Apr 10, 2019 | Press-releases
8th April 2019 Labour Members Choose to ‘Help Mend Our Broken Democracy’ “Help Mend Our Broken Democracy” was the slogan coined by the “It’s Our City!” Community Network when it formed last summer. The objective of the...
Apr 2, 2019 | Press-releases
LET’S NOT BE CYNICAL, BUT LET’S BE PRACTICAL…IT’S MORE THAN ABOUT PARTIES R.Hubbard (a personal view) Let’s not be cynical. Good news. We have heard today that, this week, Sheffield Central Constituency Labour Party (CLP) has passed a motion calling for a change to...
Mar 11, 2019 | Press-releases
It’s Our City! presents ‘Voices for Change’ and invites submissions of poems, written by Sheffield people, for an anthology to be published in 2020 by Fantastic Books Publishing, with a forward by Ian McMillan. The theme, ‘Voices for Change’ is linked to the It’s Our...
Mar 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
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Mar 9, 2019 | Events, Uncategorized, Update
VOICES FOR CHANGE A POETRY ANTHOLOGY FOR SHEFFIELD Call for Submissions Supporting workshop (optional): Saturday 20th April 2019 Deadline for Submissions: Thursday 1st August 2019 It’s Our City! invites submissions of poems for an anthology to be published in 2020 by...
Feb 20, 2019 | Council Governance Model Referendum
Dear Mr Fyffe We were disturbed to see the misinformation and inaccuracies in the January 2019 Labour Party newsletter in relation to the petition for a change of governance arrangements. In particular, we were concerned to see It’s Our City! and the campaign for...
Jan 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Part 1 of 3 from a presentation by Nigel Slack (‘The Public Interest’ blog) at a seminar run by It’s Our City! in September 2018. In Part 1, Nigel explains how the power to make decisions in Sheffield Council is in the hands of just 10 out of the 84...
Dec 2, 2018 | Newspaper articles
Campaigners have demanded Sheffield City Council scraps their current strong leader structure in favour of a committee system which they claim is more democratic. The strong leader structure means that not all decisions are discussed at full council. Executive...
Nov 21, 2018 | Campaigns, Update
Hi all, We have sent out a mailshot to all the people who have signed the petition online. The response has been great with over 50 people agreeing to help collect signatures in less than 24 hours and replies are still coming in thick and fast. This level of support...
