August 2018

Story and top photo by Deborah Blencowe | Litter art photo courtesy of Endeavour Over 100 people turned out for the Sheffield Litter Pickers organised pick around Firth Park Road and Page Hall on Saturday … [Read more]

Story by Val Ellis | Photo by John Mellor The Friday Knit & Natter group held at St Peter’s Church are currently working on a project ‘A Door to Somewhere for the Flourish’ arts and … [Read more]

Produced by SOAR volunteers. Please note this is not the whole programme of physical activities in the area. Mondays Zumba – Term time only 1.30 – 2.30pm At Verdon Recreation Centre, Verdon Street, Sheffield S3 … [Read more]

Story and photo by Richard Belbin It’s a sIt’s a simple idea: a project run by teenage boys, for teenage boys, bringing them together to do something positive with their time and in their community.  … [Read more]

Story by Smaira Sadique The national Festival of Learning, formerly Adult Learners Week, now in its 26th year is the biggest celebration of lifelong learning in England. It was celebrated in Sheffield on Wednesday 20th … [Read more]

Story and photos by Nasr M Alesayi For the third year in a row, the Southern Youth Forum (SYF) held a 4 week volleyball tournament in Verdon Recreation Centre. The league had the active participation … [Read more]

Story and photo by Saleh Alnoud Aden Steelers football club rounded off a successful season with their awards night, held at Firth Park School on June 19th. Presentations were made to over 120 kids aged … [Read more]

Well over 200 people came together on July 14th to help congratulate the achievements of the groups supported by Active Burngreave. Active Burngreave is a partnership between Comic Relief and Sports England that encourages people … [Read more]

The South Yorkshire Summer Games were held in Sheffield on July 10th, and amongst the 42 medal winners were a team from St Catherine’s primary school. The School Games is a National Lottery funded initiative … [Read more]

Story by Angela Barrows Congratulations to those who have completed their exams this year. We know it can be stressful but what an achievement and thank goodness it’s over for another year! Exam results day … [Read more]

Story and photo by E. Lee The Burngreave Seventh-day Adventist Church Health Department organised a week of ‘Health, healing and hope’ between 9th -15th July. This coincided with the NHS’ 70th Anniversary, and there was … [Read more]

Story by Arianne Zajac | Photo from the film On 22nd June, the Inspector of Education, Language, Training and Consultancy (IELTC) hosted a film showing by award winning director, Jaafar Muraad, with his short film … [Read more]

Story and Photo by Richard Belbin What do young people want nowadays? Where do they find their news from? What facilities do they want in the local area? As part of our mission to improve … [Read more]

It’s funny As read by community development worker Safiya Saeed, at the recent Active Burngreave Celebration. It’s funny It’s funny how I stopped covering my grey hair to hide my age It’s funny how I … [Read more]