SOAR - Burngreave Messenger

Tell us how you find out about the news in your area

28th January 2023

North East Community Consultation: Information and Communications We want to hear from you! How do you find out news about what is going on in your area? The internet? Word of mouth? Your local newspaper? [Read more]

Megan Ohri, Partnership Manager for SOAR.

Meet Megan, the new partnerships manager at SOAR

13th December 2021

Story by Lyn Brandon. Photo by Nate Dainty. Since the early 2000s, Southey & Owlerton Area Regeneration (SOAR) has supported various projects to meet the needs of the people of Sheffield, Burngreave included. “SOAR is [Read more]

Burngreave Library has reopened with books available for Black History Month

21st October 2021

Burngreave Library is reopened its doors on Monday 18th October and the team look forward to welcoming you back. The library will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-1pm until further notice. They are mindful [Read more]

Let’s Build Health Grants – Autumn 2020

2nd November 2020

Let’s Build Health Grants of up to £1500 are available to help create opportunities and develop local activity that improves health and wellbeing. Closing date: Midnight Sunday 15th November 2020. [Read more]

£1,000 grants to develop health improvement activities

4th October 2019

Regeneration charity SOAR have opened up applications for grants of up to £1,000 from their ‘Let’s Build Health Grants’ scheme. The grants are available to help create opportunities and develop local activity that improves health [Read more]

We need a professionally staffed library

17th September 2018

I was saddened to see the state of the former Burngreave Library building (now the Rock Christian Centre offices) on Spital Hill recently. Burngreave has high numbers of adults and children who speak English as [Read more]

a picture of Shafaz, she is wearing a light blue headscarf.

Volunteer for health

16th June 2017

Shafaz has been volunteering for SOAR for almost four years. She came to us via the Health Trainer programme when she attended a twelve week healthy eating course. After making many positive changes in her lifestyle, she went on to complete [Read more]