LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK

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• LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK
• (9th - 20th October 2006)

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Participants
Councillor Terry Freer Councillor John
Padwick Councillor Chris Smith-Haynes Councillor
Lynsey Tod Councillor Alison Wiley Councillor
Lloyd Bunday
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The event

• Fun and light-hearted
• Educational
• Interactive
• Key Stages 3 and 4 (11-16)
• Multimedia event
• Endorsed by the LGA and OFSTED

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Live chat

• Instant interaction between Councillors and young
  people
• Pre-arranged
• Post-moderated

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Questions

• Categorised
• Pre-moderated
• E-mailed to Councillors
• Posted on the web-site

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Voting

• One vote per round per registered participant
• First eviction on 16th October
• Thereafter one eviction each day until 20th
  October
• Results e-mailed to Councillors before being
  posted on the homepage
• Im a Councillor Champion declared on 20th
  October

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Polls

• On the home page
• Topic(s) to be suggested by Councillors
• Can be one topic running for the whole period or
  a different topic each day
• Results posted on the home page

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Manifestos

• Posted by Councillors along with a photograph
• Based on what councillors would like to do for
  young people in the Borough
• Profiles

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Visits to Schools/Colleges

• Invitations from schools/colleges for councillors
  to attend
• Material available from the Electoral Commission
  Publication Democracy Cookbook doing politics
  with young people for councillors to access
• Other councillors can attend schools/colleges

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Publicity and Promotion

• Press releases
• Promotional Displays
• Photographs
• T-shirts

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Evictions

• First eviction on 16th October
• One eviction per day from 17th to 19th October
• Announcement of Im a Councillor Champion on
  20th October

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Feedback from the Event

• Find out what is important to Young People
• Help to inform the Youth Strategy
• Help to inform the Corporate Plan
• Ultimately improve services for young people