This year we are running an international version of I’m a Councillor alongside the 30 plus UK councils already signed up to the event. In the second week of the fortnight students will be able to also access a second version of the site where they will be able to Read more…
The LGA’s first magazine are hopefully running an article in September about what it is like to participate in I’m a Councillor from a councillr’s perspective. In pulling together some material for the article I came across this quote from Cllr Pat Todd in Canterbury. "I found the experience rejuvenating. Read more…
I’ve been given the chance to post on the ICELE blog about the Budapest Conference. This is what I wrote: I’ve now caught up on my sleep from Budapest, but not my thoughts. I have two over-riding themes left over from the event. Firstly was listening to Etienne Chouard speak Read more…
One of the discussions that should have occurred at the event is now happening on the blog of the lovely Antonia Bance. I met Antonia at the event. She is a Councillor in Oxford, new to the job and comes across as really passionate about what she believes in. She’s Read more…
Last week I flew to Budapest to take part in the International e-Participation and Local Democracy Symposium. 3 days of hotel air-conditioning and PowerPoint presentations. Joy. Griff Wigley and a few others kept a blog through the event and I hope to be able to contribute to it soon. It Read more…
I’m off next Wednesday to Budapest for the eDemocracy Symposium. Apparently there is a good turnout expected with over 300 delegates booked. I doubt they will all turn up to hear me speak about using new technology to reach out to new young people but as I’m sharing the platform Read more…
LifeSwap has achieved some form of national recognition with an article in today’s SocietyGuardian covering the event. The article is extremely positive and sums up the advantages of the event far better than I can, but essentially it says that it changes attitudes by bringing councillors and young people closer Read more…
It put a huge smile on my face when Cumbria County Council phoned us up today to say that they want to participate in I’m a Councillor, Get me out of here, and that they’ve had 66 schools interested in taking part, out of which they had to choose 20.
Today sees the launch of BeaconLifeSwap. This is a spin off from LifeSwap where 21 young people from seven Beacon councils were invited to tell us about "my life: my community" through photos and captions using mobile phone cameras kindly supplied by O2. The eight Beacon Councils are expected to Read more…
The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed a little extra eye-candy today. This site now sports a bright yellow button that links through to the page showing how people can get involved in the Local Democracy Campaign. The aim is to get as many people displaying the button as possible. Read more…