Decision Maker: Strategy and Resources Policy Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Decision:
10.1
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The Director of Policy and Democratic Engagement
and Director of Customer Experience and Communities submitted a
joint report proposing that over the coming year, we work with
communities and our Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social
Enterprise (VCFSE) sector to co-create a collective, long-term
ambition for communities in Sheffield that helps to deliver our
City Goals.
Further, the report provides an initial
reflection on the city’s response to the violent racially
motivated disorder that affected many parts of the country in the
summer of 2024 (Appendix 1); and a response to the Full Council
resolution on “reaffirming Sheffield as a city of
sanctuary” and to agree to seek reaccreditation as a Local
Authority of Sanctuary (Appendix
2).?
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10.2
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RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee:-
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(a) requests
officers to initiate the development of a new Communities Strategy
in collaboration with communities and other partners, with a draft
to be presented to the Strategy and Resources Policy Committee in
early summer 2025 and a final version of the strategy following
formal consultation to be presented to the committee in September
2025;
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(b) approves the
establishment of a cross-party Member reference group to support
the development of the work;
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(c) notes the
response of the city’s communities and the council to the
violent disorder that affected many parts of the country in the
summer of 2024; and
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(d) notes the
information contained in Appendix 2 of the report which responds to
the Full Council resolution on “reaffirming Sheffield as a
city of sanctuary” and agrees to seek reaccreditation as a
Local Authority of Sanctuary.
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10.3
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Reasons for Decision
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10.3.1
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To take steps to
ensure that Sheffield has an ambitious vision for communities in
the city, which is co-created and owned by communities and sets
long-term direction for the Council and its relationship with
people and partners.
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10.3.2
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To respond positively to the Full Council motion on
“reaffirming Sheffield as a city of sanctuary” and to
provide Elected Members with an update on the city’s response
to the violent, racist and Islamophobic disorder that was seen over
the summer.
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10.4
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Alternatives Considered and
Rejected
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10.4.1
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Alternative Option 1: Do nothing
We could choose to continue without a Communities Strategy but
as detailed above, having a shared vision and set of ambitions with
communities is a critical part of the Council Plan and city
council’s transformation into a community and customer
focused council.
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10.4.2
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Alternative Option 2: Produce a strategy more
quickly
Recognising the gap in our Strategic Framework, we could choose
to develop the new Communities Strategy more quickly. However, this
would significantly limit the extent of community and VCFSE
involvement in the co-creation of the strategy and risk the
resulting vision and ambitions not being shared by the people of
Sheffield.
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Report author: Tom Smith
Publication date: 22/10/2024
Date of decision: 16/10/2024
Decided at meeting: 16/10/2024 - Strategy and Resources Policy Committee
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