November 2018 Issue 138 - Burngreave Messenger

Pitsmoor Community Dementia Day

5th November 2018

The Burngreave/Pitsmoor Community Dementia Day is a project among colleagues from the Alzheimer’s Society, SOAR, Enrichment for the Elderly, and the Dementia? Welcome! Café. Sufferers of dementia may think there is not help available. We [Read more]

DESMOND Course for the BME Community

5th November 2018

Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed 6 week course learning about self-management tools for living with Diabetes Venue: Vestry Hall, 2 Burngreave Road, Sheffield S3 9DD. Date and time: Starts Wednesday [Read more]

“Stop and scrap” Universal Credit

5th November 2018

Story by Carrie Hedderwick | Photo by Richard Belbin Burngreave residents joined a protest against the introduction of Universal Credit (UC), which will hit Sheffield next month. Marching down from Spital Hill, the group joined [Read more]

Basan kadhi

5th November 2018

Recipe and photo by Asmaa Chaudhry Kadhi is a popular North Indian dish, made with gram flour and full fat yogurt as main ingredients along with various spices and pakoras dipped in it. This tasty [Read more]

Yemen sweet vermicelli

5th November 2018

Recipe by Surtag Hack 3 cups of water 2 cups of vermicelli 3/4 cups of white sugar – I used only 1/2 to reduce sugar intake A little oil Seeds nuts and spices Start by [Read more]

Wild mushroom risotto

5th November 2018

Made by Ben Key | Photo by Tim Neal As made for the People’s Kitchen Pitsmoor during their October open day, this recipe from Ben Key makes use of ceps he foraged from near Grenoside [Read more]

Rachel, Nikki and Lisa of Burngreave Foodbank.

Burngreave Foodbank – say no to hunger

5th November 2018

Story and photo by Suman Shreshta Burngreave Foodbank is helping local people in crisis, as part of a nationwide network of foodbanks; supported by the Trussell Trust. A simple box of food makes a big [Read more]

Fine and filling food at the Mangla

5th November 2018

Story and photo by Nick Cleeve Food is the focus at Spital Hill’s Mangla restaurant, providing some of the finest Asian cuisine in the city in a no frills, relaxed, atmosphere. The restaurant has been [Read more]

Black History Month at the library

5th November 2018

Story by Erica Patterson | Photos by Marcia Layne Black History Month is a time in the year to focus on the legacy and current day position of people of Black African heritage. It can [Read more]

Burngreave Councillors’ Surgeries

5th November 2018

Jackie Drayton 0114 273 5380 (Town Hall) 0114 243 5388 (Home) jackie.drayton@sheffield.gov.uk Burngreave Library, Sorby House, 42 Spital Hill. • Saturday 10th November • Saturday 8th December 11am – 12.15pm Talib Hussain 0114 273 [Read more]

Community choir makes a difference

5th November 2018

Story by Adrian Lake | Photo by Steph Oliver-Beech On Thursday 11th October I went to the Welcome Centre in Christ Church on Nottingham Street for the taster session about joining Sheffield Community Choir. Steph [Read more]

People’s Kitchen cooking for the community

5th November 2018

Story by Emma L Koch | Picture by the Live Projects team For the past six weeks People’s Kitchen Pitsmoor (PKP) and a ‘Live Projects’ team from the University of Sheffield have been working together [Read more]

Anna-Mercedes Wear – the people’s potter

5th November 2018

Story by Nico Hall and Anne Smithies | Photos by Ben Boswell The ceramicist Anna-Mercedes Wear died this September of cancer at St Luke’s Hospice with family beside her. Anna lived in Firth Park and [Read more]

The importance of fitness

5th November 2018

Story by Safwan, Hatib, Mufassar, Danny and Saif from Ellesmere Youth Project Fitness is the key to a healthy, happy life. It is not hard to achieve what I am doing it, only involves dedication [Read more]

Musical Shiloh Rocks Burngreave

5th November 2018

Story by Suman Shreshta Shiloh United Church of Christ has been serving in Sheffield for 52 years. Recently Shiloh organised ‘The Annual Concert 2018’, part of their many activities. The programme started at 5.30pm on [Read more]

Walking to Romania

5th November 2018

Story by Tom Hughes The Walking for Purpose project ran in Burngreave working with both Aspiring Communities Together and Burngreave Works. Together we ran 29 walks and employability sessions from 9th July – 21st September. [Read more]