Community Organising, Decision Making, Participatory Budgeting and Crowd Sourcing. Turning Ideas into Action
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Glynncollen primary school ended the academic year with a flourish! Having prioritised ‘reducing plastics’ in the school they orchestrated their campaign to change the way free milk is provided to the Foundation Phase in their school. Their simple plan was
At VocalEyes we are very happy to report that our young citizens in Glyncollen have had a very positive response to their letter about reducing plastics from Environment Minister at the Welsh Government, Hannah Blythyn, AM.
The children had prioritised ‘going
One of the challenges for schools wishing to put Pupil Voice into action is whether or not participation is authentic or merely tokenistic. In this blog we look at how children in Year 6 in Glyncollen Primary School took their
The Community celebrated poet Vernon Watkins loved to call home has honoured the 50th anniversary of his death with the planting of a commemorative tree.
And on Thursday his wife, Gwen Watkins, was guest of honour at the official tree planting
Hi there! I’m Susan Rodaway, the newest member of the VocalEyes team. I’m really excited to have been appointed as the Community Organising Team Leader. This position has been created to support the Swansea Local Action Groups for the Rural
Fantastic to have our first “Super College”, City of Glasgow College on-board. Check out some of the ideas they’ve been turning into action..
The following tangible outcomes have recently materialised within the INSPIRE group at Trinity St Davids university as a direct result of using VocalEyes:
St David’s Day Speaker
Jonathon Porritt, former Director of Friends of the Earth and Chancellor of Keele University, will