A message from the Leader
City of Opportunity
I am ambitious for Sheffield, the Council and for you, the customers and citizens of Sheffield. We have published our ambitions for the city, the Council and all our customers and citizens in our City of Opportunity plan.
I want Sheffield to be a modern, vibrant, green city where people choose to live, invest and work. I want the Council to get things right first time for you the customer. And I want Sheffield to be a place that lets people reach their full potential, ensuring that everyone has equality of opportunity in the city.
We want the Council to work for you – no matter if you want to start a business, get your child the best possible education, have a neighbourhood to be proud of or an older person wanting to be independent and at home.
We have some exciting and bold plans in the document, but we can only achieve them if we work with local people, listen to them and act with them. These include:
- Improving the education of our young people to give them the very best start in life;
- Invest in our communities across Sheffield so we have vibrant and thriving centres where people can shop, relax, come together and learn from each other.
- Making Sheffield the easiest city in the country to set up a successful business
- Making sure as a Council we get the services right for you first time
We are working to ensure that everyone, no matter where they live in the city, gets a fair deal and can maximise their opportunity.
Keep Warm this Winter
I want everyone to get what they are entitled to and have a Winter where they can stay warm.
There is help for you to stay warm, including financial help, whether you own your own home or you rent. So, if this is something that would help you this Winter then please do contact us and we will do everything we can to help.
Save Our Post Offices Update
We are disappointed that we have been blocked in our efforts to save Post Offices for some of our communities. However we are continuing to talk to Post Offices Limited to see if we can keep some open. It won’t be easy and we cannot say if we will be successful, but I can assure you that we are working hard to find a solution. I have asked all the other parties on the Council to work with me to see what we can achieve.
Trees for Sheffield
Tell us where you would like a tree to be planted. We have 5,000 trees being planted over these next few months as part of a £50,000 commitment to safeguard and improve Sheffield’s green environment. I’m really excited about this, as it is probably the greatest ever amount ever allocated specifically for tree planting in the city.
Tell us where in your local area you would like us to plant some of these trees.
Graffiti Removal
If you see any graffiti when you are out and about in Sheffield, then report it to us and we will do our best to get it removed as soon as we can.
Sheffield Where Everybody Matters
Please do contact me if there is any issue or concern that you would like to bring to my attention. I am working really hard to make Sheffield both a city of opportunity, and a city where everyone matters.
With best wishes
Cllr Paul Scriven
Leader of Sheffield City Council
p.s. contact me using my email address: leader@sheffield.gov.uk
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