#SpeakUp 2021 - Burngreave Messenger

Report - 14 December 2021

Burngreave Messenger is an independent community-based newspaper which is delivered free to over 9000 households in the Burngreave Ward of Sheffield.

Our #SpeakUp small grants scheme awards funding to local community, voluntary, or not-for-profit groups, enabling them to engage with their communities about what matters to them. 

Click here to find out more about the scheme

Sharing health & wellbeing information with Burngreave residents

The Burngreave Messenger used their #SpeakUp grant to dedicate pages of several issues to health & wellbeing topics, as well as encouraging local people to share their own experiences of health and social care. 

Articles covered topics like:

  • Lockdown
  • Vaccination
  • Online activities
  • Exercise
  • Peer support

Read more about this project, and find links to the Burngreave Messenger articles, in the report below.

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If you need these documents in a different format, please email info@healthwatchsheffield.co.uk or call 0114 253 6688.

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