february 2017

Story by Arsalan Othman | Photo by Bridget Ingle Previously I was in the Messenger after winning gold at the British Universities Boxing Championships. Now I have another big achievement in that I have finally [Read more]

Story by Farhaan Warsame | Photo by Amy Palmer Pitsmoor Health Walk has a new walk leader! Trevor, a retired bricklayer, has been coming to the group for a couple of years. Trevor has cancer himself and says [Read more]

Farhaan Warsame I came to Sheffield in 2002. I spoke a little bit of English and did not have any skills to get a job. My life was very boring and lacked social relationships. Therefore [Read more]

Story and photo by Amy Palmer Local ESOL teacher Schola Cashdan does more than help people learn in Sheffield, she is also busy fundraising for the Rainbow Learning Academy in Kenya. Staff and volunteers from the Messenger [Read more]

Story by Patrick Meleady | Photo by Pitsmoor Adventure Playground A group of North Sheffield, volunteers and staff including representatives from a project Exploring Utopia with Pitsmoor Adventure Playground and Tesco’s Community Champions, were commended for their [Read more]

Story and photo by Suzanne Bingham The Burngreave Local History group have spent part of last year researching a subject of personal interest, to create a display that will tour around Sheffield. It has just held pride of [Read more]

Richard Hanson photo competition The winner of last issue’s ‘learning’ photo contest is Cameron Gregory, with his picture of coloured pencils. Dekhra Al-afif is our runner up, with a picture, taken in Egypt, of hieroglyphics [Read more]

Story and photo by James Woollen This year Aspiring Communities Together Winter Fair was organised by Usha Blackham and held at the Fir Vale Centre, which is situated behind Fir Vale School. A good time was had [Read more]

Story by Huw Thomas | Photo by Jess Hanson Christmas saw the return of the Pitsmoor tradition of the ‘Scratch Nativity’ at Christ Church. Adults and children turned up on the day and started from scratch, without casting [Read more]

Story by Lyn Brandon Thirteen people crowded into one of the office spaces at Abbeyfield House to discuss ideas for future use of the building on Tuesday 20th December. The current trustees of the charity set up as ‘Abbeyfield [Read more]

At the St Peter’s scratch nativity, participants also came dressed up in imaginative costumes – don’t miss the unicorn in the photo!

Story by Julia Woollen | Photo by James Woollen Owler Brook School’s winter fair was a great success, with lots of stalls ranging from bric-a-brac, makeup to plants. There was a very good turn out with lots of food consumed [Read more]

Story and photo by John Mellor On 18th December many families joined in a Christingle celebration at St Peter’s. In recent years this has become a popular event in the celebration of Christmas. Before the service a team [Read more]

Story by Debjani Chatterjee | Photo by Debjani Chatterjee Sheffield’s Hindus celebrated Makar Sankranti at the Hindu Samaj Centre in Burngreave on Saturday 14th January. This seasonal and religious festival, held about 21 days after [Read more]