If we want to assemble a stronger local democracy, we all need to work together as citizens to help create it. Notwestminster is for everyone who has something positive to say about local democracy and anyone who is up for the challenge of making it better. Notwestminster 2019 included a Democracy Maker Day hosted by Invovle where we explored deliberative democracy, a democracy themed PechaKucha Night of quickfire talks, and our Main event featuring participant-led Workshops, Lightning talks and our Ideas Bazaar where we made our pledges to create a stronger local democracy.
Pledges & Ideas
- Pledges from Notwestminster 2019 – personal pledges from our participants
- Ideas Bazaar 2019 – ideas sheets from our workshops
Blogs, Live notes & Illustration
Main event:
- How to design the perfect council meeting (with Lego) – Dave Mckenna (Blog)
- How do we get to joined-up change? – Mat Basford (Blog)
- Creating dialogue across divides (Live notes)
- How can councils regain trust? (Live notes)
- A Community Wealth Fund for local democracy? (Live notes)
- Facilitation tools for people working together (Live notes)
- How can we create joined-up change? (Live notes)
- Notwestminster 2019 main event, illustrated by Beka Haigh (Video)
Maker Day:
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Twitter Moments
- Notwestminster 2019: Citizens Assemble (part one)
- Notwestminster 2019: Citizens Assemble (part two)
- Notwestminster 2019 PechaKucha Night
- Democracy Maker Day 2019
Photos
- #Notwestminster 2019 The Main Event – Anthony McKeown
- #Notwestminster 2019 PechaKucha Night – Anthony McKeown
- #Notwestminster 2019 Maker Day – Anthony McKeown
Videos
Video clips:
- Notwestminster 2019 playlist
- Welcome to Notwestminster 2019 – Carl Whistlecraft
- I liked Citizens’ Assemblies before it was cool – Tim Hughes (Lightning talk)
- From referrals to relationships – Rachel Spencer-Henshall (Lightning talk)
- This is the #CitizenShift – Jon Alexander (Lightning talk)
- Intervention to Restoration: The Rotherham Story – James McLaughlin (Lightning talk)
- Why should young people be interested in local democracy? – Evie Whittingham (Lightning talk)
- What would it take to make a list of all UK representatives? – Sym Roe (Lightning talk)
- Using the values of citizens to (re)shape local economies – Claire Spencer (Lightning talk)
Live stream footage:
Slides
- This is the #CitizenShift – Jon Alexander
- The Rotherham Story – James McLaughlin
- Public Square – Mel Stevens and Mat Basford
- The Community Wealth Fund – Margaret Bolton and Mark Pepper
- The Place Standard – Vina Randhawa
Playlist
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