Change Lab Sheffield

DEMOCRACY ACTION GROUP CITIZEN ASSEMBLY 🏠🗳️

Earlier this week, or Democracy Action Group facilitated an amazing citizen assembly raising issues around student housing - advising attendees on the Renters Rights Act.

The event started with an introduction from project leader Katherine, followed by an informative chat with councillor about Crookes’ housing situation and the Landlord Licensing Scheme. Activities throughout then ensured discussion remained participatory and inclusive, for example sticking post it notes of the changes to housing students wanted to see on a paper house.

In true citizen assembly fashion the meeting ended with a group vote on the actions they wanted to take moving forward… what do you think of introducing a compulsory university module to know your rights as renters?🤔

We are so proud of the group, thank you to all those who joined us!

As semester one draws to a close, we would like to share the amazing progress from our action groups this term! 👏

This year we have 5 wonderful action groups who are making brilliant progress! We are joined by 50 students this year who are making up our 2025/2026 cohort, we are extremely proud of the progress all the groups have made this term.

We want to say a huge thank you to all students involved and our community partners! 😊

We hope you all have a relaxing break, and a happy new year. We look forward to seeing how your projects develop in semester two! 🎉