This page gives brief summaries and links to evaluations of projects that were funded by the New Initiatives Fund and were led by local authorities.
The London Borough of Wandsworth developed a voting information booklet for disabled people in partnership with the Makaton Vocabulary Development project.
Sevenoaks District Council worked to link young people with elected representatives at a local level in their Generation X Project.
Blackburn with Darwen Council ran two projects:
- Who Runs This Place? worked with 'at risk' young people performing a theatre production and producing a DVD
- Can Vote! Will Vote! used street theatre to raise awareness amongst young people of the importance of democratic participation
In London Borough of Tower Hamlets' Build Your Own Politician project, young people worked with a local artist and Electoral Services staff to produce a piece of visual art that was exhibited throughout the borough.
Cumbria Association of Local Councils ran the D2D project, to encourage local people to stand for election as parish councillors.
The Election Alarm Clock project run by the London Borough of Lambeth provided a website aimed at transient young people so they could sign up and receive reminders about upcoming election dates, such as the deadline to register to vote.
Camden Borough Council partnered with the Camden Civic Society to deliver the Camden Schools Election Shadowing project enabling school students in years 10 to 12 to follow the electoral process and political campaigns leading up to the 2004 Greater London Authority and European Parliamentary Elections.
West Dunbartonshire Council's Holyrood to Hollywood project used theatre to make democracy accessible to young people.
Kent County Council ran the Councillors in Schools project enabling young people to talk directly to their local Councillor in the classroom.
