This page details projects we have funded which involved elected representatives.
Hansard Society have run four projects in which they provide support for teachers preparing for a visit by an elected representative, whether a member of the UK Parliament or National Assembly for Wales/Scottish parliament:
- MPs in schools (PDF)
- MPs in schools in Scotland (PDF)
- Assembly Members (AMs) (PDF) in schools
- MSPs in schools (PDF)
Kent County Council ran the Councilors in Schools project (PDF) (link to document Kent County Council - County Councilors in Schools project NIF briefing) enabling young people to talk directly to their local Councilor in the classroom.
Through the local authority, Electoral Education Ltd's Active Citizenship project (PDF) invited every candidate standing in local elections in North East Lincolnshire in 2003 to put their views on local issues on their website.
Staffordshire Learning Hub invited representatives to attend discussion sessions to promote the use of websites as a means of involving the community in democratic issues called E-democracy for Staffordshire Surfers (PDF).
Sevenoaks District Council worked to connect young people with elected representatives at a local level in their Generation X project (PDF).
British Deaf Association Wales' Electoral Access project (PDF) worked to empower and support deaf people in gaining information of local and national issues, and to vote independently.
Foyer Federation’s Parliamentary Voice (PDF) project aimed to increase Foyer residents’ understanding of and participation in the political process.
