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...
Jul 10, 2019 | Press-releases
Email sent 10th July to Cllr Olivia Blake (Deputy Leader), copied to Cllr Penny Baker (Leader, LDs) and Cllr Douglas Johnson (Leader, Greens), also Cllr Jack Clarkson (UKIP). Dear Cllr Blake In order to assist with your decision-making, we wanted to keep you up to...
Jun 12, 2019 | Newspaper articles
See the latest news story on our campaign in The Star Newspaper: Click here for more details.
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...
