Oct 16, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum, Update
Dear Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee, We would like to comment on the report ‘Reviewing Decision Making in Sheffield City Council’, to be discussed at the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (O&SMC) on 17th October. This open...
Oct 16, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
Our response to the report can be found as a separate post here: https://itsoursheffield.co.uk/its-our-city-response-to-reviewing-decision-making-in-sheffield-city-council-16-10-2019/
Sep 24, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
23 September 2019 Dear Ms Barr, “Sheffield People’s Petition” We have now completed validation of the “Sheffield People’s Petition” that the It’s Our City group submitted on 24 August 2019. The outcome of this process is that 21,815 registered electors validly signed...
Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Amazing success of Sheffield People’s Petition shows demand for Council to be more democratic. The Council must now act before it’s too late! Facts about the petition Many thousands of citizens, from all over Sheffield, signed Sheffield People’s Petition to...
Sep 10, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
“Why has our council failed to prepare for change?” Following the handing in of Sheffield People’s Petition at the end of August, it seems very likely that Sheffield City Council will be legally forced to hold a referendum on whether to change to a more...
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...
