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Sharrow TodayBUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE

Hungry Sharrow residents came out in full force to enjoy street food with a twist at an evening event at the Old Junior school on South View road.

The community were treated to a delicious variety of world food, as well as dance, music, art and craft stalls plus drink at NOSH (Northern streets in Sheffield) on Thursday 30th May.

Ben Smith and Andrew Critchett of street food collective North-ern StrEats organised the event as part of their ongoing aim to promote street food in Sheffield and are donating £627 profit from ticket sales to charity.

Sam Iseard, of Westbrook Bank, who attended, said: “I think it has been really good, it has got people together with their neighbours. I think there should be more regular events like this one. They bring together the community and give the opportunity to cre-ate new contacts and get you out of the house – I can’t praise

it enough.”

Ben and Andrew decided to put on the NOSH event after seeing how successful street night mar-kets had become in other cities.

World food such as Pad Thai from Thailand and Mexican Burritos were on offer and the Three Bears kitchen, who run a daytime café three days a week from the school, launched their ‘Dirty Burger’ gourmet burger range.

Ben explained: “NOSH is a way of getting Sheffield to embrace street food. We noticed Sheffield had not done as much work as other cities such as London, Manchester and Leeds and we want to change that.”

“We want to get away from the traditional hot dogs in brine and chip van image of street food. Although we are a food led event we have things such as art and craft stalls to create a more rounded event so all the com-munity are provided for.”

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This event at the Old Junior School was the third Nosh after two others were held at the Nichols building in Shalesmoor.

To find out more about upcoming NOSH events visit www.northernstreats.co.uk

Sharrow Festival Edition 2013

Official media partner of the Sharrow Festival 2013

By Brendan McFadden

Hidden within a cluster of shops on London Rd, opposite the start of Sharrow Lane, is a place of hid-den treasures and rare delights!Airy Fairy sells an extensive mix of new age products, fair trade crafts and goods along with lo-cally produced artwork. There is everything from candles and incense sticks to crystals, cards and musical instruments. There is something to inspire the curiosity and imagination of customers of all ages!

As well as the main shop, visitors may be surprised to find a de-lightful café tucked away at the back complete with a beautiful outdoor garden which is a little oasis of tranquillity from the hustle and bustle of London Road on a busy afternoon.

Providing a healthy mix of veg-etarian and organic snacks and drinks there is something to tempt the most selective of tastebuds. The cosy indoor café area dis-plays a regularly changing show-case of work from local artists.

It also has a log burning stove which is a welcoming feature on cooler days.

Anwen has been running the business for 14 years now and en-joys being part of the local com-munity. She has been involved at various levels over the years with local community projects includ-ing the Sharrow Festival and Fringe events including jewellery and wood carving workshops, along with different community art projects. She also finds that many of her customers are pas-sionate about the area including people that have come to the shop from outside Sheffield for its more specialist products and have become regulars.

In addition, there is a large up-stairs room available for classes and activities. Regular groups in-clude a drumming class and the Pagan pathways group who pro-vide lectures and workshops, and have now been running for over 13 years. It is also used for band rehearsals, tarot card reading,

and a picture framing service.The room is currently available to hire on several days for reason-able rates.

Please contact the shop for de-tails and for any information on existing groups and classes.

With something for everyone, Airy Fairy has plenty on offer for a magical afternoon on London Rd!

Sharrow TodayBUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE

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Cllr Jillian Creasy (Green) Tel: 0114 205 3320 (office)Email: jillian.creasy@sheffield.gov.uk 07791 614 904 (mobile) Cllr Rob Murphy (Green) Tel: 0114 274 7752Email: robert.murphy@sheffield.gov.ukThe regular monthly Green councillor surgeries are atHighfield Library, London Rd, 10.30 – 11.30am, third SaturdayCllr Mohammad Maroof (Labour) Tel: 07790 017 298 (mobile)Email: mohammad.maroof@sheffield.gov.ukMonthly surgeries at Highfiled Library, 12.00 - 1.00, first Saturday & Madina Mosque Community Room, 2.30 - 3.30, first Sunday

The Councillors for Nether Edge ward are:Cllr Qurban Hussain (Labour) Tel: (Town Hall) 0114 273 5588Email: qurban.hussain@sheffield.gov.ukCllr Anders Hanson (Liberal Democrat) Tel: (home) 0114 303 0064Email: anders.hanson@sheffield.gov.ukCllr Nikki Bond (Labour) Tel: (mobile) 07971 961803Email: nikki.bond@sheffield.gov.uk

Your local representativesin Sharrow and Nether Edge

Paul Blomfield is the MP for Sheffield Central ward, which covers Sharrow. He can be contacted on 0114 272 2882 or via paul.blom-field.mp@parliament.uk His consituency office is Unit 4, Edmund Road Business Centre, 135 Edmund Road, Sheffield S2 4ED. His web-site is www.paulblomfield.co.uk.

Regular surgeries are held on: 4th Friday of each month between 4.00 -5.00pm and 2nd Saturday of each month (except April and Dec) between 9.30-10.30am. Please tel. 0114 272 2882 frst to check the dates and book your appointment.

Airy Fairy239 London Road, Tel: 0114 249 2090 email: Sales@airyfairy.org

A curiously magical placeBy Alex Barber

London Road Shops - Airy Fairy

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The views expressed in our “Have your say” column are not neces-sarily those of Sharrow Today or Sharrow Community Forum. Send your comments in to us at sharrowtoday@gmail.com

The community organisers have been listening to residents in the Sharrow area for the last 6 months. So far, we have listened to around 500 people and asked:

• What you love about Sharrow• What concerns you about Sharrow• What would your ideal Sharrow look like• What ideas you have for actions and projects in Sharrow

Are you curious about what others have said? Here’s a sample:

Loves • Diverse, multicultural,friendly community that is close to town• Wide range of local shops and restaurants on London Road• Community events such as Sharrow Festival and Sharrow Lan tern Carnival• Facilities such as Surestart , Sharrow Community Forum and the Adventure Playground

Concerns • Litter and un-emptied/overflowing bins, • Sheffield City budget cuts threatening services such as Sur-estart and the Adventure Playground• Parking and traffic –mixed feelings towards parking scheme• Lack of youth provision especially for teenagers

An Ideal Sharrow• Build and protect what’s already in the area• People taking pride in their community – beautifying the area • A better sense of community• Better communication between organisations and groups in the area to keep people informed on what’s going on.

Potential Projects and Actions that people want to take:• A youth club planned and run by young people• Regular litter picks • Social space where people can meet – regardless of culture or religion• A dedicated community music and arts centre

Our role:

Aside from listening, we are here to connect people to other peo-ple in their area who may share similar loves, concerns and ideas. We also support people in turning these ideas into action. Some projects/ actions currently underway include:

• Supporting the Friends of Adventures group• Community Growing and maintenance of green spaces• Supporting residents organise a community music day as part of Sharrow Fringe• Supporting residents in challenging Sheffield City Council on decisions that impact on the area, e.g. planning and renovations• Clean-up Sharrow

Would you like to know more about what your community thinks?

Do you feel the same or different to some of the thoughts that have been expressed?

GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY!

For more information on ways you could get involved: Phone: 07860526591(Sarah), 07860526581 (Anna), 07860526572 (Chris) Email: sharrowcommunityorganisers@gmail.com Facebook: Search and ‘like’ Sharrow Community Organisers Drop in: Call in and see us at Sharrow Community Forum

It’s great living in Sharrow isn’t it?

Past articles in Sharrow Today have shown how much people value the area, the diversity, the shops and restaurants, the con-venience, the lovely houses and the community spirit.

Above all it is the community which is really important and we must all work to keep the vibrant, community of families and indi-viduals who comprise Sharrow.

Many of us have lived here a long time; our house is the one my grandparents moved into in 1896, so I have a special commit-ment to the area but others have been here a long time, bringing up families as well as younger people buying houses for the first time. It is a good mix of old and new and this mix works well.

There are opportunities to influ-ence the future of Sharrow.

The Council has just completed local planning documents and it is possible to be involved in influ-encing these if a sufficiently large group of people would be willing

to form a Neighbourhood Plan-ning Group.

Some people are concerned about the number of “To Let” signs which are permanently on display as opposed to only being up for the approved time.

Others are very concerned about the number of houses being sold and turned into Multiple Occu-pancy Housing. This in time will erode the community and make living here less pleasant for those of us who either cannot afford to move or refuse to be driven out of our homes.

The Council’s interpretation of the guidelines for planning permission must be challenged. We need to tell friends and family that this is a good place to live and encour-age more families and individuals to buy houses here.

Let’s make Sharrow an even bet-ter place to live.

If you are interested in being involved contact Sarah at Shar-row Community Forum for more information.

The future for Sharrow residents?By Ann Brownhill

Have Your Say Sharrow Community OrganisersThe story so farBy the Community Organisers

An exciting project to engage homeless youngsters with the his-tory of their soon-to-be-complet-ed hostel is now well underway at St Barnabas Road in Sharrow.

Roundabout, Sheffield’s char-ity for young homeless people, has been working on a £1 mil-lion renovation of its existing Grade II listed hostel buildings. The project received a £700,000 Heritage Lottery Fund “All Our Stories” grant - designed to help people explore their heritage - and the young people have been busy finding out the history of their updated new home.

Roundabout provides essential shelter, support and life skills for homeless 16-21 year-olds across the city. By teaching them how to manage their money and cook for themselves, the charity hopes to instill the skills needed for them to live independently in the future - breaking the cycle of homelessness. But due to a lack of funding, Roundabout is forced to turn away around 25 young people a week – mean-ing 1,000 youths per year are left without a safe place to stay.

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Homeless youths travel back through time at St Barnabas Road By Charlotte Brazier

No 4 Bus saved! By Jean Cromar

Amy Casbolt, fundraising coor-dinator for Roundabout, said: “Young people come to us for all kinds of reasons. I think there’s a common misconcep-tion about homeless people that they’re all drug addicts with a can of beer in their hand, and it just couldn’t be further from the truth. A lot of the time, they’ve just had a really tough upbring-ing, and they could be homeless because of something as sim-ple as not getting on with their parents. I think we all know how difficult being a teenager can be, and we’re just here to help.

“One way that Roundabout can encourage young people is by helping them connect with the place they live in – which is just what this project is all about.”

The charity has worked closely with community groups and experts to help the young peo-ple find out more about their new home. Trips have included visits to the archives at the local library, where they learnt re-search skills by inputting search terms and examining photos and old newspaper clippings.

The youngsters also visited spots of architectural importance, in-cluding Paradise Square, to talk about structural details such as the shapes of the windows.

In addition, the youngsters have also been helping Silent Cities documentary-maker Justine Gaubert film the project. It is hoped that the young people will not only learn valuable re-search and technological skills, but also be inspired to find out about their own histories.

And so far, the results have been fascinating. The large Georgian property, which is surrounded by more recent Victorian terraces, is believed to date back to the 1790s – with Highfield Library and St Barnabas Church being built about 100 years later. Whilst the youngsters were originally ex-pecting to learn how attitudes towards vulnerable and minor-ity groups have changed over time, they were faced with a very different outlook on Shar-row, as Kim Marwood, project officer for researching commu-nity heritage at the University of Sheffield, explained:

“Sharrow was actually quite a high-class area, and a very desirable place to live. Many of those who lived in the old hostel buildings were lawyers, clerks and governesses. Much of the land was fields, whilst the roads would have been filled with horse and carriages. In fact, students at the University of Sheffield found several old press cuttings about incidents on the roads – apparently it was a bit of an accident hotspot!”

And the project hasn’t just been popular with the youths. TV presenter and historian, Michael Wood, commented: “We British love our history, and no wonder: few nations in the world have such riches on their doorstep – and so much of it accessible to all of us. It is really tremendous that the people of Sheffield have been inspired to get in-volved to tell their own story and dig deeper into their own past.”

The one-year project will con-tinue after the hostel is launched in August, and it is hoped that more exciting discoveries will be made. Kim Marwood said: “It has definitely brought out the unexpected. We’re still not entirely sure what we’re going to find, and there are still lots of pieces of the puzzle that are yet to be discovered. We’re all thrilled to have got this far and can’t wait to find out more.”

Roundabout still needs to raise a further £100,000 to complete the project and get the young people of Sheffield back on their feet.

When South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) an-nounced last year that it was proposing to axe the No.4 bus run by First, which went up Cem-etery Road and Psalter Lane to Millhouses, the local community sprang into action.

Questions were raised at a Coun-cil Meeting and our campaign was taken up by the Sheffield Star. They supported us all the way and published several arti-cles and letters which empha-sised how important the service was to elderly people.

Before the last reorganisation of services the area had a half-hour-ly service but it was reduced to an hourly service. Following this the quality of this service rapidly deteriorated. It was unreliable with many buses missing, or very

late, which meant that fewer passengers were using it. It was suggested that people living on Psalter Lane could use one of the twenty four buses an hour run-ning along Ecclesall Road. But this did not take into account the topography of the area which has many steep roads and is im-possible for elderly or even fairly fit people, to carry shopping up them. We wanted to keep the No.4 as it was a lifeline and vital service to so many people.

We delivered leaflets to house-

holds in the area and several local meetings were held and we presented a petition signed by 700 people to Sheffield City Council and the SYPTE saying that we wanted to keep the service – and have it improved!

And they listened. The service was reinstated by the Sheffield Bus Partnership and is now oper-ated by TM Travel though going to Bents Green rather than Mill-houses, and going to Ringinglow twice a day on weekdays only. It now runs on time, has regular drivers who are friendlier and have built up a rapport with regular customers, is warm and has grown in popularity by almost 100%. It is the only service from the South West that goes by the Railway Station into Pond Street Interchange during daytime.

The new service has been de-signed so that the SYPTE can work with local residents to deliver a bus service tailored to their

needs. Recently a public drop-in session was held for users to make their comments. Comment cards are also available on the buses for customers to give feedback. Suggestions included increasing frequency to run at half-hourly intervals for part of the day, extending the service to Ringin-glow at the weekends, publicising walks and local points of interest on the route and changing the route of the evening service to Sheffield Interchange.

These suggestions are under con-sideration and will be reported on at further drop-in sessions.

As the Star reported ‘Isn’t it great to know people power is still alive and well? Credit to SYPTE for listening. Credit to the collective voices who made sure they were speaking too loud to be ignored.’

A great Thank You to all involved in the campaign. You will be kept updated on progress.

‘Sylvia, who lives at the top of Cemetery Road says “The No.4 bus is a lifeline for me to get out to see my friends and to do my shopping, I don’t

know what I would do without it.”

Photos by Justine Gaubert of Silent Cities

If you’d like to donate time or money to the cause, contact Amy

Casbolt on 0114 2536753.

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The 16th Sharrow Multicultural Festival takes place in Mount Peasant Park on Saturday 6th July. Watch out for some amazing fringe events before and after the main day!

Our festival is free and run by volunteers. If you want to help please get in touch with Alan at alan_deadman47@yahoo.co.uk or ring him on 07903949931.

Web address for latest festival information is http://sharrowfestival.btck.co.uk/

Sharrow Festival 2013Official Programme

Sharrow Music Stage Compered by Papa Al

1.00 The Verals Emerging Sheffield rock trio, performing all original mate rial. They have received rave reviews for their live shows and airplay on local and national radio stations.

1.35 Rust Extremely skilled band of young musicians with heavy influ ences from the golden age of rock including Cream, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath.

2.20 Bongo and the Souljar Bongo Bert’s band playing some storming covers to put the Festival in a party mood.

3.00 Soulcrates Fresh on the block and supremely funky, this band, based in Portland Works, will knock you sideways.

3.40 Pro – VERB A very talented up and coming Sheffield born lyricist with a great set of songs

4.00 Mega Squad The Mega Squad are a live instrumentation hip hop outfit, ready to rock at a moment’s notice.

4.40 The Unscene Featuring the soulful vocals of Tom Souldeep Hutt

5.00 Truly Apparent Led by the golden voices of Chazzlyn and Eneta, Truly Ap parent, delve deep into the bag of reggae favourites and lovers rock to bring you that joyful Jamaican sound.

6.00 Mighty Vipers Formed from the ashes of the Catch-it Kebabs, Mighty Vipers continue to fly the flag for UK jump up party music. 7.00 – 8.00 Soukous Revelation Are just that, the first Congolese band in Sheffield, introduc ing you to the most popular and accessible dance music to come from the African continent.

Sharrrow Community Stage Compered by the amazing.....MC Nige 12.00 DJ Swami (Dubcentral) playing roots / reggae & dub 1.00 Dwane Reads Poetry

1.10 Daniel Massey Poetry

1.20 Sarah Thomasin Sarah is a queer feminist performance poet and sexual health worker, but not usually simultaneously. @wordgeeksa rah

1:30 Chella Quint It’s Not You, I Just Need Space: Interplanetary Love and Re jection. Spoken word comedy and zines

1.40 Nycha Dance Creations Demonstration of contemporary dance

2.00 Rowan B. Colver Solo guitarist / singer / poet

2.20 Uken Singer/ songwriter of easy going, soulful and insightful reggae

2.40 Nic Harding Folk singer-songwriter 3.00 Romano Jilo Young Roma dancers with traditional dances

3.20 Zhok Hora - Klezmer

3.40 Aim to Dance A Sheffield based dance group offering community classes in bollywood, bellydance, salsa and fusion. The performers include both community performers (ATD Dance Collective) and the semi professional troupe (ASHAY Dance Troupe).’

4.00 Brave New Storm Indie-folk

4.20 Sisters Of Tribellica 4.40 MC Nige presents

5.00 DJ: Legaliz Legaliz presents a world of music (mainly dub and ska, to be fair) to keep you dancing and smiling right through to the end!

Please note that times and artists are subject to change.Check our website for latest info.

or check times at each stage.

Riddimtion is proud to present: The Official Sharrow Festival after party, where we will be raising funds for the Sharrow fest. We bring you: The mighty AFK sound system all the way from France. The Jam Jah Sound ft Lion Art (Friendly Fire) from Birmingham. Sheffield’s foundation sound system Unitone. The Riddimtion sound. Plus surprise guests...A night not to be missed!!! 5 pounds with a flyer....23:00 til laaaaate....You can get a flyer on the night at our pre-bar: The Lion Paw @ the Cremorne (London rd). Check us out on Facebook Events.

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Paint JamPhoto by Painting The Town

Singer Pallav & MC Nige

Sure Start

WorkshopsDrumming and street

dance workshops every half an hour - come and learn a new skill then

perform on the Community Stage

Festival HQQuestions, offers of

help and home for lost children

ShipShape Health checksFree health checks and informa-

tion on how you can improve your health

Stalls to look out for include: Hot pot Catering (burger van) Haidee Phipps (clothes/jewellery) Langdon St. Assoc. (kids clothes/toys) Sheffield Hallam Students Union Georges Army Hayley Nightingale (lamps) Boopsy’s (sweets/drinks) Brantwood School (crafts) Green Party Labour Party Rain Rescue You Earth Ash (jewellery) Minhaj ul Quaran Sahaja Yoga Abundance Shabeen Sheffield Humanists Sheffield Mind Heeley City Farm Long Well Walk FURD Roshni Usborne Books Motore Café Sheffield Citizen’s Advice Zulf (Asian food) Lush (soaps etc) Sufi Scents (perfumes etc) Sapoor Fashion (clothes) Green Machine (veggie food) Ship shape (Health projects) Cemetery Rd Baptist Church Highfield Trinity Church Silver lining (Jewellery/sweets) Asha for Education (Asian food) Globalmama (African food) Sheffield Amateur Radio Club Friends of Highfield Adventure playground Rhumbah (Caribbean BBQ) Sharrow Community Forum

Sheffield Live! - 93.2fmBroadcasting live from Shar-row Festival again, tune in to

your local station

Photo by Jim Lambert

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Sounds and Art in the Hip Hop Zone Photo by Jim Lambert

FOMPPFriends of Mount

Pleasant Park meet every first Sunday of the month, 1.30 p.m. meeting at Adventure Playground, to help look after the Park;

contact Richard Pinder (221 7447).

Rubbish & RecyclingcouRtesy of sheffield

gReen PaRtyTruly Apparent Pro-VERB

Photo by Trevor Tomlin

..Thanks to ..Sheffield Town Trust,

Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust, Haggler’s Corner, The Cremorne,

Sharrow Community Forum, Highfield Trinity Church,

June Burke (Sheffield City Council), Mount Pleasant Park Ranger,

Marco (Paint Jam), Chillout (Chill Foo Sounds),

Riddimtion, and all the people who have given

time and energy to organising the fes-tival and the fundraisers.

Soukous Revelation

Paint Jam

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Sharrow Festival 2013

We offer free and confidential support, harm reduction advice and equipment to help change lives and drug

use.

Drugs support and information in SharrowThe CRI Arundel Street Project is a city wide open ac-cess service which provides information about drugs

including khat, cannabis, legal highs, and steroids.

Local Green Party councillors Rob Murphy and Jillian Creasy, together with other Green Party members, are delighted to support the Sharrow Festi-val.

www.sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk

centralgreens@sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk

Veggie ShackStudio 270, Devonshire House, 49 Eldon Street, Sheffield S1 4NR

Phone: 0745 58 777 58 Website: www.veggieshack.co.uk Email: info@veggieshack.co.uk

Veggie Shack is a family run business, providing high quality vegetarian food. Our focus is on healthy eat-

ing using fresh, quality ingredients which are locally pro-duced, organic or fair-trade wherever possible. We have developed an excellent reputation for customer service and look forward to seeing you at the Sharrow Festival.

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Fitness Tips from Personal Trainer Bea Jefferson

As a personal trainer, I regularly hear people making excuses for why they don’t exercise. Here are a few of the most common, and my suggestions for over-coming them and adopting a healthier lifestyle.

I’m too busyGovernment advice is that we should spend at least two and a half hours a week being physi-cally active to keep healthy. That can seem a bit daunting when you already have a busy life. So start with a more mod-est target - say 15 minutes, three times a week - and build up from there. Even a small amount of regular exercise can have significant health benefits.

Think about how you can fit ex-ercise into your everyday activi-ties, such as by cycling to work or to the shops, and whenever you have a spare few minutes, get up and take a walk.

Write down when you intend to exercise in your diary and keep the appointment. Even better, make a date with a friend to exercise together.

When things get really busy you have to prioritise. Decide whether your long-term health is more important than catch-ing up on your favourite TV programme or checking emails, and act accordingly.

I’m exhausted It’s difficult to exercise when you feel you’ve no get up and go. But the good news is if you exercise regularly you’ll gain energy. So start with short bouts of regular moderate physical activity, stick to a healthy diet, and within weeks you will feel it is getting easier to be active.

If you already exercise regularly and find yourself feeling ex-hausted, take things easy for a few days – try a gentle walk in place of a strenuous gym ses-sion, get enough sleep and eat well. If problems continue, go and talk to your GP.

I don’t know how to startStart by walking. Take a 15 to 30 minute brisk-paced walk at

least three times a week. Af-ter a few weeks change your route to include some steep hills (Sheffield has plenty to choose from!). Once you have built up your fitness a little through walking, you could have a go at running using the NHS ‘couch to 5k’ podcast (available on the NHS Choices website), go down to your local swimming pool or find a fitness class to try.

I’m too embarrassed You don’t have to wear lycra and jump about in a gym to get fit! Start off with activities such as walking and home exercise DVDs, where the po-tential for embarrassment is very low. Once you feel able, find a friend to go with you to a class, gym or swimming pool. You may be surprised by the range of abilities, ages and sizes of the people you will see.

I’m not wellIf you have a short-term illness such as a virus or injury, give yourself time to fully recover then start off with short sessions of gentle exercise when you feel able.

Many long-term health condi-tions will be improved by regular exercise – but with some illness-es you need to be cautious and build up your fitness slowly. So, if you have a long-term condition, go to your GP and discuss what would work best for you.

The hardest part of getting fit is getting started. So don’t let yourself make excuses – take the plunge!

What’s Stopping You? By Bea Jefferson

Get Healthy

Send your exercise and fitness questions to: bea@bj-pt.co.uk

Here is a healthy recipe from our recent Greek cook along:Ingredients (6 portions):900g of minced lamb, 3 aubergines, 1 large onion (diced), 3 Gar-lic cloves (diced), 1 can of tomatoes, a pinch of dried oregano, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil, 1 glass of wine (op-tional), Salt and Pepper.Topping:- 75 g flour, 75g butter or margarine, 600ml milk, 50g Cheese, 2 egg yolks. Method1. Heat the oil in a pan and soften the garlic and onion. Add the mince, oregano and cinnamon and cook till the lamb is brown. 2. Add tomatoes and (optional) wine, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes. Finish with some salt and pepper. 3. Heat some more oil in a pan, slice the aubergine and sof-ten them in the oil. 4. To make the topping, melt the butter in a pan and add the flour. Mix them together and cook for 1 or 2 minutes. 5. Add the milk a little at a time, stirring continuously so there are no lumps. 6. Once all the milk is added, add the cheese and melt. 7. Take off the heat and stir in the egg yolks. Season with salt and pepper. 8. To assemble the moussaka, lay the softened aubergines in the bottom of a deep baking tray. Place the cooked mince on top and finish with the cheese sauce. 9. Place the moussaka in a pre-heated oven (gas 6 / 200c) for 20 to 30 minutes or the top is golden brown.

Cost to make 6 portions of moussaka - £4.90

Moussaka By Chris Hanson

Shipshape Health & Wellbeing Centre, the Stables, Sharrow Lane, Sheffield S11 8AE www.sharrowcf.org.uk/shipshape

Most of our activities and services are free. Please call 0114 250 022 for details or bookings.

Healthy Recipe

ShipShape, a project run by Sharrow Community Forum, is funded by Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Wellbeing Consortium to provide a holistic health service for everyone in the community,

helping to improve the quality of life.

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Thursdays 10.00 – 11.30am Venue : Sharrow Performing Arts Space (Sharrow School, Sitwell Rd, S7 1BE)

Call Chris : (0114) 2338340

www.sheffieldyogaschool.co.uk

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Sharrow Festival FringeArt Exhibition. - Theme: ChangeFriday 5th - 8th July 10am-7pm (excluding Sunday) @ Highfield Trinity Church - Free entryA celebration of local artists from all backgroundsCommission free, drop work off at the church 4-7pm Tuesday 2nd JulyFor more details email Peter: egginton298@btinternet.com

FroZac Shoes Off Party presents….The Big CalmSaturday 13th July 2pm-8pm @ Sheffield General Cemetery - Free.An afternoon of music, food, workshops and relaxation.If you’re interested in getting in-volved we’re looking for acoustic artists & music workshop leaders.Edinburgh Comedy PreviewsSunday 14th July 7pm-11pm @ The Old Junior School£2 suggested donation- all pro-ceeds go to the Sharrow Festival and Sharrow Lantern Carnival.An evening of Edinburgh Comedy Previews live at The Old Junior School. We have four very diverse and talented acts from near and far warming up for their full-length runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festi-val. Acts include:THE SHEFFIELD REVUEALISTAIR GREAVESSEAN MORLEYSTAPLE/FACEMusic from Dominic Rout. Bar and cakes available at event

Lu’s Bit

Adventures - the Fence By Amal

Adventure is good because it has a safety fence. Safety first. They can play all day, there’s a toilet and when it’s hot and they need water it’s there.

When we go as a family into the park, we make friends, every-one stays, talk, bring babies and food. Summer holidays they have a fridge and ice creams.

Everyone stays, it is safe, be-cause of the fence.

It’s like a new garden, because of the kitchen, safety, juice - it’s all because of the fence - it’s very comfortable.

I’m happy when I stay there. I watch kids, make friends and play.

When I have a problem the staff help people. They do drawing and making things. Because of the people working there - no swearing, no fighting.

This area has too many roads, some go too quick fast. Big people sometimes drink. I’m not happy when my son goes out. It’s not safe here.

The fence. I can see where they are. They’re not fighting with people. I hear about what other people do and say, smoking, swearing.

I need to protect my children. I am scared when I go out with my kids. I don’t want my kids to play out on the streets and too late to bed.

I am very sad it open less. ‘In-shallah’ it will be open more again. The other park is too far, kids running. Too many kids in this area. But Adventure is safe. I’m happy inside when I see my kids play at adventure with their friends, laughter, friends. After I get the kids home, wash, food and bed.

Visions of our familiar world 12 Sharrow Today June - July 2013

My work is for sale and I am available for commissions. Tel. 07931201196 or email joelwilde.photography@gmail.com

Art Exhibition of the month

Last month (19th May) the Sharrow Creatives art project hosted an open art exhibition at the Old Junior School to showcase artists of all backgrounds within the Sharrow community.

Here are three of the artists who took part, along with some of their work which was on show in the exhibition:

Joel Wilde

This was my first photography exhibi-tion in years. I’m really a painter and I studied Fine Art at university about 4 years ago.

As a painter I would use photos as inspiration for my paintings, but I never really got in to photography itself.

When I finished university I couldn’t find a way to continue with my paint-ing, so I moved on to a different me-dium - the medium of photography.

But it wasn’t something that came out of the blue - it was already something I was using to inspire my paintings. I thought I would develop it and see where it took me.

I hope one day to go back to my painting - when I find a way forward to do it. But I will also continue with my photography, and maybe combine the two.

Coming from painting to photogra-phy, rather than studying photogra-phy straight off, I feel that my photog-raphy has more of an artistic side to it.

Having not studied photography I don’t know all the technical side to it. But I feel that, having studied as a painter first, it has developed my eye, and I can see an artistic photo rather than a technically perfect one. But the technical side of things, and the cameras, is something I am learning about.

John Wilkinson

As an artist I am fascinated by the relationship between us and our envi-ronment, how we have shaped it, and how it has shaped us.

Living in a Northern industrial city in a post-industrial climate, set in a wild and ancient landscape, the process of decay and reshaping that charac-terises the world of nature seems to have spilled over into the city - the old

By three local artists

If you are interested in discussing commissions or purchases my email is jlpaw@blueyonder.co.uk and my phone is 07903 460450

falls out of use, decays, and is finally torn down as the city restructures itself.

I portray my world with paint - the me-dium is as important as the result. Paint draws its colours from the earth that humanity has trampled on, manipu-lated and shaped; and my palette is drawn from the moors, crags, peaks and edges that surround us and domi-nate the industrial and social history of the area.

The ochres, siennas, and umbers of the rocks, the purples of the heather and the blues of the ever changing sky merge with the stone, the con-crete dust, the hard baked clays and the iron oxides of the abandoned remains of Sheffield’s industrial past; and are threatened by the brighter hues of the emerging post industrial environment.

You can see more of my work at the Corner Gallery at 635 Queens Rd, or by visiting my website: jlpaw.word-press.com.

Suzi Darling

Painting helps me to fight depression.

Creating simple flower shapes al-lows me to concentrate on form and design and gives me a period of relief from negative thought, whilst just the act of creating something is very satis-fying in itself and brings hope to where there seemed little or none before.

Painting more detailed pictures presents me with many dilemmas which allows me to ponder and re-flect on issues in my life. It calms my anxieties.

I never used to finish a painting or be happy with it, and I always threw them away. Now I start to see a painting as a pleasure, not a chore, and I enjoy all the processes involved rather than just worrying about the finished product - will it be good enough? Some will be some won’t, it really doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things.

It’s about learning to enjoy the journey for me.

through the eyes of local artists

Joel Wilde

Joel Wilde John Wilkinson

John Wilkinson

Suzi Darling Suzi Darling

Some of my paintings are on perme-nent display at the Old Junior School on South View Road.

My phone number is 0753835820