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Developing a City Approach to Active CitizenshipDeveloping a City Approach to Active Citizenship

Sharon SquiresDirector, Sheffield First Partnership/Sheffield

Executive Board

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• Why is Active Citizenship important?

• History to SEB activity.

• Where are we now?

• Next steps.

• Discussion; knowledge, skills and role of SSCP.

Why is active citizenship important?

Why is active citizenship important?

• Definition of active Citizenship variesAn individual who gets involved in public life and affairs at a local, national and international level

• Differences in opinion; whether citizens are more or less active (e.g. drop in voting v campaigning through social media)

• Agree that citizens will need to play a greater role in their own, family and community wellbeing? (civil society)

SEB ActivitySEB Activity

• Shared interest across many SEB Partners (Council, NHS, Police, VCF, Fire and Rescue, Universities, College etc).

• Do we have a city approach?

• Initially set up a SEB task and finish group on community assemblies and partner panels.

• Recommendation that they focus on community engagement and partnership, working together across agencies.

SEB ActivitySEB Activity• The Council, NHS, Police working group; what's already

happening and how does it match citizen expectations?

• Confused and disjointed picture within and across organisations.

• Focused on achieving organisational outcomes?

• Citizens focused on community wellbeing and individual objectives e.g. employability

Next StepsNext Steps

• Looking at Practice elsewhere (Peterborough, Bradford, Newcastle ).

• Leeds Commission for Future of Local Government; Social Entrepreneurialism.

• 2035 Programme - University of Sheffield and Sheffield Executive Board

Next stepsNext steps• A framework for a city approach?

• Based on what success would look like (outcome focus).

• Citizen driven rather then organisational driven?

• Targeted or comprehensive?

• Or is enough already happening?

• Discussion