Councillor Sarah Ann Allen

Profile image for Councillor Sarah Ann Allen

Title: Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Neighbourhood Working

Party: Labour

Political grouping: Labour

Ward: Greasbrough

Other councillors representing this Ward:

Surgery details

Surgeries are every Saturday 10 o clock until 11 o clock Greasbrough Library.

Please note that due to the borough’s all out elections in May, Saturday 27 April will be the final surgery taking place during my current term of office. The new term of office following the elections is from May 2024 to May 2028 and any future surgeries will be advertised in due course.

Contact information

Correspondence address: 
c/o Rotherham Town Hall
Moorgate Street
Rotherham
S60 2TH

Bus. phone:  01709 255821

Email:  sarah.allen@rotherham.gov.uk

Committee appointments

Terms of Office

  • 06/05/2016 - 06/05/2021
  • 06/05/2021 -

Appointments to outside bodies

Additional Information

Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member Neighbourhood Working and Acting Cabinet Member Housing - Councillor Sarah Allen

 

Sarah was first elected as a Councillor for the Wingfield Ward in 2016. In 2018 she took up Cabinet responsibility for Cleaner, Greener Communities and has now been appointed as Deputy Leader with Cabinet responsibility for Neighbourhood Working.

 

She has over thirty years’ experience of local government working in Waste, Social Inclusion and Neighbourhood and Community Regeneration. She has worked with many community organisations, been a Board Member for many of them and helped them access funding from local, national, and European funding streams. She is committed to partnership working and the role of Councillors as community champions. She is looking forward to her new Member Development and Support role and the opportunity to become more involved in Democratic Services.

 

Areas of responsibility include:

·       Supporting the Leader in day to day activity

·       Neighbourhood Working and Thriving Neighbourhoods Strategy

·       Engagement/consultation relating to Towns and Villages Fund 

·       Parish Liaison

·       Community Cohesion

·       Democratic Services

·       Member Development 

Acting Cabinet Member Housing (maternity leave cover from August 2023)

 

Areas of responsibility include:

·       Management, improvement and adaptation of council housing stock

·       Oversight of Housing Revenue Account

·       Housing Strategy and affordability policies

·       Selective Licensing and regulation of private landlords

·       Homelessness and rough sleeping

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

SUMMARY OF MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES AND

EXPENSES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Councillor

Basic

Special Responsibility Allowance

Travel

Co-optees Allowance

Total

 

£

£

£

£

£

Allen S.A.

11,471.04

14,217.96

0.00

0.00

25,689.00

 

News

Working with you to help build communities that we can all take pride in has always been a priority for the Council.

 

We value the contributions that people make within their local area, through volunteering and getting involved in decision making, to really make a difference for everyone who lives there. By building on the work we've already done together we can continue to find new ways to meet the challenges facing Rotherham.

 

Further information regarding the Greasbrough ward can be found on the Council’s website.