Local Democracy Week Events

Posted: October 11, 2012 | Author: Richard | Filed under: Events | Tags: local democracy, Local Democracy Week, sheffield, sheffield city council, sheffield speaks | Leave a comment »

• 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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