we are back funding
Arts & Culture

And we’re back!

As you can probably tell from the fact that you are reading this – we have been given more funding! Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund we will be receiving around £90,000 over two [Read more]
Register to vote
Advice & Support

Register to vote

As we go to print (and since confirmed), it looks very possible that a general election will be called, to be held on 12th December 2019, so you need to make sure you are registered [Read more]
Ruženka and Jana
Arts & Culture

We meet again

Story by Tim Neal | Photos by Tim Neal and from Ruženka’s personal collection Ruženka Pokutova was 19 years old when Jana Belišová first heard her singing. Jana, a Slovakian ethnographer and musicologist, had been [Read more]
Firth Park singing group - photo by Robin Grey
Arts & Culture

Singing up in Firth Park

Story by John Malkin | Photo by Robin Grey Friends of Firth Park are excited to have been awarded funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to continue running their popular weekly singing group. The [Read more]
Advice & Support

Anger at drug inaction

Story by Richard Belbin Burngreave TARA hosted a busy and passionate meeting at the Vestry Hall on September 25th to highlight their concerns over the extent of drug use on and around Ellesmere Green. The [Read more]
Peacock lantern
Arts & Culture

Our magnificent menagerie

Patrick Amber gives us his account of the Beacons Lantern Procession. With photos by Patrick Amber, Neill Schofield, Sarah Truman, Deborah Blencowe and Jackie Jones: “From my privileged position of workshop leader, I can tell [Read more]
The Big City Conversation
Advice & Support

The big city conversation

The city council has just launched The Big City Conversation across Sheffield. It is a chance for you to get involved and tell the council about issues that concern you. They want to hear from people all across the city, all ages and backgrounds, and they want to listen to people about how the council engages and serves the people of Sheffield. [Read more]
scything - simon barnett
Education & Training

Not so grim reapers

Story by Saleema Imam | Photo by Simon Barnett On Wednesday 25th September six intrepid pioneers from the Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, took part in a scything training day led by [Read more]