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Also note: http://www.localdemocracyweek.info ------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Shane McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:39:23 +0100 Subject: [DO-Consult] I'm a Councillor, Get me out of Here! I thought you may be interested in a project we are currently running in the UK. I'm a Councillor, Get me out of Here! is an event currently being run for 26 Local Authorities across England and Wales. It is aimed at starting a dialogue between local councillors and young people. School students and young people at youth groups are given access to a site (www.bigvote.org.uk) that allows them to ask questions of the participating councillors and to vote for the one they want to win the event. They are encouraged to use the site by teachers keen to cover the citizenship syllabus in new and interesting ways using the teaching materials we provide. It is now in it's final week - voting finishes on Friday. Access to the site can be found at www.bigvote.org.uk. Your readers should use guest for both username and access code and that will allow them to read what has been said so far on each of the 26 councils. So far on the event we've had a great response from schools, youth groups and councillors across the country. Thousands of students have registered, we've had over 20,000 visits to the site and over 2,500 questions asked. But the numbers don't tell the real story. The real story is that Councillors up and down the country are making real connections to young people they wouldn't normally meet. Councillor's answering questions from Special Needs Students in Bexhill; students inviting Councillors to visit their school in Leicester; Councillors guiding excluded teenagers how to start a petition in Cardiff. It is in the detail of the questions and conversation that the real power and benefit of I'm a Councillor... can be found. Hope this is of interest. Many thanks, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org EDem's Election 2004 Links: http://e-democracy.org/us *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.xml
