Issue 147 March 2020

Story by Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Sofeena Aslam and Deborah Blencowe A celebration of International Women’s Day took place on Wednesday 11th March. I attended the event held at Verdon Recreation Centre. It was [Read more]

Story and photos by Maxine Lewis Northern Women of Colour held their second International Women’s Day Conference on 7th March at Ellesmere Children’s Centre. Women travelled from as far as London to attend and there [Read more]

Story by Cathy Cain and Claudia Kuntze | Photos by Cathy Cain International Women’s Day with WiCAT (Women in Construction, Arts & Technology) went down a storm on Sunday 8th March. More than 30 women [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Ian Drayton One of our local councillors, Jackie Drayton, is absolutely certain that she belongs in Burngreave, the area she chose 40 years ago. A mum with two [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam Burngreave cemetery bees will soon be waking up and becoming active when the weather becomes a little warmer. We urgently need volunteers to help James, who has been the stalwart over [Read more]

Story by Stan Skinny | Photo by Martin Currie A group of volunteers have helped transform the community room in Abbeyfield House and provide a great new space for the community to use. The room [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Vicky Smith The first of this year’s heritage walks, led by Graham Jones, took place on 2nd January. Starting at the transport interchange, 27 CHA walkers came via [Read more]

Story by Lucy Davies Healthwatch Sheffield is a completely independent local consumer watchdog for health and social care services. We’re here to help adults, children and young people influence and improve how services are designed [Read more]

Story by Martin Currie A new radio station is launching at noon on Sunday 22nd March. Well actually, it’s a set of local podcasts, updated every week. We are producing our first shows now, but [Read more]

Story by Julie Bibi | Photo by Deborah Blencowe On Friday 14th February, I was invited along to St Catherine’s Nursing Home on Burngreave Road for a special event, a Valentine’s Meal that also came [Read more]

Story by Nick Edmondson and Deborah Blencowe | Photos by Nick Edmondson The Pitsmoor Lunch Club began life in the Welcome Centre on Nottingham Street in 1985. It now takes place every Thursday from 10am [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones On 6th January Sheffield and Rotherham’s Wildlife Group’s ranger and local volunteers gathered to perform the usual monthly maintenance at Crabtree Ponds nature reserve. We did a litter pick, shifted some [Read more]

Cartoon by Edgar Lowman. George and Brian brave the weather.

Story and photo by Deborah Blencowe I spent a lovely morning with one of the Messenger volunteers who is obsessed with recycling. Surtag Hack, who lives in Burngreave, goes completely out of her way to [Read more]