Politics for the Many

How to have conversations about climate change that matter
2023-09-21 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
In a world where most people now accept that climate change is real, what stops people from engaging in this vital issue?
Unison has teamed up with Larger Us – which works to build broader coalitions for change – to deliver free online training to anyone who wants to up their game when it comes to climate conversations.
This webinar explains the project in detail and explores what the training will look like and what this pilot project will involve.
You can find out more and register here.

Liberal Democrat Conference: ‘Clean up our politics to restore our democracy’
2023-09-24 19:15 - 20:15
Hosted by Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform, with Unlock Democracy, Make Votes Matter and Electoral Reform Society
Sleaze scandals bursting out from the corridors of power; MPs second jobs and big money funding; absolute power for governments despite winning less than half the votes – no wonder people decide their votes are wasted. What’s the reform agenda?
Speakers include:

Christine Jardine MP, Cabinet Office Spokesperson

Jess Sargeant, Associate Director, Institute for Government

Tom Brake, Director, Unlock Democracy

Klina Jordan, Chief Executive, Make Votes Matter

Note: You have to be registered for the Party Conference to attend this meeting.
Meyrick Suite, Bournemouth International Centre

Black History Month
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-31
Join us in ‘Saluting Our Sisters’ and the #WEMATTER movement during Black History Month 2023
The theme Saluting our Sisters pays homage to black women who had contributions ignored, ideas appropriated, and voices silenced.
2023 LISTINGS

West Yorkshire - Otley Street Stall
2023-10-21 12:00 - 15:00
Please join us at our street stall!
Saturday 21st November we are holding a stall in Otley, Kirkgate opposite the Black Horse Hotel. Call by for a chat, pick up leaflets, stickers and postcards to send to your MP, or just say Hi. Do make yourself known as we will be pleased to have you with us.
If you can let us know you are coming that would be even better. Feel free to contact us if you have any queries about location, times or our message. mvmwestyorkshire@yahoo.com

2023 TUC Midlands Equalities Conference
2023-10-21 12:00 - 16:00
The annual TUC Midlands Equalities Conference will be held this year at Unite’s regional office in Birmingham.
(Unite the Union, 30 Jennens Rd, Birmingham, B7 4EH, 11am, 21 October)
The conference will hear from national trade union speakers as well as from the various equality networks and committees in the midlands about their work.
Workshops will also be held whereby attendees will be able to discuss, in depth, with the various equality strands to help shape the work and priority of our equalities work for the forthcoming year.

Resisting Thatcherism in 1980s Sheffield
2023-10-21 14:00 - 18:00
On Saturday 21st October, Sheffield Transformed is hosting a workshop that will explore how left-wing activists and politicians in 1980s Sheffield attempted to resist the dominance of Thatcherism and implement their own political ideas.
During the 1980s, the term ‘Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire’ was coined to describe the region’s left-wing political culture. With contributions from historians and local campaigners, this workshop will examine the left-wing, trade union, feminist, and anti-racist activism that made up the Socialist Republic.
Through presentations and group discussion, we’ll examine the extent to which there was a concerted and successful attempt to build a left-wing alternative to Thatcherite ideology in Sheffield. We’ll discuss what we can learn from this pivotal period in political history and how we can apply it to our present situation.
A full programme for the day is available here, which includes some suggested further reading and resources. As well as the scheduled sessions, there will also be an exhibition of local political memorabilia and photographs from the 1980s that people can view during the breaks and at the end of the event.
Tickets are free but, as Sheffield Transformed has no regular source of funding, any donations will help us to host future events.
Thank you to GMB, NEU, the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, Sheffield Trades Council, UCU and Unite for generously supporting this event.
Guest speakers

Sheena Clarke – local councillor from period
Damon Fairclough – writer and photographer
Kate Flannery – local activist
Sarah Kenny – historian
Daisy Payling – historian
Anandi Ramamurthy – academic
Emma Rattenbury – local activist

Training Camp for Coordinators of Citizens' Assemblies - Birmingham
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-26
The first ever training camp in the UK! Join us to explore deliberative democracy and the minutiae of the design of citizens’ assemblies.
What is it
The Training Camp is a comprehensive course for present and future coordinators of citizens’ assemblies worldwide. Our experience in supporting and running deliberative processes has taught us many lessons and led us to develop our own, quality-driven, values-based methodology that we would now love to bring to the broader community of practitioners. We envision a world where citizens’ assemblies are well designed, held to high quality standards, and executed with confidence, ease, and joy. Capacity building is an essential ingredient of making that happen.
Who is it for
The Training Camp is intended for members of organizations and groups interested in designing and running citizens’ assemblies – with or without prior experience. We also happily welcome unaffiliated individuals with a passion for democratic innovation and systemic reform.

European Health and Safety Week 23-27 October 2023 - 'Safe and healthy work in a digital age'
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-28
The campaign is actually a nexus for thousands of local actions in workplaces, within unions, in towns and in cities. Typical events are exhibitions, training events, film screenings, photo calls or ‘stunts’ to raise awareness, training events, briefings and conferences.
It is an opportunity for for workplace and local campaigning and awareness raising about the positive role of unions and the difference we make to safety, health and well-being at work in a period of rapid technological change.
The TUC LESE executive committee wished to make sure that unions, union activists and trades councils in our region are aware of the campaign week.
It is short notice but here are a few ideas for things you, your branch or your trades council might do to support the week, and indeed raise the union movement’s profile using the campaign week as an asset:

Use union noticeboards and email networks, and similar, to promote awareness of the issue and the campaign week.
Send an alert about the campaign week to branch members, delegates and contacts.
Send social media messages, and post on Facebook, including forwarding other organisation’s tweets.
Mapping to scope problems caused by the digital age and search to see if there is a case-study of a worker whose health, safety or well-being has been negatively affected by the ‘digital age’. And even better, if that impact has been mitigated by positive action by a trade union, and write it up.
Write to the local press about the issues and the importance of the trade union response.
Arrange a photo call/photo stunt on the theme, using a bit of artistic creativity.
Add a small element about the issue to an existing event or action.

If your branch or trades council does decide to do something, please let TUC LESE know (email lese@tuc.org.uk), so we can capture and publicise it.

Tackling racism and the far-right - a trade union response
2023-10-25 11:00 - 17:00
Across the country, we are seeing racists and fascists look to divide our communities. In the North West, we’ve seen anti-migrant and refugee sentiment on the rise, protests at hotels and far-right candidates standing in local elections.
Increasingly, far-right groups and individuals are using conspiracy theories as a recruiting ground. No longer is it just about migrants and race, but about LGBT+ and more.
The response from government has just been more rhetoric, fuelling divisions and seeking to pit people in communities against each other.
Our movement is founded on one of solidarity and justice. We’ve seen our unions call out and take on the government’s Rwanda plans, propose better solutions to theirs and where appropriate, protest against those who seek to divide us.
This full day event will bring together representatives from unions, community groups, anti-racism and anti fascism organisations to share updates, spread best practice on tackling these organisations and individuals and help narrow our focus on how we defeat the poisonous narrative in the run up to the next election and beyond.
A full agenda will be circulated in the coming weeks. In the meantime, sign up to reserve your place.

SERIES LAUNCH Manifesto Press: The Workers' & Students' Guide to Capitalism
2023-10-27 19:30 - 21:00
You are invited to join us at the launch of the Workers’ and Student Guides on 27 October at the Marx Memorial Library between 6:30pm and 9:30pm.

There will be presentations from the writers of the 5 guides that are currently published:

Nigel Flanagan, author of Organising Our Trade Unions

Stewart McGill, author of The Top Ten Economic Myths, Straight Lefts on Inflation and Socialism or Extinction

C. Ritchie, author of Marxism and Philosophy in the 21st Century.

There will opportunities to discuss the guides, pick up some copies signed by the authors, and drink some wine. See you there.

How well are the UK's ethnic minority communities served by UK democracy? online event
2023-10-30 08:00 - 17:00
We’re marking Black History Month with a very special event.
Join our expert panel as we discuss, how well are the UK’s ethnic minority communities served by UK democracy?
Our panel will include:

Lee Jasper, Political Adviser & Activist

Dr Shabna Begum, co-CEO of the Runnymede Trust

Breon N. Wells, President & Founder of The Daniel Initiative

SIGN U

Oxfordshire Coffee Morning
2023-11-01 11:00 - 13:00
Just turn up and find us at the table with MVM stuff! No booking needed.
Weston Library Café, next to Blackwells Bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford.

Living Wage Week
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-12
Living Wage Week is the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement. Our movement has never been more important than against the backdrop of spiralling prices and a cost of living crisis, so we want to celebrate the employers and individuals pushing our movement forward and encourage others to join the movement of over 13,000 accredited employers.
Living Wage Week comes just two weeks after the announcement of our new Living Wage rates and is the perfect opportunity for you to promote your Living Wage accreditation to staff, stakeholders and the public.

Sustainable travel for all -a Greener Workplaces Network event
2023-11-07 10:00 - 12:00
Can greener travel be fair, affordable and accessible for all?
Join us at this event, where we’ll be looking at the issues surrounding the move to greener modes of travel, what these mean for workers and why it is an important issue for trade unions.
As part of the event, we’ll be launching our newly updated bargaining guide for reps on negotiating for sustainable travel at work. We’ll look at trade union campaigns and bargaining strategies including:

How can we support and enable members who want to choose more sustainable modes of transport?
What do fair workplace travel plans look like?
Unite’s campaign to save our bus routes – why buses are a vital part of a just transition
Introduction of electric car fleets in workplaces – what are the issues for workers?
What is the role of regional and national transport policy?

Speakers:

Chris Roberts – Sustainable travel campaigner and Wales TUC bargaining guide author
Alan McCarthy – Regional Officer, Unite the Union
Mark Holt – Green/H&S rep, Communication Workers Union (CWU)
Nisreen Mansour – Policy Officer, Wales TUC

As well as hearing from guest speakers, the event will include opportunities for participants to network, join in discussion and share good practice.

The Cost of Living Crisis (and how to get out of it)
2023-11-08 13:00 - 16:00
Supported by leading progressive economists Costas Lapavitsas, James Meadway and Doug Nicholls, to explore the economic issues that affect trade unions.

Free for affiliates to GFTU
£25 for non-affiliates

Register here

To get you prepared, you can download a FREE copy of the accompanying publication ‘The True Causes of Inflation: Weak Production and High Profits’

Download your copy here

You can watch an interview with Doug Nicholls talking about the pamphlet on the GFTU YouTube channel.

Watch now on YouTube

West Yorkshire at Yorkshire & Humberside Liberal Democrat Conference
2023-11-11 09:00 - 17:00
Please join us at Yorkshire & Humberside Liberal Democrat Conference (details TBA)!
Feel free to contact us if you have would like to be involved mvmwestyorkshire@yahoo.com

West Yorkshire - Holmfirth Street Stall
2023-11-11 11:00 - 14:00
Please join us at our street stall!
Saturday 11th November we are holding a stall in Holmfirth (more details to come) Call by for a chat, pick up leaflets, stickers and postcards to send to your MP, or just say Hi. Do make yourself known as we will be pleased to have you with us.
If you can let us know you are coming that would be even better. Feel free to contact us if you have any queries about location, times or our message. mvmwestyorkshire@yahoo.com

Respect for Shopworkers Week
2023-11-13 - 2023-11-19
Usdaw’s survey results have shown a troubling increase in violence and abuse against retail workers in recent years.
We know our members suffer appalling abuse and violence while at work, however the official retail crime figures don’t always reflect the true picture. This is because not all retail crime is reported.
The campaign can be anything from a stall in your workplace or canteen, to a few simple conversations with colleagues (please see below for more ideas). Whatever the format of your campaign – there are three simple actions we are focusing on, to engage with staff in your store:

Talk to members and non-members about Usdaw’s Freedom From Fear campaign. Encourage all staff in your store to report every incident of violence or abuse to store management and to the police if necessary.
Ask members and non-members to fill in the Freedom From Fear survey. We know that violence, threats and abuse against retail workers doubled during the height of the Coronavirus crisis. The real life stories of our members bring this campaign to life and we want to hear about everyone’s experiences.
Ask any non-members who engage with the campaign to join Usdaw. Our campaigning strength is only as strong as our Union. Together we are stronger.

We hope that you are able to help. For further information please do not hesitate to contact Michael in the Politics Office on 0161 249 2452.
Contact your local Usdaw office for more information or email: freedomfromfear@usdaw.org.uk

THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS - TOUR DATES
2023-11-15 - 2023-12-21
One person Magic Lantern show of the classic book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists adapted by Neil Gore from the book by Robert Tressell directed by Louise Townsend
Neil Gore, presents a one-person version of the classic novel by Robert Tressell featuring projection, political conjuring tricks, live music and song. Meet the famous characters and enjoy the scenes, speeches and songs, featuring the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece.

NOV 15 – 7.30PM – SEVERN THEATRE SHREWSBURY
RANKWELL QUAYSHREWSBURYSHROPSHIRESY3 8FT
TICKETS
NOV 16 – 7.30PM – MARSDEN MECHANICS
PEEL ST, MARSDEN, HUDDERSFIELD HD7 6BW
BOX OFFICE: 01484 844587 / WEBSITE
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NOV 17 – 7.30PM – CELTIC CLUB IRVINE
BRIDGEGATE, IRVINE KA12 8BQ
BOX OFFICE: arthurwest7@hotmail.co.uk / WEBSITE
NOV 23 – 7.30PM – SEVEN ARTS LEEDS (SPONSORED BY NEU)
BOX OFFICE: richard.raftery@virginmedia.com / WEBSITE
NOV 24 – 7.30PM – SEVEN THEATRE ARTS LEEDS (SPONSORED BY NEU)
BOX OFFICE: richard.raftery@virginmedia.com / WEBSITE
NOV 25 – 7.30PM – WARKWORTH WAR MEMORIAL HALL
40 CASTLE ST, WARKWORTH, MORPETH NE65 0UN
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DEC 5 – 7.30PM – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN, LEICESTER
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DEC 6 – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN LEICESTER
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DEC 7 – 7.30PM – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN LEICESTER
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DEC 9 – 8PM (DOORS 7.30PM) – BOLTON SOCIALIST CLUB
16 WOOD ST, BOLTON BL1 1DY
BOX OFFICE: heyes12@yahoo.com / WEBSITE
DEC 14 – THE CORO, ULVERSTON
COUNTY SQUARE, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7LZ
DEC 21 – TBC – COVENTRY MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

UK Disability History Month 2023
2023-11-16 - 2023-12-16
This Autumn 2023 UKDHM focusses on the Experience of Disablement amongst children and young people in the past, now and what is needed for the future. UKDHM comes from a Social Model/Human Rights approach, so that all children and young people with long term impairment will not experience the social exclusion of stigma, stereotypes, negative attitudes and socially created barriers in the environment and the way things are organised.
UKDHM 2023 provides an opportunity for all councils, service providers, education establishments, youth, play and sports organisations, health providers and employers to examine their approaches to disabled children and youth. Those in the media, publishing and image making can challenge the way they have portrayed disabled people in the past and create inclusive and non-stereotypical ways forward, in conjunction with disabled young people.
From a history of neglect, harsh punishment, segregation, bullying and ignorance we must learn to challenge our prejudices and discriminatory practices. The way disabled children and young people have been and are treated is an indicator of how inclusive and rights respecting we are as a community and society.
Impairment is a natural part of human existence, but societal responses have varied across cultures and time. Disabled people including children have often been falsely blamed and scapegoated for society’s ills. If one grows up on the receiving end of negativity, then one often internalises that negativity.
Most important in bringing about positive change is how we think about impairment and disablement.
Disabled people themselves over the last 60 years in the Disabled People’s Movement have separated impairment (our difference of physical, psycho-social or mental function) from the social response to it. Disabled people reject ideas of ‘normal’ and require acceptance of us as we are. We require the barriers that prevent us participating whether of attitude, organisation or environment, to be dismantled. We as disabled people become accepted and society becomes more inclusive and equal.
This sounds easy but making the change happen is blocked by many forces who pay lip-service to equality, while shoring up the current rotten system.
UKDHM gives us a chance to understand this and make real changes.
Find out more in the 2023 Broadsheet

The Break Up of Britain? (Edinburgh)
2023-11-18 09:00 - 19:00
This is a major conference on the democratic future of the United Kingdom and its constituent nations. One of the speakers, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, calls the event “incredibly timely and important.”
Other speakers include The National columnist Lesley Riddoch, writer Neal Ascherson, journalist Isabel Hilton, Clive Lewis MP, The Scotsman journalist Joyce McMillan, prize-winning novelist James Robertson, Professor Richard Wyn Jones, former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Radical Independence Campaign founder Jonathon Shafi – with many more speakers from across Britain, Ireland and Europe soon to be confirmed.
Why Now?
Tom Nairn was a political thinker and theorist of unparalleled range and audacity. His work on nationalism, the British state and globalisation in the era of market supremacy remains an inspiration to radicals and reformers everywhere. We want to celebrate Tom’s life not by looking back on his thought but by embracing his spirit of restless engagement with reality.
The greatest danger to our democracy is the status quo. A once suffocating but stable consensus has been replaced by an increasingly authoritarian state coordinating assaults on immigrants, the labour movement and the right to protest. Meanwhile, Scotland is trapped in an involuntary union, Wales strains for more autonomy, and Northern Ireland is held hostage.
The cry for an ‘independent global Britain’ in the Brexit referendum made sovereignty a live issue, as it expressed a desire to end unaccountable elite rule. Tragically, this sentiment was displaced onto the EU, distracting from the major culprit: Westminster. Now Brexit is failing and progressives across the UK, Ireland and Europe need to develop a coherent alternative vision for the future of these islands. This is an urgent strategic priority for democrats of all parties and none. It demands engaging with the disruptive democratic energies that emerged during the 2014 and 2016 referendums.
In Edinburgh this autumn, we plan a major gathering of progressives to start this process. We will challenge the reactionary drift of British politics and assert the right of Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland to self-determination as a core principle of any democratic future. We will also debate the central questions raised by Tom Nairn’s work. Do we need to break up to shape up? What does nationalism mean in 21st-century Europe? What should come after the United Kingdom?

The Future of Democracy, with Frances Crook OBE and Femi Oluwole
2023-11-18 11:00 - 12:15
Join us for a lively discussion on the future of our democracy featuring Frances Crook OBE, Co-Convenor of the Commission on Political Power, and political commentator and activist, Femi Oluwole.
We’ll be diving into the challenges and opportunities facing democracy in the 21st century.

Young Workers winning at work – Joint TUC and Wales TUC event for Young Workers Month
2023-11-18 11:00 - 15:30
Over the past year, we seen union members up and down the country take action to win pay rises. During Young Members Month, join us for a day of practical workshops and talks on winning pay rises in your workplace. It’s an opportunity to:

Learn skills for negotiating pay claims
Understand how to escalate action in your workplace alongside negotiations and learn new organising tactics
Meet other young members across the movement and learn from each other’s experiences
Hear from guest speakers on the importance of working with unions

This event is open to all members who meet their union’s definition of young.

Register now

Violence in the workplace webinar
2023-11-22 12:30 - 13:30
To mark the United Nations International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls, the National Women’s Committee has organised a webinar on Violence in the workplace and International Labour Organization Convention 190 (ILO C190).
This webinar will explore experiences of unions in dealing with violence in the workplace, including domestic violence and the experience of unions in putting forward C190 provisions on the collective bargaining discussion table and the role of the union in pressing for a bipartite protocol on violence and harassment in the workplace.
Register for the event

2023 National Young Member Conference (Newcastle)
2023-11-24 - 2023-11-26
UNISON’s Young Member Self-Organised Group Committee has agreed to hold a Young Members Self-Organised Group Conference on Friday 24th November at 4pm, finishing Sunday 26th November 2023 at 12:30pm.
We have now opened the Online Conferencing System (OCS) to allow submission of motions in line with the rule-book requirements. Information on when, how and who can submit it can be found in the NYMC bulletin.
Please note the deadline to submit motions on OCS is 12.00 noon on Friday 28th July 2023.
UNISON’s Young Member Self-Organised Group Conference takes place over Three day. Voting on motions is restricted to delegates only. Delegates should attend all sessions of Conference.
The conference bulletin will have further information on motion submission from the SOC and submission deadlines.
If you have any queries, please contact the Conference Office at conferences@unison.co.uk

Next Gen Conference 2023
2023-11-25 09:00 - 17:00
The Youth Conference of the Year is back: Experience the Future at Next Gen Conference 2023!
Join us on Saturday, November 25th, 2023, from 09:00 to 17:00 at Plexal in London for the Next Generation Conference—an event that’s all about inspiring young minds and forging connections. Get ready for an extraordinary, FREE experience where you’ll find inspiration and connect with young changemakers, leading activists, industry experts, influencers, and political figures not just from the UK but from across the globe. Discover innovative ways to bring your boldest ideas to life.
Young people are demanding for their voices to be heard. Join us as we explore youth-led solutions to some of society’s most pressing challenges. Our dynamic panel discussions include:
My Future, My Vote Campaign
Navigating the Cost of Living Crisis: Impact on Mental Health
The Fashion Industry’s Role in Tackling the Climate Crisis
Clicktivism: Digital activism in the modern age
Don’t miss out! Registration is completely FREE. Stay updated by following us on Instagram and Twitter (@mylifemysay) for event details and travel information. You can also click here to check out the agenda for a sneak peek at what the day holds.
This year, BBC 1Xtra presenter Swarzy Macaly will host the conference, featuring an impressive lineup of speakers. And yes, you read it right—REGISTRATION IS FREE!
Launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in November 2018, this conference has been a gathering ground for tech pioneers, business leaders, political influencers, and cultural icons. It unites young visionaries, policymakers, and academics annually to reshape economic, political, and community life. My Life My Say provides young people with a platform to empower themselves as they emerge from challenging times. MLMS is BACK, and it’s stronger than ever!
Hurry, register now while tickets last.
Important Note: This event is for ages 16-30. All attendees under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Tackling racism and the far-right - a trade union response (Manchester)
2023-11-25 10:00 - 16:00
Across the country, we are seeing racists and fascists look to divide our communities. In the North West, we’ve seen anti-migrant and refugee sentiment on the rise, protests at hotels and far-right candidates standing in local elections.
Increasingly, far-right groups and individuals are using conspiracy theories as a recruiting ground. No longer is it just about migrants and race, but about LGBT+ and more.
The response from government has just been more rhetoric, fuelling divisions and seeking to pit people in communities against each other.
Our movement is founded on one of solidarity and justice. We’ve seen our unions call out and take on the government’s Rwanda plans, propose better solutions to theirs and where appropriate, protest against those who seek to divide us.
This full day event will bring together representatives from unions, community groups, anti-racism and anti fascism organisations to share updates, spread best practice on tackling these organisations and individuals and help narrow our focus on how we defeat the poisonous narrative in the run up to the next election and beyond.
We’ll be discussing:

What we are doing to be an anti-racist movement
Institutional racism and Windrush
Working in communities to combat those targeting hotels
Safe passage for refugees
How we tackle the rhetoric and narrative in politics and beyond

Speakers include:

Kim Johnson MP
Riz Hussain, TUC
Weyman Bennett, Stand up to Racism
Hannah Marwood, Care 4 Calais
More to be confirmed

Oxfordshire - CHRISTMAS STALL @ GREEN FAIR
2023-11-25 10:30 - 16:00
Get involved with MVM Oxfordshire!
We’ll be talking to people at the Green Fair, Oxford Town Hall, Saint Aldate’sOxford, England, OX1 1BX
Email sueledwith1@gmail.com to get involved!

ASK HER: 1:1 TIME WITH THE ELECT HER TEAM
2023-11-27 10:00 - 20:30
We love speaking directly to you, the women in our community!
It really helps us to understand how we can best support you on your journey to elected office, what you need and how the work of Elect Her can adapt in response to your needs.
This year, we want to offer the opportunity to women in our community to book in specific 1:1 time with us, to talk, ask questions and catch up with the Elect Her Team. We are putting aside a day each month to have a chat and a blether.
We want to give you the personal space and time you need, to ask us anything about your journey to elected office so we can signpost you directly to resources and opportunities that we and our partners have in place. Do you have questions you’d like to ask about how to get started, what support the political parties have in place, questions about funding or just a general catch up about where you are and where you’d like to be? These 1:1 appointments are the perfect place to ask! If we can help we will, and if not we can refer you to other organisations! There is a whole host of support out there and sometimes you just need a nudge to access it.
We are available for 20 minute slots on Monday 27th November 2023 between 10am – 8:30pm.
Book in some time with us!
If you find all the slots are fully booked, don’t worry – we run these sessions on the last Monday of every month.
Please only book an appointment if you know you are able to attend. We have limited spaces and often they book out very quickly. If you book an appointment but something else comes up, just email us to let us know so we can offer it to other women in our community.

The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy Options
2023-11-27 13:00 - 14:15
This seminar gathers leading figures from Westminster, together with an expert on public attitudes and members of the project team, to explore the findings of the final report of the Democracy in the UK after Brexit project.
Over the past two years, a Constitution Unit team has been examining public attitudes to democracy in the UK. The project’s final report will draw together the findings – from two large-scale surveys and a citizens’ assembly – and reflect on implications for policy-makers. It will examine what kind of democracy people in the UK want and consider what changes in policy or behaviour may be needed in response.
Marking the report’s launch, this seminar will gather several leading figures from Westminster, together with an expert on public attitudes and members of the project team, to explore the findings and identify possible next steps.
Speakers:

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister
Wendy Chamberlain MP, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Damian Green MP, former First Secretary of State, and chair of the One Nation Conservatives
Professor Maria Sobolewska, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester
Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit

Chair:
Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit
