How to start your own campaign
1. Think about what matters to you. The first step to a successful campaign is to have a cause and idea that people can get behind. It’s important that it’s something you care about...
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Girlguiding Introduce Voting Badge!
The UK’s Girlguiding charity has announced that it will be introducing a ‘Voting badge’ to mark the centenary of some women gaining the right to vote!
Voting Counts Founder Wins Cabinet Office Award
Voting Counts’ founder, Rachael Farrington, has been awarded ‘Young Advocate of the Year’ by the Cabinet as part of the UK’s first National Democracy Week.
Get In Westminster: Breaking Barriers for BAME in Parliament
Get In Westminster is a non-partisan educational programme that aims to empower young students and professionals of colour about career opportunities across the civil service.
Campaigning For Change: Up-Skirting
Gina Martin is successfully leading a campaign to make ‘up-skirting’, the act of taking a photo up a somebody’s skirt without their permission, illegal. Following a personal experience of up-skirting at a festival, she...
Lewisham East By-Election: What you need to know:
Following the resignation of Heidi Alexander, Lewisham East constituency will be facing a by-election on June 14th 2018.
Does Knowledge Equal Power? Looking at Political Interest vs Turnout.
Earlier this year, The Hansard Society published its ‘Audit of Political Engagement Report 2018‘, which explored the trends in the public’s engagement in politics. We took a look at this year’s results, and were...
Local Elections 2018: #DogsAtPollingStations
One of our favorite polling day traditions is the #DogsAtPollingStations hastag on twitter. It combines our two favorite things, dogs and democracy whats not to love? We thought we’d share some of the best...
Local Elections 2018: 5 Minute Briefing
Local Elections are taking place on this week, here is our five minute guide to what you need to know.
Manchester: How turnout varies along the Metrolink
This map, created from The University of Manchester, uses the Manchester Metrolink map to show varying levels of voter turnout across Manchester.
