Alan Yearsley is the Green Party candidate for Birley Ward in the local elections on May 7th 2026.
I have lived in Frecheville since 2003. I work as a news and features writer for a railway magazine publisher in Sheffield. I’m concerned about noise and pollution from traffic, cuts to bus services, lack of adequate facilities for cyclists, lack of affordable housing and Sheffield’s poor record on recycling compared to many other councils. I am pleased that more types of material will be accepted via the kerbside collection scheme in future.
The area needs and deserves better transport links, and I would also like to see good use made of our underused community assets such as Birley Spa Bath House (whose restoration Sheffield Green Party has long campaigned for) and the recently closed St Cyprian’s church.