by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 5, 2021 | Democracy & Participation, News, What Local Politicians Do, What We Care About
I have been chairing the WLGA’s working group on Diversity in Democracy since the previous chair, the formidable Cllr Debbie Wilcox, was elevated to the House of Lords in 2019. Debbie was the first female leader of the WLGA council, a great advocate for equality, and...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Nov 4, 2020 | Equality & Human Rights, News, What Local Politicians Do, What We Care About
At Council on 4th November 2020, Cllr Alyson Pugh and I proposed a motion committing the council do deliver a Pension Credit take-up campaign. The motion text explains how this benefit is so under-claimed. Running this campaign was an election pledge which Cllr Nick...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 6, 2020 | Community Safety, News
Here are some issues we’re working on at the moment. Discussions with police are planned and we’ll publish further updates as progress is made: We have had discussions with residents on Terrace Road who’ve been badly affected by repeated incidents of car...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 5, 2020 | News, Traffic, What We Care About
We all know what our ideal parking scheme for Uplands and Brynmill would achieve, but the eternal problem is that any measures which push an unwanted group away (like the university’s commuters) would have unintended consequences for a group we want to help...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Mar 1, 2020 | Environment, Mary Sherwood, News, Traffic, What We Care About
“I’d love to see Gwydr Square in Uplands (where the Uplands Market takes place) turned into a pedestrian, no-traffic zone”, said an email I received from a resident in February this year, who had originally contacted me about general traffic concerns. If I had £1 for...
by Mary Sherwood & Nick Davies | Jul 26, 2019 | Democracy & Participation, News
At the last Council meeting it was great to see so many people in the public gallery asking well-considered questions. Engagement like this is great for Swansea and the Council. Why was the gallery so full? Principally because the Council was due to vote on a...
