The Edge, "the newspaper on youth work and youth affairs for local authority elected members from The National Youth Agency", have published a very nice article (page 7) about LifeSwap. One correction is needed from the article – the next Read more
The Russell Commission is moving on. Yesterday, the vwell funded charity recommended by Russell was launched. It is called v and their website is at www.wearev.com. It is a vnice website and vwell branded. At the moment the site is Read more
Congratulations to Stephen Hilton from Bristol City Council consultation team who won BT Innovator of the Year in the Government Computing Awards. A Gallomanor project, CampaignCreator, seemed to feature as part of the reason for winning, but overall I imagine Read more
Last week I was invited to speak to a Citizenship Co-ordinators Network event in Bristol. It was held at a City Learning Centre at Brislington College and the facilities were superb and, judging by the number of students who tried Read more
The Audit Commission announced last week a new toolkit designed to help councils benchmark their success in engaging their community. The press release is a little short on the detail of what the toolkit consists of but the aims are Read more
This poster stopped me in my tracks as I left Westminster Tube stations a few weeks ago. The design was striking and the copy was spot on. They are simple and strong and, I think, they convey the frustration many Read more
Gillian Simmons, from England’s most northerly council, Berwick-upon-Tweed, was telling me about their youth engagement plans for this year. The council is supporting a venture between Berwick High School and a local music company PFL Studios. The venture Berwick Music Read more
A cracking idea from the Conservative Party. Supporters (or not) can send in their 30 sec clip about how they would improve their local environment and the best will feature in one of the Conservative Party election broadcasts. Excellent way Read more
As part of the launch of The Electoral Commission and Hansard Society’s Audit of Political Engagement 3 there was an event at Portcullis House last night. A full house got to hear the offerings from: Sam Younger (Chair) – Chairman Read more
Today it was announced that Riverbend, the author of Baghdad Burning, has been longlisted for a £30,000 Literary Award. This follows on from the critical acclaim for the somewhat less worthy Belle de Jour. Congratulations to the anonymous bloggers. The Read more