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Would you like to write about your experience of living through the COVID pandemic and say what impact it had on your life and how you coped? Project Intake and the Sheffield Memorial Project are [Read more]

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]

Would you like us to produce another issue of the Burngreave Messenger? Our last one was in Spring 2022 and we’d very much like to do another. We’ve already raised just over £1,000 in our [Read more]

DJ Nigel Vinyl is kindly hosting a Burngreave Messenger fundraiser night on FRIDAY 27th January from 7.30pm at the Bay Horse Inn, 463 Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield S3 9AT. We hope to see you there for [Read more]

As we approach the new year, we’ve launched a last-minute wall calendar for 2023 in the hope of raising some extra funds for the Messenger. Showcasing a selection of recent (and less recent!) images taken [Read more]

Following a well-attended public meeting at which members of the community, including all three of our local councillors, offered support as well as concrete suggestions for fundraising, we are pleased to announce that we have [Read more]

As we face an uncertain future, the Burngreave Messenger reached out to the public for support, inviting everyone to an open meeting held on Thursday 6th October to let everyone know about the current situation [Read more]

Issue 2 of our e-bulletin is here, an exclusively digital version of your community newspaper. Download it now. In this issue we have features on the musical and dancing event on Parkwood Springs, the opening [Read more]

The Messenger did not receive vital funding. We now face the prospect of closure and we have a very short deadline to find alternative funding. The Burngreave Messenger has been working hard to re-launch itself [Read more]

On Friday 9th September, Burngreave Library celebrated its 150th birthday. Writing on Facebook, the team at the library posted: “Happy birthday to us! On Friday 9th September, Burngreave Library will be 150 yrs old! “The library [Read more]

Please register if you would like to join Sheffield rambler Graham Jones on a six mile history walk around Burngreave on Sunday 11th September as part of the Sheffield Walking Festival. Register to join at https://tinyurl.com/2upbsv57 [Read more]

In what we hope will be the first of our ventures into video, the Burngreave Messenger has made a short video documentary celebrating the return of the Abbeyfield Community Festival on Sunday 31st July 2022 [Read more]

Story by Peter Bull. Photos by Peter Bull and Neill Schofield. We were devastated by damage caused by recent fires on Parkwood Springs. Large areas of heather and woodland ground cover have been burnt, but [Read more]

It was a wonderful day of fun and play at the Abbeyfield Festival, back for a triumphant summer 2022 return on Sunday . Despite a few early rain showers, the skies finally cleared and everyone at the festival enjoyed a glorious day of sun. [Read more]