‘Our Democracy Blog’

The Greater London Authority (GLA) has launched the sixth annual London Voter Registration Week to help under-represented and under-registered Londoners access their democratic rights Boroughs, civil society organisations and education institutions are supporting the campaign which is also raising awareness of photo Voter ID and changes to the voting rights of some EU Londoners London…

Age UK Westminster (the primary partner), in partnership with Age UK Kensington & Chelsea (the junior partner), has primarily engaged with Londoners aged 60 and above through direct in-person engagement in Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea; and through indirect methods, such as distributing flyers (in English, French and Arabic) and newsletters to their readership. It…

The Bulgarian Centre for Social Integration and Culture (BCSIC) has delivered in-person drop-in sessions in Edmonton and Haringey as part of its awareness-raising activity, primarily engaging the Bulgarian, Bulgarian Roma and wider Eastern European communities. It developed leaflets, videos and other promotional material; and shared these online, on Bulgarian community Facebook pages and (with the…

Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (CLAUK) is made up of six Latin American-led partner organisations – including its lead partner, the Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation. CLAUK engaged with Latin American Londoners across London through in-person outreach and events, providing direct assistance helping beneficiaries to register to vote. It produced leaflets and posters…

Disability Action Haringey worked with several partners – including Disability Action in Islington, Inclusion London, Camden Disability Action, Inclusion Barnet and Ruils – to deliver awareness-raising activity to Deaf and disabled individuals across London. Partners received small subgrants to cascade information and deliver awareness-raising events in their boroughs. Disability Action Haringey found that in-person engagement…

East European Resource Centre (EERC) primarily engaged Romanian and Polish Londoners, as well as wider Eastern European communities, through in-person events and the distribution of promotional assets on social media. EERC also cascaded awareness-raising information amongst its internal staff; and embedded raising awareness of the voting-system changes into its existing services, such as its helpline…

Faiths Forum for London trained 12 community champions, who created faith and issue-specific flyers, and information pamphlets uniquely suited to the language and cultural requirements of their particular communities. They delivered engagement with different faith communities through in-person outreach at mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras, universities and interfaith events across London.   As part of its project delivery,…

Henna Asian Women’s Group (HAWG) provided awareness-raising information to, and organised events for, the South Asian community in Camden and the surrounding areas. It found that in-person events were effective, as many of its beneficiaries did not speak English as a first language, and so used native-speakers as translators to disseminate the awareness-raising information. HAWG…

The Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) delivered in-person engagement and awareness-raising to Deaf Londoners across London. It found that direct, in-person engagement was much more effective than online workshops. Through its delivery, RAD found that it had to deliver some initial political literacy outreach – many in the Deaf community cannot access any political…

LGBT HERO delivered a wide social media campaign and developed a variety of videos and promotional assets with a focus on trans and non-binary Londoners. These assets and information are collected on its campaign hub. It also delivered training sessions to wider LGBTQ+ Consortium partners, which enabled the cascading of Voter ID awareness-raising information across…