October 2020 - Burngreave Messenger

Issue weblinks October 2020

All the web links from issue 48 October 2020

20th October 2020

All the links from the October 2020 issue collected together in one place to save you from typing. The coronavirus advice and support links: Sheffield City Council service updates, help and information: www.sheffield.gov.uk/coronavirus NHS information [Read more]

October 2020 Issue 148

October 2020 Issue 148 online

19th October 2020

We’ve been on furlough since our March issue, but we are BACK with Issue 148, the OCTOBER 2020 edition of the Burngreave Messenger. Burngreave has shown great resilience and this edition showcases just a few [Read more]

COVID testing centre

Testing times in Burngreave

19th October 2020

Story and photo by Tim Neal A third local testing centre has opened in Burngreave to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the city and within our communities. This is clearly good news for [Read more]

Contact tracers

Community Contact Tracers

19th October 2020

Story by Carrie Hedderwick. Thank you to the passer-by who took the photo. Introducing the Sheffield Community Contact Tracers (SCCT) & the Burngreave Fir Vale group SCCT, a group of community activists, local volunteers, former [Read more]

Messenger editorial October 2020

19th October 2020

As we go to press we know there will be extra restrictions announced that will be imposed before you read this. We can’t be certain that we can produce and distribute another edition before Christmas, [Read more]

Roma community report

19th October 2020

Story by David Kandrac, Independent Roma Consultant & University Student The beginning of Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected the Roma community. There was much concern and fear fed by language barriers and lack of shared information [Read more]

New Testament church people

It’s a matter of faith

19th October 2020

Story by Christopher Benjamin and Tim Neal | Photo by Christopher Benjamin With strong links into Burngreave, the New Testament Church of God sits at the bottom of Burngreave near the river. I asked them [Read more]

Pitsmoor Scarecrow Festival

19th October 2020

Story by Stan Burt If you were walking through Pitsmoor this month you may have gotten a fright as strange creatures were seen lurking in people’s front gardens and hedges, but there was nothing to [Read more]

Yard sale

Yard sale

19th October 2020

Story by Stan Burt Those missing a bit of retail therapy over this last year were happily treated to a day of bargain hunting when entrepreneurial residents decided to put on a local yard sale. [Read more]

Men up north thumbs up

Outdoors can be an oasis for growth

19th October 2020

Story by Adam Thornton | Photos by Angga Kara and Adam Thornton Men Up North are a group of men who have come together to normalise honest conversations on male mental health and masculinity in [Read more]

Toolbank hedge cutters

Green City Action Toolbank open again

19th October 2020

Story and photos by Jenny Tibbles Taking Covid precautions, we are now open on Saturdays 10am12noon in Abbeyfield House. Only staff are allowed indoors. We will pick and check the tool for you, before handing [Read more]

Migration Matters Festival 2019.

New festival coming to Page Hall

19th October 2020

Story by Sam Holland | Photo by Smart Banda If you’ve been fearful about a coronavirus in the bleak midwinter than perhaps this will be a welcome distraction. In February 2021 (dates to be cconfirmed) [Read more]

Page Hall wardens

Page Hall wardens

19th October 2020

Story and photo by James Richards The Street Wardens who patrol Page Hall, Lower Firth Park and Grimesthorpe have been really busy throughout the whole Covid pandemic and the team has grown from 3 to [Read more]

Ellesmere litter pick

Litter pick in Ellesmere Park

19th October 2020

Story by Patrick Moran Back in July a small group of local volunteers led by Safiya Saeed, turned up to carry out a covid-19 secure litter pick at Ellesmere Park. This is a lovely slightly [Read more]

Whiteways litter pick

Whiteways litter pick

19th October 2020

Whiteways litter pick Story by Patrick Moran Whiteways Community group is finding ways to continue the work that they do within the new rules. Members of Whiteways Community Group organised a litter pick on Saturday [Read more]

Graffiti gallery

19th October 2020

A couple of months ago, we were walking past Abbeyfield House. Around the back are a number of derelict buildings. Doors and windows were sealed by metal and wooden shutters, all evenly spaced out like [Read more]

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