June 2019

Story by Nico Hall | Photo Huw Thomas On Saturday 15th June, hundreds of members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gathered from across the country at St Catherine’s Church on Burngreave Road. The area [Read more]

20th anniversary issue The first issue of the Messenger was published in July 1999, and since then we have distributed over one and a quarter million copies of the paper to households in Burngreave. For [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones and Gulnaz Hussain | Photo by Flick from Festival of Debate The Festival of Debate sponsored this meeting with the theme ‘How can work together to improve Fir Vale?’ It was [Read more]

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Christine Steers This year’s national Big Lunch Day on Saturday 1st June saw the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Pitsmoor Adventure Playground collaborate in providing a fun afternoon’s [Read more]

Story by Graham Parker | Photo courtesy of Ellesmere Children’s Centre A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support a much needed new children’s services in Burngreave. Emosi (which means “emotions” in several languages) [Read more]

Story by Tariq Aslam | Photo by Noelle Children and families enjoyed fun in the sun in early June as Eid celebrations took over at Sheffield’s award winning Pitsmoor Adventure Playground. The barbecue celebrations took [Read more]

Story by Kevin Stapleton | Photo courtesy of Oasis Academy Fir Vale Oasis Academy Fir Vale held a week of events for pupils, staff and parents to raise awareness of recycling, picking up litter and [Read more]

Story by Lyn Brandon | Photos by Emilie Taylor Saturday 18th May saw another successful event organised by People’s Kitchen Pitsmoor (PKP). The main event was an excellent vegetarian chilli with homemade flat breads and [Read more]

Story by Michelle Cook On Saturday 22nd June Brightside and Hillsborough Labour Party (in partnership with People’s Kitchen Pitsmoor) are hosting ‘the great get together’ at Abbeyfield House. This is a community event, open to [Read more]

Story by Lucy Davies | Photos by Fran Belbin and Safiya Saeed If you were out and about on the roads around Rock Street, Melrose Road and Spital Hill on Saturday 18th May, you might [Read more]

Story by Geraldine Houlton | Photo courtesy of Fir Vale School. During the week commencing 15th April, students at Fir Vale School took part in assemblies with a focus on litter, in particular the dangers [Read more]

Story by Liz Allen Held over from the last language themed issue, WEA tutor Liz Allen tells us about some of her Burngreave ESOL class’s experiences of learning English. Language Experiences Ifraax’s story: “I was [Read more]

Story by Norman Wynter Following petitioning from Sheffield and District African & Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA), a local road will be named Windrush Road in honour of the Caribbean immigrants who moved to the city [Read more]

Story by Fran Belbin | Playground photo by Julius Turner | Match photos by Nico Hall Burngreave was proud to host an international first last month, when the Somaliland international football team came to town. [Read more]