Sport & Physical Activity

Story and photos by Ghamdan A Mohamed The fourth Ramadan Volleyball tournament was held at Verdon Recreational Centre and organised by the newly formed community amateur sports club Burngreave Hope Volleyball Club (BHVC). This tournament … [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam | Photos by Alex Giblin Price On Thursday April 11th, children and staff from the adventure playground planted hawthorn saplings in Burngreave cemetery with members of the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery. … [Read more]

Story by Sahal Barre, Tess Awoke and Abdul-Malik Onasan | Photos by Sarah Zagni The Active Burngreave organisation have achieved many of their set goals and provided the group members with once in a lifetime … [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones | Photo courtesy of Arnold Clark To mark the 30th anniversary of the opening of their Sheffield branch on Burngreave Road, Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental presented a cheque for … [Read more]

There are hundreds of people working as volunteers across Burngreave, providing vital support for both groups and the people that they support, as well as learning new skills and making new friends as well as … [Read more]

Story by Huw Thomas The Welcome Centre at Christ Church is soon to host a new youth club in collaboration with the Lindley Educational Trust. An initial meeting on Wednesday 6th March shared information about … [Read more]

Story by Graham Parker | Photos by Dave Murray The World’s Strongest Man visited Burngreave last month to try his hand at one of the stranger sports offered in the area – Historical Medieval Battle … [Read more]

Story and photo by Imran Ali Ellesmere Youth Project have started a five week course with Hallam Barbell. We are going to the Sheffield University gym and Hallam Barbell to learn about British weight lifting, … [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin As reported in the last Messenger, the council recently agreed to ensure Woodbourn Stadium (aka Pitz) remained open following the collapse of owners Powerleague. The council have secured a new national … [Read more]

Story by Yasar Mohamed Mohamed Ali and I are members of Burngreave FC. We attended the November full council meeting to present our petition which had 662 signatures. It was the first time we had … [Read more]

Story by Emilio Mussi Burngreave FC have started a petition to keep the PowerLeague Woodbourn stadium open. Sheffield PowerLeague Woodbourn stadium (often known as Pitz) is due to close in January 2019. The venue has … [Read more]

Story by Safwan, Hatib, Mufassar, Danny and Saif from Ellesmere Youth Project Fitness is the key to a healthy, happy life. It is not hard to achieve what I am doing it, only involves dedication … [Read more]

Story by Tom Hughes The Walking for Purpose project ran in Burngreave working with both Aspiring Communities Together and Burngreave Works. Together we ran 29 walks and employability sessions from 9th July – 21st September. … [Read more]

Story by Imran Ali It’s been a busy summer for the Ellesmere Youth Project who have run a wide ranging set of activities for the young people attending. One group has been taking part in … [Read more]