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Local Government in England - 40 Years of Decline

Online Zoom
The launch of a report on forty years of “centralisation on steroids”, the reduction in the power and autonomy of local government, leaving the UK as one of the most centralised countries in the world. This event is organised by Unlock Democracy, as a cross-party campaign, aimed at reversing the centralisation. Their report ‘Local Government in England – 40 Years…
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MIGRATION MATTERS FESTIVAL

Online and in person
A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF SANCTUARY LIVE FROM SHEFFIELD  IN PERSON & VIRTUAL
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Rally to Ban Glyphosate

Ponds Forge, Sheffield
The “Stop using Glyphosate” petition will be presented to the Sheffield Full Council meeting at Ponds Forge. As more than 5000 Sheffield citizens have signed the petition, this will force a debate. Sheffield City Council uses over 1000 litres of this chemical annually despite it being banned in some European countries, cancer-causing, and linked to the worrying and dramatic decline…
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Kill the Bill social media storm

Online
Thursday 24 June marks the end of the committee stage and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will now come back into the Main Chamber for debate by MPs. In response, social media will be flooded with messages to #KillTheBill aimed at local and national politicians. Sheffield Against the Policing Bill have created a toolkit with all the resources…
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Q&A session - Our Bodies Our Street

Our Bodies Our Streets is a Sheffield-based intersectional feminist campaign working for safer and more equal spaces for women and marginalised genders, free from public sexual harassment and cat-calling. They are forming as a fairly new grassroots campaign, looking to expand members and supporters in all of the Sheffield community. This Q&A (questions and answers) session is about the campaign,…
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