Issue 133

Welcome to the ‘Creativity’ themed edition of the Messenger. I couldn’t have asked for a more pleasing way to begin my editorship. We could easily have filled the whole paper twice over with the material [Read more]

Cartoon by Edgar Lowman

International Women’s Day Celebration Wednesday 21st March 2018 10am – 2pm at Verdon Recreation Centre. If you require any further information or a stall please contact: Sofeena Aslam – 0114 213 2591 Email: sofeena.aslam@soarcommunity.org.uk

Story by Robert Shaw | Illustrations by Deborah Blencowe In 2008, Library writers group member Robert decided to write a story as a Christmas present for Millie, his oldest niece. He chose to make it [Read more]

Story by Haseebah, Raheem, Ibrahim and Muneeb | Photo by Yasmin Hussain During the half term break, our scout group, the 39th Sheffield Shirecliffe, went on a sleepover at Ice Sheffield. We were all looking [Read more]

Story by Adnan Hussain Adnan Hussain from Sheffield has been fundraising for the poor for many years. He is a student at Sheffield Hallam University taking his last semester in Events and International Leisure Management. [Read more]

Do you know someone who makes a real difference in our community? Someone who goes that extra mile to help those around them and makes Burngreave a better place to be? It could be a [Read more]

Story by Tim Neal | Photos by Jonathan Turner Jonathan Turner is a professional photographer based in Leeds. I have been working with him to produce a series of photographs across Burngreave of people in [Read more]

Story by Fran Belbin | Photo by Nico Hall Outside may have been covered with snow and ice, but inside the Hindu Samaj on Buckenham Street was a riot of colour as Hindus from across [Read more]

Interview by Alex Hodgson | Photos by Jamie Marriott What is your name and when did you start to collect your postcards? My name is Andrew James Hodgson and I started to collect and keep [Read more]

Did anyone notice the snow? Frankie Currie and dad Martin did, and managed to take a ‘before’ and ‘after’ photo of crocuses which were fooled into thinking spring had just started.

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Rev Simon Copley Myrtle Walker says “In my mind I seem to have a whole book of poems” and indeed she has had a book of her poems [Read more]

Story by Tim Shortland Parkwood Forest Garden is a beautiful calm space and a productive permaculture project. It is a young forest garden developed by Sheffield City Council in association with volunteers. A forest garden [Read more]

In Savile Street Tesco during the freezing weather, the Tesco employee in front of me was with a homeless bloke. Out of his own pocket he was buying him a duvet, coat, shoes, gloves, socks [Read more]