Local Politics - Burngreave Messenger

The Spital Hill Comm2Unity event in 2018. Photo by Frankie Currie.

Burngreave receives funding to help high-street businesses

4th April 2022

Story by Sheffield City Council We are pleased to say that Sheffield City Council has awarded Burngreave funding to help make improvements to our local high streets. We have received £50,000 funding to work with [Read more]

Burngreave councillors and surgery dates Spring 2022

4th April 2022

Mark Jones 07472 501 187 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) mark.jones@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Safiya Saeed 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Safiya.Saeed@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Talib Hussain 07894 413 952 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) talib.hussain@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Surgeries Burngreave surgeries are shared [Read more]

Supporting our community

13th December 2021

Story by the Sheffield City Council North-East Local Area Committee. Every year your Councillors fund activities across Burngreave Ward. This funding includes activities, like the magnificent light festival in Parkwood Springs. We also fund local [Read more]

Burngreave councillors

13th December 2021

Safiya Saeed 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Safiya.Saeed@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Talib Hussain 07894 413 952 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) talib.hussain@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Mark Jones 07472 501 187 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) mark.jones@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk Surgeries Burngreave surgeries are shared [Read more]

A grassroots councillor

14th June 2021

Story and selfie by Safiya Saeed I am Safiya Saeed (Berberaawi) and have lived in Sheffield for 36 years. With no English, I was determined to learn the language to support my family. I opened [Read more]

Burngreave councillors June 2021

14th June 2021

Taking the knee to remember George Floyd

25th May 2021

Today, the 25th May, is the anniversary of George Floyd’s devastating murder by US police. Join Take The Knee at 6pm, Sheffield Town Hall where many will be taking the knee to remember him, to [Read more]

Local Councillors and surgeries

19th October 2020

Surgeries with local councillors are suspended for the time being. To contact them use the email and phone numbers below. Jackie Drayton: jackie.drayton@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 205 2866 Mark Jones: mark.jonescllr@sheffield.gov.uk 07472501187 (mobile) Talib Hussain: talib.hussain@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 [Read more]

Messenger Editorial December 2019

16th December 2019

As we go to print, we are into the last week of the election campaign we presumed was going to happen when we last went to print. We don’t definitely know who the winner is [Read more]

Christ Church Hustings

16th December 2019

Story by Richard Belbin | Photo by Nico Hall Election fever came to Burngreave in early December with dozens of campaigners out on the freezing streets delivering leaflets and engaging ion doorstep conversations. Thankfully, it [Read more]

The shrink-wrapped bins mystery

16th December 2019

Story by Richard Belbin | Photo by Nico Hall Faces were wrinkled up in puzzlement last month as various local residents tried to work out why some of our local litterbins are being wrapped in [Read more]

Your local area: Provision for children and young people

16th December 2019

Story by the Your Local Area team. Activities and provision for children and young people is a key area for councillors and the local community. Ensuring that we are delivering the services that are needed [Read more]

Local Councillors and surgery dates December 2019

16th December 2019

Jackie Drayton 0114 243 5388 (Home) jackie.drayton@ sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) Surgery dates Burngreave Library, Sorby House, 42 Spital Hill. • Saturday 11th January 11am – 12.15pm Mark Jones 07500 764 202 (Mobile) [Read more]

Register to vote: deadline 26th November 2019

22nd November 2019

The DEADLINE to REGISTER TO VOTE in the upcoming general elecction is coming soon: Register by 11.59pm on Tuesday 26th November. OR: For POSTAL VOTES register before 5pm. It only takes about 5 minutes. You [Read more]

Burngreave on the march

4th November 2019

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Richard Belbin It was a no brainer for us in the Burngreave Clean Air Campaign to support the world wide climate strike day on 20th September, inspired by [Read more]

Register to vote

4th November 2019

As we go to print (and since confirmed), it looks very possible that a general election will be called, to be held on 12th December 2019, so you need to make sure you are registered [Read more]