BuildingDemocracy – Innovations Fund

The Ministry of Justice* Innovations Fund (that brought you CivicSurf or Cllr 2.0 as it was) is back.  It’s bigger than ever with £150,000 to be spent developing new ideas.  Go to www.buidlingdemocracy.co.uk for the details. There is a difference this year.  Instead of only being able to submit applications Read more…

Weekend elections? Vote y/n here…

I like voting on a Thursday.  The reason for voting on a Thursday isn’t very obvious, but I can’t think of a better day.  The Ministry of Justice though are looking for reasons to move elections to the weekend or not. They’ve opened a consultation today on weekend voting and Read more…

Cllr2.0 – how do Councillors use the internet to engage?

As part of a Ministry of Justice funded Innovations Fund project, we’re involved in giving a presentation tomorrow to a group of Councillors at Norfolk County Council on the ways that are / could be used to engage with constituents via the internet. Here’s the long list I have at Read more…