Our Democracy Friendly Schools programme is helping children and young people to learn about – and take part in – local democracy. We made amazing progress together in 2022. Watch our video to find out more.
We were delighted to present Gomersal St. Mary’s CE(C) Primary School with our very first Democracy Friendly Schools award during Local Democracy Week 2022. Here are some of the local democracy activities the children are taking part in, and some tips for other schools.
Dozens of local projects have already run successful crowdfunding campaigns through our Growing Great Places programme. Together they have raised over £380,000 in pledges, helping to get some great ideas off the ground in local places. Take part in a free online workshop to find out how to join them.
We’re celebrating Local Democracy Week with a programme of activities happening throughout October. You can get involved by adding your activities to our programme, by sharing your story or by inviting us along to your community to help people learn about (and get involved in) local democracy.
315,429 people in Kirklees are registered to vote in the local elections on Thursday 5th May 2022. Here’s everything you need to know…
Spacehive and Kirklees Council are running free online workshops where you can get advice and support to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
We’ve created everyday democracy resources for schools in Kirklees to make sure that our young citizens can have a voice in the things that affect their everyday lives.
Got a great idea for making your local place even better? Want to connect with others who can help make it happen and raise funds to get your idea off the ground? Come along to one of our drop-in sessions in March to find out how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Do you feel able to make your local place better? Please come to our online workshops to share your experiences, listen to other people’s stories and make new connections. Together we’ll improve our understanding of how we can measure people’s confidence in their own ability to change things in our local places – to have influence as active citizens.
We’re offering a safe and flexible one hour session that will help children and young people to learn what local councillors do, share how they feel about life in their local place right now, and explore opportunities to work together with councillors on community projects.