupils’ perfect pond

I belong to Burngreave: George Curtis, a man of many parts