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Cash grants in City Ward
13th December 2020
Community groups, residents and businesses can apply for small grants of up to £500 for projects to improve the area…

Greens call for extra support for Covid-hit businesses on Small Business Saturday
6th December 2020
Bernard Little, a Green Party campaigner in Walkley, is calling for more government support to support small businesses to help…

Call for action on street drinking, knife crime and sexual abuse
1st December 2020
Green councillors are asking for improvements to the Licensing policy which is to be discussed at full council on Wednesday.…

Food banks in high demand across Sheffield
29th November 2020
According to Voluntary Action Sheffield, food banks across the city have seen a huge increase in demand for support as…

Shop local to protect your local communities
29th November 2020
Bernard Little writes … Dear Editor, While many businesses had to keep their doors closed, UK tax avoiding Amazon raked…

Now is not the time to roll back environmental progress
18th November 2020
Councillor Paul Turpin writes …. Sheffield City Council announced a pause on plans for the citywide Clean Air Zone (CAZ) citing…

Councillor Paul Turpin Blog October 2020
25th October 2020
It’s been six months since my last blog and a lot has happened, so I thought I’d better get on with updating you on what I’ve been up to!

Survey shows people want spending on social care and hospital services
12th October 2020
Thank you for the Big Conversation survey on the impact of lockdown. As an NHS Responder volunteer, most of my…

Council leadership must take action to address Hanover tower whitewash
1st October 2020
After the horror of the Grenfell fire in June 2017, senior Sheffield Council officials moved quickly to reassure tenants that all its tower blocks were safe. They soon back-tracked after plastic cladding on Hanover Tower in Broomhall failed fire safety tests.

New report reveals council officers ordered combustible cladding for Hanover Tower block
22nd September 2020
Green Councillors have released a short report about the combustible cladding on Hanover Tower in Sheffield.