Sheffield Green Party is once again running a full slate of candidates by standing in every ward in Sheffield in the elections on May 4th.
Find out about our campaign on the Elections page and find your local candidate here.
Please also support our Crowdfunder to raise the money we need for this campaign.
Register to vote by April 17th and apply for a postal vote by April 18th via www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/voting
Julia Armstrong reported on the press launch here.
A recent city centre planning application for housing on Haymarket has been refused by council officers as it would mean that the “standard of living provided for residents would be unacceptably low”.
This is good but unfortunately, such applications are commonplace in Sheffield, especially around the city centre and Kelham Island.
They are being accepted despite having tiny room sizes, poor accessibility and severely restricted access to natural light, fresh air and green space. A single Green councillor on the Planning Committee is trying to ensure acceptable minimum standards, but Lib Dem and Labour councillors are routinely voting them through.
Sheffield Green Party fully agrees that there needs to be more affordable housing in these two priority ‘growth’ areas. However, this cannot be allowed at the expense of quality. Poorly designed and built housing with no balconies or green space not only impacts residents’ mental health and well-being, but diminishes the character of the areas in which they are constructed.
Electing more Greens in May would allow us to push for full adoption of South Yorkshire’s own housing standards; currently only used as ‘guidelines’. This would ensure there is not only more housing, but it is at a level Sheffielders both need and deserve.
On Saturday March 25th March some Green Party members joined with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Sheffield Extinction Rebellion to protest against Barclays continued support of both the Fossil Fuel industry and the Apartheid policies of the Israeli Government. Both Heather Hunt and Graham Wroe gave speeches. Sheffield Green Party recently committed itself to support the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. This is a coalition of organisations and individuals united to promote a city-wide response to Israel’s apartheid regime as happened in the 1980s when the people of Sheffield proudly joined the struggle against South African Apartheid. Please add your name as an individual by following this link. Here is a short video of the action.
If you have time this much longer version includes many of the speeches.
Nether Edge and Sharrow Newsletter March 2023
