Children take the full force of the cuts
Cuts in Sheffield City Council’s budget are being felt the hardest here in Burngreave. Worse than this, it is children in our area who are being affected the most.
Cuts to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, Verdon Recreation Centre and Study Support will add up to more than 50 hours of provision lost per week for children. This, alongside cuts to Early Years services, will see children aged 0-15 severely affected.
In February, new child poverty figures show 3,077 children live in poverty in Burngreave, the 10th worst of the 9,434 wards in the entire country. In wards in the affluent west of Sheffield, fewer than 100 children face poverty.The Council will see this divide grow if it does not focus its remaining resources on those who need it most.
Messenger Info
Copy deadline: 15th May
Published: 1st June
Burngreave Messenger Ltd,
Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield S4 7AT.
Tel: (0114) 242 0564
mail@burngreavemessenger.org
www.burngreavemessenger.org
The Burngreave Messenger is a community newspaper with editorial independence, funded by the Big Lottery, the Tudor Trust, local residents and our advertisers. Registered Charity: 1130836
All content is copyright Burngreave Messenger Ltd or its voluntary contributors, not to be reproduced without permission.We aim to increase and encourage communication in Burngreave. Each edition is put together by an editorial team who write articles not otherwise credited.
This issue’s team: Rohan Francis, Saleema Imam, Douglas Johnson, Jamie Marriott, John Mellor, Lisa Swift
Proofing and editing: Fran Belbin, Richard Belbin,Annie Blindell, Gaynor Carr, Carrie Hedderwick, Robert Shaw, Julia Shergold, Tim Neal
Thank you to the volunteers who helped put this issue online: Christine Steers, Lydia Flanagan, Saleema Imam and John Mellor.