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        • [+] December 2012 Issue 103

          Issue 103, the December 2012 edition of the Burngreave Messenger.

          • [•] New primary school for Fir Vale

            Plans to build a new primary school on Skinnerthorpe Road were agreed by Sheffield Council at a meeting on 15th November. The school will aim to meet the increasing need for extra primary school places in the area. It will be run as an Academy and built using £5.5 million of Government money.

          • [•] Community Toolbank closes

            The Community Toolbank at Abbeyfield Park House in Burngreave will close at Christmas after 10 years

          • [•] Barnsley Road houses

            Five large empty houses at 501- 509 Barnsley Road, which were previously owned by Sheffield Council, are to be brought back into use by local social landlord Arches Housing.

          • [•] Page Hall's walls

            Property owners and residents in Page Hall are being urged to check the condition of boundary walls after reports of a number of recent collapses, with the latest happening in October.

          • [•] A new plan for Fir Vale?

            The Council's Masterplan to renew homes on Skinnerthorpe and Bagley Roads has been all but abandoned after the Environment Agency identified that around half the site was at risk of flooding.

          • [•] Fir Vale Food Box

            Fir Vale Food Bank launched a food collecting box at Ellesmere Children’s Centre

          • [•] Bulb Planting

            30 children and teenagers, and the Eden team, spent 3 hours during half-term planting daffodil bulbs and plants and seeds in Popple Street.

          • [•] Roma Community Advocates

            Pakistan Advice and Community Association have recently recruited and trained eight Roma community advocates.

          • [•] Hospital Parking

            Sheffield City Council are writing to residents explaining new parking restrictions on roads affected by hospital parking.

          • [•] Bus changes

            Changes are taking effect from October to some local bus routes – 72, 76 and no 2. Also Christmas holiday services.

          • [•] Time to talk about dementia

            To see someone you love start to forget who they are, what they have achieved and to lose their independence is heartbreaking.

          • [•] Litter concerns in Fir Vale

            Litter has been an issue concerning the local community in recent years and local residents are feeling neglected due to their concerns not being addressed.

          • [•] Rubbish problems in Burngreave

            Local resident John Mellor has reported delays in the time the council takes to respond to reports of fly-tipping in the streets around Scott Road.

          • [+] Say it with photography

            A project to collect local views on Council Housing and the management of public spaces in Burngreave.

          • [+] Study Support projects face closure

            Burngreave’s Study Support projects have been told that the Council will no longer fund them after March 2013, which could mean closure for the projects.

          • [•] Pye Bank School's spotty day

            It was Children in Need last week and at Pye Bank Primary School we sold buns, biscuits, popcorn and drinks to raise money for Children in Need

          • [•] Coffee and cake

            Parkwood Academy’s Community Team partnered with the four House Captains and Vice Captains hosted a cake sale as part of the “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, 2012”. Together they raised £275 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

          • [•] Mad hatters at Whiteways

            Whiteways School supported Children in Need, raising money with a ‘mad hatter’ theme. Through the week, we made hats during dinner times so we didn’t need to purchase expensive hats!

          • [•] Fir Vale Pre-School bun sale

            On Friday the 16th November 2012 Fir Vale Preschool celebrated the Children In Need event by selling homemade buns that the children baked all week in the pre-school.

          • [•] Owler Brook’s 21st century city

            Owler Brook pupils have been gaining skills to become better learners, and with their new learning powers they have designed and built a 21st Century City.

          • [•] Project work at Parkwood Springs

            M.A. Students from Sheffield University's Department of Landscape chose Parkwood Springs for their Urban Development project.

          • [•] Mothers of Burngreave - one year on

            Just one year ago, Mothers of Burngreave Network started activities at Verdon Recreation Centre, so that their children could have a safe place to be after school. Since then, the group of Somali women have gone from strength to strength.

          • [•] Eid al-Adha in the park

            October's gloom was temporarily broken when the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha visited Abbeyfield Park for an colourful afternoon party on 26th October.

          • [•] Making a difference at the Vestry Hall

            For over a year the Vestry Hall has been a centre for youth work. It started out as an emergency response to the tragic death of a young man, Deeq Ali. Since then it has developed into a place where young men can think about their futures, access services and benefit from opportunities available to young people.

          • [•] Taekwondo success

            Radford Love and Aran Murdock, members of the Pilsung Taekwondo club at Verdon Recreation Centre. have recently achieved success in under 13s regional competitions in Barnsley. Both have been training for over 4 years.

          • [•] Beacons lit

            The sixth Beacons Festival took place on Saturday 13th October on Parkwood Springs.

          • [•] Stop smoking - You can do it!

            Its the time of year when people traditionally think of making New Year’s resolutions. Top of the list for some will be to stop smoking.

          • [•] New staff at Vestry Hall

            Kier have recently appointed Shahbaan Ramzan as an extra member of their Sorby House/Vestry Hall Buildings Management Team.

          • [•] Interfaith St Catherine's

            During Inter Faith Week School Council members from St Catherine’s Primary School and St Thomas Moore organised a Faith Walk around the local area visiting places of worship.

          • [•] Reading Volunteers at Firs Hill

            Since Summer 2011, a number of volunteers have given up their time to sit and listen to children read at Firs Hill School.

          • [•] 100% Success at Whiteways

            Two Whiteways Adult ESOL classes took their Trinity speaking and listening exams at Entry Level Three and Level One in June.

          • [•] Fir Vale School Celebrates

            Fir Vale School’s Class of 2012 celebrated their success with staff, parents, and ex-Sheffield United player Bruce Dyer at the Annual Celebration Evening.

          • [•] Fir Vale goes to court over GCSEs

            Fir Vale School has joined over 100 other schools, local authorities and teaching organisations in taking legal action against the Ofqual exam board.

          • [•] Environmental youth weekend

            Merhawit Bereket, one of the residents of the YWCA’s Peile House project on Pitsmoor Rd, took part in SHEBEEN’s environmental youth weekend at Losehill Hall in the Peak District.

          • [•] Healthy eating through the winter

            With the winter season and the cold and dark days, we can forget to look after ourselves and maintain a healthy balanced diet. Here are some tips for everyone so you can feel your best during the cold weather

          • [•] Five a day on a budget

            It is very important to continue eating five portions of fruit and vegetables in winter, but it can get expensive. Here are some tips to help you get your five-a-day in a quick and cheap way.

          • [•] Recollections of Grimesthorpe

            Beginning with a history of Grimesthorpe, Alan Billam follows on with a ‘boy’s eye’ view of life in the area in the ’30s and ’40s; games they played, tricks they got up to and working life as a teenager and young man

          • [•] St James centenary

            St James celebrated is 100th anniversary with great success. The event brought together both young and old with several generations of some families represented.

          • [•] Ellesmere Green Update

            Designs for the development of Ellesmere Green will go forward to the next stage with very few changes following the consultation in the summer.

          • [•] School for Vegetables

            Green City Action are celebrating this week after having over 2000 school children visiting the School for Vegetables community allotment site at Grimesthorpe allotments, Burngreave. They have been delivering environmental education activities to local school children since 2011.

          • [•] Apple day...

            It’s a crisp, sunny, autumn morning in Burngreave cemetery. Rick from Fireside Housing co-op is in charge of the apple juicing and kids of all ages join in chopping and enthusiastically pressing the fruit.

          • [•] Dear Messenger...

            Write to Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield, S4 7AT

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          • [•] Abbeyfield House latest

            Story: Jamie Lang (Treasurer Friends of Abbeyfield Park) The future of Abbeyfield Park House is still uncertain. Concerns had been raised the City Council might not be able to maintain the House, after notice was given that the roof was in such poor condition that it could no longer be repaired on a piecemeal basis. Fears were expressed that this could lead to the House being left empty and decaying.