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Time is ticking for EU citizens who need to apply for ‘settled status’ before the end of June 2021 to retain their right to live in the UK. Many people who have lived here for a long time think that they don’t need to apply for this status, but they must apply so that they can continue to live in the UK after June. Over 5.30 million applications have already been made to the EU Settlement Scheme.

Testing is a vital part in our fight against the spread of Covid-19 and to help reduce the rate of people contracting the virus, your help is still needed as much as ever. You can get a test at one of six testing centres by booking an appointment in advance. If you are showing any of the following symptoms of Covid-19, however mild, you need to get tested as soon as you can: A high temperature A new, continuous cough A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

We are pleased to announce the return of the council tenants’ Green Fingers garden competition. Now in its 11th year, it is open to all Sheffield City Council tenants and gives them the chance to show off their gardening skills and win prizes.

Full Council give the go ahead for seven new Local Area Committees (LAC), which seek to revolutionise how citizens can influence the decisions that matter to them and their communities. 

A consultation scheme is underway to find out what people think about potential changes to how social housing is let in the city. There are ever increasing demands on social housing in Sheffield, like many other parts of the country.The proposed changes aim to ensure that our housing stock goes to the people who need it most.

Plans announced to improve pedestrian safety on Station Road, Halfway, near Halfway Nursery and Infants School.

A Sheffield landlord with a track record of housing offences, has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions in their homes. Nilendu Das, of Carter Knowle Avenue was convicted at Sheffield’s Magistrate Court yesterday and ordered to pay over £7,000 in court costs and fines for various housing offences as well as health and safety offences at his restaurant, the Varanasi Inn on Sandygate Road, Sheffield.

We have committed increased funding of over £1.1 million for community safety work across the city, so that people feel safe living, working, and playing in our neighbourhoods. The funding, designed to provide more reassurance in local areas by better joint-working, will involve working with communities, the council and partners including South Yorkshire Police, the voluntary, community and faith sector, health, schools and councillors.

Year on year we will be recruiting more apprentices to make sure that we have local skilled people working in either our housing service or for the local companies that carry out work for us. We’ve been talking with some of these apprentices, who are doing a 3 or 4 year NVQ qualification, so read on to hear all about what they’re learning and their hopes for the future.

We're working with South Yorkshire Police and Fir Vale Community Hub to improve community issues in Page Hall. Last week we carried out a partnership day of action to address problems in the area.

Our priorities for providing safe, warm, affordable council homes and investing in them and our council estates has been approved by our full council meeting. Our ambitious plans mean that we will continue to invest in council properties and improve the lives of all council tenants and residents across the city.

Help is available for all EU citizens in the city who must apply for apply for ‘settled status’ before the end of June 2021 to retain their right to live in the UK. Many people who have lived here for a long time think that they don’t need to apply for this status, but they must apply so that they can continue to live in the UK after June. Over 4.88 million applications have already been made to the EU Settlement Scheme.

The new community services manager will lead on the development and delivery of a partnership action plan to deal with the issues affecting local people in Page Hall.

Working with Westfield Big Local Partnership we will be creating a brand-new multi-use playground for families in the Westfield area.

Last month three people were prosecuted for noise offences in Sheffield. We encourage people to report these issues so that we can investigate and take action.

A remembrance page has been set up for Councillor Peter Rippon, who sadly passed away on Sunday 20 December.

Four new council homes are ready for families to move in over the next few days

As 2020 - the year that none of us could have predicted - draws to a close, we’re all in need of some festive cheer, and although we can’t celebrate Christmas in the usual style th ...

An investigative report into why defective cladding was installed on the Hanover tower block in Broomhall has been published by Sheffield City Council.

Potential funding for voluntary, community and faith organisations who have helped others during the Covid-19 response.

Get involved in the Great British September Clean and help keep our city clean and tidy.

Online consultation events will start next week giving local people the opportunity to provide their views and feedback on what they would like to be included in the Sheffield Local Plan.

Work has begun to upgrade temporary changes to Pinstone Street, which is currently closed to traffic to help people maintain social distancing as they return to the city centre’s s ...

Following further complaints and litter being consistently left behind in Sheffield's parks, Sheffield City Council has ...

People across the city have been showing off their horticultural talents by spending more time tending to their gardens ...

Sheffield City Council is pleased to announce that every library across the city is set to receive an additional one off ...

A new shared vision for the care and management of Sheffield’s street trees will be approved by the Leader of the Counci ...

The consultation will look at Sheffielder’s perceptions of the area and what changes could be made to make it a neighbou ...

As part of Keep Britain Tidy’s “Great British Spring Clean” national campaign, Sheffield BID’s litter pick will take pla ...

Sheffield City Council is set to approve its Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan for 2020/2021, which includes p ...

Following substantial rainfall over recent weeks, Sheffield is continuing to work closely with those in the worst affect ...

Thursday and Friday saw the highest number of hits ever in a 24-hour period to Sheffield City Council’s news website, Sh ...

The Streets Ahead mascot, Phil the Bin, made the most of the half-term break by reminiscing about his busy start to this ...

The council’s highways contractor is getting ‘winter ready’ in preparation for icy conditions over coming months.With 19 ...

A new taskforce to look at how the education sector in Sheffield can improve its environmental impact has today been ann ...

Sheffield’s Leader and Deputy Leader took to Stagecoach Supertram today to talk with local people and get the Big City C ...

Have your say on the 2020 green bin collection serviceIn Sheffield, we offer residents a chargeable green bin collection ...

The cleanliness of the city’s roads has been acknowledged by central government, following an independent assessment of ...

As part of Local Democracy Week Sheffield City Council is asking residents for their views about the issues that affect ...

Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Police are joining forces with partners across the city and the region for a ...

Plans for the largest council house building programme for decades are taking shape in Sheffield. If approved, over 3,1 ...

Sheffield City Council has today confirmed that the petition submitted last month, calling for a referendum to change th ...

The volunteers, known as independent visitors, build helpful and positive relationships with young people who are in car ...

It’s a familiar yet unwelcome sight across many cities - piles of litter; be it fly- tipping or one off items, dumped at ...

We have the winners for the Housing and Neighbourhood Service's Green Fingers Gardening Competition 2019!   This year’ ...

Colley Park in Parson Cross is about to get a makeover as part of the council’s ongoing work to improve parks and playgr ...

Sheffield residents are being asked to give their views on a proposal to vary the street lighting levels across Sheffiel ...

Sheffield’s wonderful parks and green spaces have once again been recognised by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, ...

Residents of Sheffield will soon have the chance to share their views on a proposal to vary the street lighting levels a ...

Sheffield City Council has appointed leading energy, services and regeneration specialist ENGIE to develop a new homes p ...

In Sheffield, new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology, where fibre is laid all the way from the exchange to people’s ...

We currently face cost pressures of up to £4million, due to no longer being able to use a way of staffing our fire stati ...