May 10, 2021 | Council Governance Model Referendum, Press-releases
Monday 10th May 2021This is a great day for Sheffield, for citizens and communities across our city, and for our shared future. Sheffield citizens have used their community rights to vote resoundingly for change to the way our council works and the introduction of a...
Mar 12, 2021 | Council Governance Model Referendum, Press-releases
Following objections made by It’s Our City! community group, Sheffield City Council officers have told us that they are making significant and extensive changes to the information about Sheffield People’s Referendum published on the council website – and to...
Mar 14, 2020 | Campaigns, Council Governance Model Referendum, Press-releases
The government has announced that local elections will not take place on May 7th, they will be postponed for a year. At the moment, whilst we assume a delay, the full implications are unclear for Sheffield People’s Referendum that was due to take place the same...
Aug 25, 2019 | Press-releases
It’s Our City! Coordinating Group are delighted to announce that the final total of Sheffield People’s Petition signatures delivered to Sheffield City Council by 24th August is: 26,419. We estimate that we have had almost 20,000 conversations with Sheffielders in all...
Aug 23, 2019 | Press-releases, Uncategorized
Community Power – Sheffield Citizens submit legally binding change of governance petition – the largest ever in the country. On Friday 23rd August at 2pm at the Town Hall members and supporters of the community group It’s Our City! will deliver the...
Jul 10, 2019 | Press-releases
In early June 2019, It’s Our City! submitted the first big batch of Sheffield People’s Petition signatures to the city council. These were enough to trigger a full debate at the full Council meeting on 3rd July. We were particularly keen to trigger this...
