Tag Archive for democracy

Shining a light on the democratic process in Kington

In the last in this mini-series to celebrate some of the remarkable sites which www.talkaboutlocal.org has worked with over the past few years I take a look at the vibrant Kington Blackboard. Voter apathy in local elections is a well-known situation up and down the country – less than 50% in many places during the [...]

Trumpeting the success of Cricklade

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In the third of this mini-series to showcase some of the remarkable websites and blogs we’ve had the pleasure to be involved with, I hear from The Cricklade Bugle. Contacting Peter of The Cricklade Bugle for our interview over Skype found him in thoughtful mood, working through the ins and outs of a dilemma with [...]

Reporting On Your Local Council

Your local council could be a rich vein of content for your site. Covering council meetings is something that is happening less & less in the press. We have seen a number of sites that report on their local councils activities and meetings and do it very well, holding their decisions up to some scrutiny [...]

Add WriteToThem.com to your WordPress blog

If you’ve not heard of WriteToThem.com before, it’s a great site by mySociety which makes contact politicians really easy, whether that’s your local councillors or your MP, regional assembly member or MEP. To make it even easier for readers of your own blog, I’ve just finished the first phase of a new plugin for WordPress. [...]

Add TheyWorkForYou.com to your WordPress blog

TheyWorkForYou.com is a great site built by e-democracy charity, mySociety. It provides an easy way for citizens to keep an eye on their MP. You can sign up for e-mail updates whenever your MP speaks in the House of Commons, for example. So wouldn’t it be cool if you could also put this stuff on [...]

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