Our friends at My Society have been in touch with us this afternoon to tell us about their new campaign for Fix My Street. Fix Before The Freeze Fix Before The Freeze or #FB4TF if you want to #tag it, is a really simple campaign that everyone can get involved in. All you need to [...]
Localism Bill Much has been spoken about the changes to the planning system as a result of the Localism Bill – some welcome ‘a new right for communities to draw up a ‘neighbourhood development plan’’ whilst others, such as the National Trust, feels it runs the risk of ‘a return to the threat of sprawl and [...]
We did a small Coveritlive web chat for local police to talk with the community through my hyperlocal site www.kingscrossenvironment.com . My local police in London’s Kings Cross approached me to see if they could use my website to reach a wider audience than their traditional channels. As a one-time serial attender of police community [...]
This morning, well last night actually, www.police.uk went live. Police.uk allows you to look at crime data by place name postcode or address, so really handy if you are looking to move, but also quite a handy content idea for your Hyperlocal site. By entering a postcode you get several views available: Overview Just that, [...]
I was at Netroots on Saturday to learn from a mixture of new and old activists, and particularly on the lookout for insights into how local websites can link with action on the ground. As most people involved in hyperlocal websites know, anger is a great mobiliser. A local issue is often what gets an [...]