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Bulgarian Centre for Social Integration and Culture – GLA Voter ID Awareness Campaign Communications Plan – Phase Two     

By GLA Democratic Participation Grants Team | 24th September 2024
A man holding an information leaflet on voting changes

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 support of Edmonton Community Partnership) in 29 schools across Edmonton and Haringey. It also cascaded this information to partner groups, including the Eastern European Forum made up of various Central and Eastern European community groups.  

They organised 186 in person events attended by 2,150 people. They engaged or trained 23 community groups/ civil society organisations. They had a reach of 32,700 on Facebook, and their videos had almost 40,000 views. 

  • 90 percent of participants, engaged via in-person or online events, had an increased awareness of the Voter ID requirement as a result of this project, compared with their previous knowledge 
  • 80 percent of participants reported an increased sense of belonging to London 
  • 100 percent of respondents reported an increased understanding of the democratic system as a result of project/ activity 

At one of the drop-in sessions (delivered at a school in Haringey and attended by 18 parents from Bulgarian ethnic and Bulgarian Roma backgrounds), parents reported that this was the first time since their arrival in the UK that an organisation had supported them, and provided information, regarding their democratic rights.