Faith, Religion & Spirituality

By Pye Bank pupils Fatima Abdillahi and Laial Al-Basit. Photos courtesy of Pye Bank School. Pupils at Pye Bank were asked to write and explain Eid-Al-Fitr Fatima: Eid -Al- Fitr is a sacred, joyous Muslim [Read more]

Story by Huw Thomas, Assistant Priest at Christ Church Pitsmoor. Photo courtesy of Huw Thomas. The past year has been a difficult time for bereavement. Families were challenged by only being allowed limited numbers at [Read more]

Story by Christopher Benjamin and Tim Neal | Photo by Christopher Benjamin With strong links into Burngreave, the New Testament Church of God sits at the bottom of Burngreave near the river. I asked them [Read more]

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]

Story and photo by David Hamburg Several hundred people gathered in London at the end of November to protest against the far-right Slovak political party Kotleba – the ‘People’s Party Our Slovakia’ known in Slovak [Read more]

Story and photos by Zia Khan Saturday 23rd November was a wonderful day for Muslims to spread the Universal Message of Peace and Love by distributing roses and sweets and biscuits in Sheffield City Centre. [Read more]

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe On Saturday 3rd August, I was invited to St Catherine’s Nursing Home for their Summer Fair. For once the weather held up and it was a glorious day. They [Read more]

Story by Nico Hall | Photo Huw Thomas On Saturday 15th June, hundreds of members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gathered from across the country at St Catherine’s Church on Burngreave Road. The area [Read more]

Story by Tariq Aslam | Photo by Noelle Children and families enjoyed fun in the sun in early June as Eid celebrations took over at Sheffield’s award winning Pitsmoor Adventure Playground. The barbecue celebrations took [Read more]

Review by Alison Higgins | Photos by Lynette Hodges Inside the Vestry Hall, fifteen of us are sitting on cushions inside a tent made of colourful draped Indian fabric. On the far wall of the [Read more]

Story by Christine Steers | Photos by Nico Hall Whilst out walking his dog, local resident Nico Hall noticed that someone had been setting fire to the Japanese knotweed that had been recently cut down. [Read more]

Story by Ruby Munson-Hirst | Photos by Helena Dolby On 8th February 2019, the SAGE singing group were joined by three Sheffield community choirs from across the city. Each choir, Singing Through the Seasons, Purple [Read more]

Story and photo by Ruby Munson-Hirst Burngreave based mental health charity, SAGE, run a women’s community singing group ‘Singing Through the Seasons’ every Monday (term time) between 12.30- 2.30pm, at The Welcome Centre, Nottingham St. [Read more]

Story by Alison Higgins | Photos by Zia Khan and Mazher Iqbal Communities across Burngreave came together to mark Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, and the birth of the Prophet Muhammed. On [Read more]