Report: Community Assemblies – the Way Forward
Posted: December 4, 2012 Filed under: Consultation, Events, Report | Tags: community assemblies, Local Democracy Week Leave a comment »Sheffield for Democracy and Sheffield City Council held a public meeting, as part of Local Democracy Week, to discuss the future of Community Assemblies in Sheffield. Over thirty people attended the meeting, which was chaired by Vicky Seddon and had a panel which included Councillor Mahzer Iqbal, who is currently responsible for Community Assemblies, and David Baker, who helped establish them.
We have finished compiled a report of the proceedings of that meeting and a summary of the discussions and suggestions made by members of the public. We would appreciate any comments you may have about the report’s findings.
Click here to download the report.
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Local Democracy Week Events
Posted: October 11, 2012 Filed under: Events | Tags: local democracy, Local Democracy Week, sheffield, sheffield city council, sheffield speaks Leave a comment »
Sheffield Speaks
Many events are being held as part of Local Democracy Week, which runs from Monday 15th October to Sunday 21st October and below is a list just some of the events which make up the Sheffield Speaks programme during Local Democracy Week.We’ve indicated which are open to the public and provided links to further information.
Entry to all open events is free.
Monday 15 October
- Speakers’ Corner in front of the Town Hall: 10.45am-2.00 pm, hosted by Sheffield City Council and Churches Together
- to book your 60 second slot, please call 2734072
- Councillors visit Youth Clubs – organised by the South Community Assembly, Councillors visit different youth clubs, every evening of the week
Tuesday 16 October
- Speakers’ Corner at Hallam Square: 12.00 -1.00 pm Tuesday
- Primary School visits and activities at the Town Hall
- Illuminating Our Democracy? The Role of Free Speech and a Free Press– lecture and discussion led by John Steel, lecturer in Journalism Studies at Sheffield University – Council Chamber, Town Hall 6.00 – 8.00 pm
- Open to the public – for more information, please call 2734072
Wednesday 17 October
- Primary School visits and activities at the Town Hall
- Youth Forum Launch (Woodthorpe/East): Woodthorpe Youth Centre, Chadwick Road
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact April Ellis (Locality Involvement Lead – East) at april.ellis@sheffieldfutures.org.uk or telephone 0114 201 2782
- Dragon’s Den at the Young People’s Building – Council officers pitch their ideas for community engagement for young people to judge
- Health & Community Care– an opportunity to listen to and participate in the Council’s Scrutiny Committee’s meeting on these key issues: Town Hall 2.00pm
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact Emily Standbrook at emily.standbrook@sheffield.gov.uk or David Molloy at david.molloy@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 2735065
- South Community Assembly Community Roadshow – public services and local organisations welcome engagement with the community: Common Ground/St Peter’s (Woodstock Road) 4.00 – 6.00 pm
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact communityassemblysouth@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 2053281
- Northern Community AssemblyMeeting – the Northern Youth Forum presents its community action plan: Ecclesfield Primary School 6.30 pm
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact communityassemblynorthern@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 2037153
Thursday 18 October
- Speakers’ Corner at Hallam Square: 1.00 – 2.00 pm
- Our Sheffield – older people visit a local primary school to discuss their city with a group of eight year-olds in an initiative organised by the Sheffield Star
- Cabinet in the Community at South West Community Assembly– the Council’s Cabinet goes out into the community at Banner Cross Methodist Church, Ecclesall Road South: 5.00 pm Cabinet in the Community / 7.00 pm Community Assembly Meeting
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact communityassemblysouthwest@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 2037212
- Police Commissioner Hustingsorganised by Sheffield Third Sector Assembly / Voluntary Action Sheffield for local groups involved in community safety and crime reduction
- Open to voluntary and community groups – for more information, please contact Paul Harvey at p.harvey@vas.org.uk or on 0114 253 6614
- The Sheffield Past, Present and Future debate- Town Hall 5.00-7.00pm – organised by Sheffield 50+ and Sheffield Futures; in Local Democracy Week, can young and older people agree how best to make their voices heard?
- For more information, please contact Julie Berrisford on 0114 273 5426
- Participate – a talk and discussion organised by the Workers’ Educational Association about why people do or do not participate in the democratic process (the taster for a course starting in January 2013): Town Hall 6.00-8.00 pm
- Open to the public – for more information, please contact Tony Harrison at tharrison@wea.org.uk or visit www.wea.org.uk/yh
Friday 19 October
- Speakers’ Corner at Hallam Square: 1.00 – 2.00 pm
- City Talks – The Great Debate – a day of debate at the Town Hall designed to give 11-18 year-olds the opportunity to express themselves, exchange views, gain confidence and boost engagement, organised by the Council’s Every Sheffield Child Articulate and Literate programme
- For more information, please contact ESCAL on 0114 293 0984 or visit escal@sheffield.gov.uk
Tuesday 23 October
- Community Assemblies: the Way Forward?- A meeting organised by Sheffield for Democracy, for community organisations and activists to share ideas on how community assemblies might develop: Town Hall, 6.30-8.30 pm
- For more information, please contact info@sheffieldfordemocracy.org.uk or view our event details.
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