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What was your experience of living through the COVID pandemic?

3rd February 2023

Would you like to write about your experience of living through the COVID pandemic and say what impact it had on your life and how you coped? Project Intake and the Sheffield Memorial Project are [Read more]

Maan provide bilingual staff at Vestry Hall walk-in vaccinations

12th August 2021

Bilingual staff from Maan Somali Mental Health are present everyday providing support in English, Somali and Arabic at the Burngreave Vestry Hall drop in vaccination clinics. They are there supporting the health professionals, giving advice [Read more]

More locations and dates for the Covid Community Bus

12th August 2021

The COVID Community Bus will be at additional locations in and around Burngreave, providing lateral flow tests for those without symptoms, free boxes of home testing device kits, vaccination advice, support to book an appointment [Read more]

Rap song aims to inspire young people to get their jab

11th August 2021

Commissioned by Burngreave-based Reach Up Youth, Sheffield Rapper Sliime has written and recorded the new single ‘Allow It’, which aims to inform and inspire young people to get their Covid vaccinations. In what could be [Read more]

Grab the Jab walk-in vaccination clinic at Vestry Hall

6th August 2021

The Grab the Jab walk-in Covid vaccination clinics will be available at Burngreave Vestry Hall from Tuesday 10th August to Sunday 15th August. It will be open 11.15am – 6.30pm each day for first and [Read more]

COVID Community Bus comes to Burngreave

4th August 2021

The COVID Community Bus will be in Burngreave from 7th – 11th AUGUST providing lateral flow tests for those without symptoms, free boxes of home testing device kits, vaccination advice, support to book an appointment [Read more]

Christ Church COVID-19 vaccination clinic 9th July

7th July 2021

A walk-in Pfizer COVID VACCINATION CLINIC will be available at Christ Church Pitsmoor for both first and second doses of the Pfizer jab on Friday 9th July 2021, 1 – 4pm. No appointment needed. No [Read more]

MAAN’s response to Covid 19

14th June 2021

Story and photo by Sharmarke Ismail When the restrictions eased MAAN encouraged people to be safely active and socialise in Abbeyfield Park- some elders enjoyed football and others did park walks. Misinformation and disinformation MAAN [Read more]

Chronically ill find silver linings in lockdown

14th June 2021

Story and photo by Alison and Cara. For people living with ME and fibromyalgia, the move to a digital social life has opened up new opportunities. “Zoom sessions have been a complete game changer for [Read more]

Cultural barriers to vaccinations

14th June 2021

Story by Mohammad Ali, GP. For most people COVID-19 is either mild or has no symptoms. However, significant numbers will end up with severe disease, while others develop critical illness or risk Long Covid symptoms. [Read more]

Testing times in Burngreave

19th October 2020

Story and photo by Tim Neal A third local testing centre has opened in Burngreave to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the city and within our communities. This is clearly good news for [Read more]