Understanding community participation
What motivates people to participate and engage in their community? The experts at Involve (a charity which undertakes research to actively encourage public participation) have conducted a wealth of...
View ArticleCommunity Organising
Community Organisers build relationships in communities to activate people and create social and political change through collective action. Locality’s Community Organisers programme is a grass-roots...
View ArticleHow to influence your elected representative
This PDF guidance from Living Streets tells you, in step by step instructions, ways that you can contact your Member of Parliament (MP), Assembly Member (AM), Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP),...
View ArticleHow to start a campaign
Lots of community projects have causes close to their hearts and want to start a campaign; perhaps to make their community safer, influence elected representatives or improve local services. This guide...
View ArticleWorking with refugee and migrant communities
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit have a series of publications that offer guidance on how to work successfully with people from refugee and migrant communities. These publications cover a whole range of topics...
View ArticleUse Change.org to start a petition
Petitions are the perfect way of gathering support for a specific issue. Using Change.org, the world’s largest petition platform, you can create an online petition for free which you can share locally...
View ArticleWhat information should my local authority be sharing?
The Local Government Transparency Code contains information that each local authority is required to publish. This includes how money is spent and how land and assets are used. This sort of information...
View ArticleFind your local MP
Before you get your community project up and running, it might be helpful to find out what your local MP is doing for your area. ‘They Work For You’ is a website where you can type in your postcode and...
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