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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
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 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 Read more…
It is a big couple of weeks for the LifeSwap project. What started as a small project to help Councillors understand a little more about the lives of the more vulnerable young people in their care is about to get Read more…