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Following a well-attended public meeting at which members of the community, including all three of our local councillors, offered support as well as concrete suggestions for fundraising, we are pleased to announce that we have [Read more]

As we face an uncertain future, the Burngreave Messenger reached out to the public for support, inviting everyone to an open meeting held on Thursday 6th October to let everyone know about the current situation [Read more]

Issue 2 of our e-bulletin is here, an exclusively digital version of your community newspaper. Download it now. In this issue we have features on the musical and dancing event on Parkwood Springs, the opening [Read more]

The Messenger did not receive vital funding. We now face the prospect of closure and we have a very short deadline to find alternative funding. The Burngreave Messenger has been working hard to re-launch itself [Read more]

On Friday 9th September, Burngreave Library celebrated its 150th birthday. Writing on Facebook, the team at the library posted: “Happy birthday to us! On Friday 9th September, Burngreave Library will be 150 yrs old! “The library [Read more]

Please register if you would like to join Sheffield rambler Graham Jones on a six mile history walk around Burngreave on Sunday 11th September as part of the Sheffield Walking Festival. Register to join at https://tinyurl.com/2upbsv57 [Read more]

In what we hope will be the first of our ventures into video, the Burngreave Messenger has made a short video documentary celebrating the return of the Abbeyfield Community Festival on Sunday 31st July 2022 [Read more]

Story by Peter Bull. Photos by Peter Bull and Neill Schofield. We were devastated by damage caused by recent fires on Parkwood Springs. Large areas of heather and woodland ground cover have been burnt, but [Read more]

It was a wonderful day of fun and play at the Abbeyfield Festival, back for a triumphant summer 2022 return on Sunday . Despite a few early rain showers, the skies finally cleared and everyone at the festival enjoyed a glorious day of sun. [Read more]

We’ve just launched the FIRST edition of the Burngreave Messenger e-bulletin, an exclusively digital version of your community newspaper, with features on the Abbeyfield Festival, Firth Park Summer Festival and the Firth Park Fun Day. [Read more]

Story by Kate Proctor. Photos by Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children. The largest ever family fun-day to support parents with their toddlers and babies in North Sheffield has been hailed a success by organisers. Almost 200 [Read more]

We would like to inform our readers that Polly Perkins has recently stepped down from her role as Interim Editor at the Burngreave Messenger. We want to express our sincere thanks for everything that Polly [Read more]

The Abbeyfield Festival is back on Sunday 31st July and the Messenger will be there with both a stall and a small team with video cameras, covering the event and asking you what you think [Read more]

Polly our editor will once again be travelling to the House of Commons in London to take part in a select committee discussion about the sustainability of local journalism on Thursday 7th July. The meeting [Read more]