The primary purpose of the Local Area Committees (LACs) is to promote the involvement of local people in the democratic process and to bring decision making closer to local people.
Why you should get involved
LACs give you the chance to influence decision making, share your opinion and contribute to positive changes in your community. LACs are your opportunity to say what you would like to see improved in your area.
The community plans
About 7,000 Sheffielders took part in our local area survey in autumn 2021. Your LAC teams looked carefully at what you told us, and saw what your biggest concerns were.
Each LAC then made a community plan, agreed at its public meeting in March 2022. The plans explain the community’s priorities and how the LAC intends to work on these in the coming year.
Find out more on your individual LAC pages.
Watch our video to find out more about Local Area Committees and how to get involved.
Areas of the committees
Sheffield is grouped into 28 areas called wards. There are seven Local Area Committees, and each one is made up of four wards. Each committee is composed of the elected members for those wards.
The Committee does not and will not include council officers, representatives of partner organisations or members of the public, although they may be involved in a supporting or advisory capacity.
There are three councillors per ward, representing you, a resident of that area. Councillors will work with residents, businesses and community groups at these public meetings to discuss how money can be spent and how the area can be improved.
If you are unsure about which ward you're in please see the Electoral Ward page.
The LAC webpages will be edited to reflect any changes to councillors following the election on 5 May 2022.
View the election results for your ward on the SheffNews. website.
Central
The Central Local Area Committee covers Broomhill and Sharrow Vale, Hillsborough, Walkley and City wards.
East
The East Local Area Committee covers Darnall, Manor Castle, Park and Arbourthorne and Richmond wards.
North
The North Local Area Committee covers Stocksbridge, Stannington, East Ecclesfield and West Ecclesfield wards.
North East
The North East Local Area Committee covers Firth Park, Southey, Shiregreen and Brightside and Burngreave wards.
South
The South Local Area Committee covers Beauchief and Greenhill, Graves Park, Gleadless Valley, Sharrow and Netheredge wards.
South East
The South East Local Area Committee covers Woodhouse, Birley, Beighton and Mosborough wards.
South West
The South West Local Area Committee covers Dore and Totley, Fulwood, Ecclesall, Crookes and Crosspool wards.