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Campaigners met outside the Town Hall at 9am on Thursday morning, where there was a performance by a street theatre group, Act Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Janice Brown, of Act Now, said they were keen to help: \u201cWe were approached by the Sheffield Swift Network about drawing attention to the fact the petition was going in today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of what we are passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 10am, the campaigners moved into the Town Hall to deliver their petition, which reached 1,400 signatures, to the council\u2019s Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Mazher Iqbal, co-chair of the committee, thanked the SSN for their \u201cpassionate speech\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that swift bricks would be included in the council\u2019s housing policy as an example of a design feature that could improve biodiversity, but they would not make them mandatory as the SSN wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While not everything in the petition was accepted, members said their campaigning would continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking before the committee meeting, Flora Jeferzade, of Crookes Swifts, said: \u201cWe\u2019re doing our best, we\u2019re doing everything we can, and we won\u2019t give up if we don\u2019t get it through today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n